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Teaching Young Emergent Bilinguals Got a Bit More Challenging
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Rose, Jennifer; Dias, Maria José A.; Atiles, Julia T. – Childhood Education, 2022
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) states that building bridges between home and school benefits students' development. With online teaching, this translates into informal conversations before class starts or at the end of class as a teacher waits for a virtual classroom to fill up or empty out. Much of teaching…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Online Courses, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Supporting Information and Communications Technology in the Early Years. Supporting Early Learning Series.
Siraj-Blatchford, John; Whitebread, David – 2003
The rapid growth of information and communication technologies (ICT) has prompted concerns among parents, educators, and policymakers over the suitability of many educational applications and electronic toys for young children. This book provides information on how children from birth to age 6 develop an early awareness--and subsequently develop…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Computer Games
Integrating Computer Technology into the Early Childhood Curriculum: A Constructivist Approach. Developmentally Appropriate Practice.
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Gullo, Dominic F. – Journal of Early Education and Family Review, 2000
Describes an approach based upon the constructivist model of learning and curriculum development for using the computer as an integrated curriculum tool in early childhood classrooms. Includes discussion of constructivist theory and its application and characteristics of curriculum in constructivist classrooms. (KB)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Reinventing Childhood: Raising and Educating Children in a Changing World.
Elkind, David – 1998
One of the many positive consequences of the transition to a postmodern society is the increased recognition of the range of individual differences among children of the same age. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the postmodern reinvention of childhood, focusing on ages 4 through 8 years. The book's introductory chapter describes the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Style
Building the Primary Classroom: A Complete Guide to Teaching and Learning.
Bickart, Toni S.; Jablon, Judy R.; Dodge, Diane Trister – 1999
Addressed primarily to elementary school teachers working with children in grades one through three and grounded in developmentally appropriate practice, this book provides a practical framework for making teaching effective and learning meaningful for children in these early grades. Chapters in Part 1 of the book each present one of six teaching…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education
Developmental and Contextual Transitions of Children and Families: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice. Head Start's National Research Conference (5th, Washington, DC, June 28-July 1, 2000). Summary of Conference Proceedings.
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Lamb-Parker, Faith, Ed.; Hagen, John, Ed.; Robinson, Ruth, Ed. – 2001
This report summarizes the conference proceedings of the fifth Head Start National Research Conference. The focus of the conference was on the relationship of environment and developmental changes. Keynote topics and speakers were: "How Can We Know Environment Really Matters?" (Michael Rutter); "Creating Developmentally Appropriate…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Brain, Child Development, Child Health