This study was an attempt to discover practical ways in which a preschool director can institute positive change in socioeconomically mixed child development centers. Twelve socioeconomically mixed and six unmixed preschool centers in rural, urban, and inner-city areas participated in the research. Data was collected on 48 teachers, 127 parents,…

The emphasis of the course is placed on identification of the responsibilities of the parent, community, and school to provide for the needs of the child within a framework of the health and safety requirements established by law. The student may participate in schools and centers in the area in order to observe the guidance techniques and…

The conception of English as something socially learned and of central importance to the development of the individual has obvious implications for the teacher who hopes to develop in his pupils good speaking, writing, listening, and reading. The teacher must cooperate with the child's growth by providing a climate for maturation, an enriching of…

A research project attempted to discover whether residence in the Tremont Day Care Street Infant Center for 27 months had any significant effect on the cognitive, social and affective development of infants. Children entered this multilingual day care setting at 3 1/2 months and were from Chinese-speaking, Spanish-speaking, or English-speaking…

This document is the first volume in a 5-part series that reports the results of a project undertaken to critically review and analyze major longitudinal studies of child and student development. These studies were conducted to discover the variables, techniques, methodologies, and problems pertinent to evaluative studies of the effects of schools…

UEC-Educational Day-Care Systems provide the first comprehensive program of early childhood education and day-care designed especially to strengthen the role of the family in helping the children prepare for success in life. The educational components are based on more than 150,000 observations of children by learning specialists and parents.…

The 1968-69 evaluation of Kentucky's Rural Child Care Project had 5 major objectives: to assess the relationship between a child's attendance in a Child Development Center and his subsequent intellectual performance and academic achievement in elementary school; to evaluate the impact of changes in the Child Development Program itself on…

This paper is a report from a symposium conducted by the International Reading Association Commission on High Quality Teacher Education on the topic, "Improved Preparation for Reading Teachers for the Seventies." The report discusses a number of ways to develop a model or models for improving the undergraduate and graduate teaching of reading…

This paper presents a discussion of challenges to the rapid expansion of a federally sponsored day care program. The analysis has centered upon the policy issue of choosing the ideal blend of governmental reliance upon the private day care market, governmental support to the private day care market, and governmental funding and operation of day…

This volume is an attempt to provide literature that will enhance through vicarious experience and emotional involvement the adult's understanding of the principles of child development. The selections are organized into categories and cross-indexed with most of the standard texts in child development and psychology. It is divided into ten major…

A HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION (HRA) SHOULD BE CREATED TO PROVIDE EVERY LOW-INCOME RESIDENT WITH USEFUL EMPLOYMENT AT AN ADEQUATE INCOME, AN EDUCATION, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN AND RECEIVE SERVICES FROM PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED TO HELP HIM. AN ADMINISTRATOR, RESPONSIBLE TO THE MAYOR, WOULD OVERSEE THE CREATION OF POLICY FOR THE PROGRAM…

This manual, which discusses materials that promote infant growth and development, is part of an approach to working with low-income mothers and infants in their homes to increase the educability of the infants. There is a brief discussion of infant development and the Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education Infant Study (DARCEE)…

Deidentification is the phenomenon whereby siblings are defined as different or contrasting. In pathological deidentification, the natural flow of sibling conflict and reconciliation seems obstructed as one sibling is assigned the fixed identity of "devil," who constantly harasses the other, "angel," sibling. A clinical…

Among results of a cross-cultural study of elementary age trainable mentally retarded children in Japan (N=103) and their families, and a similar sample in the United States (N=88) were that the relationship between affective and emotional aspects of parental behavior and children's emotional adjustment appeared to be culture-specific. (Author/JW)

Reviews recent research on the nature of teachers' and students' talk in the classroom, specifically addressing the teachers' expectations of student talk and behavior. (SRT)