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Peer reviewedSheppard-Conrad, Connie – Emergency Librarian, 1989
Discusses the following qualities as they contribute ot the enduring appeal of the works of Beatrix Potter: the combination of text and illustrations; the characters and how they are portrayed; the inexorable and often harsh realities of nature; the physical surroundings of the stories; and the style of writing. (six references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Characterization, Childrens Literature, Illustrations, Literary Styles
Peer reviewedPressly, Page K.; Heesacker, Martin – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2001
Provides a review of published, counseling-relevant literature on the physical environment, with a focus on physical elements that may enhance or detract from the counseling process. Describes environmental variables that are relevant to counseling, provides examples of their practical importance, and describes possible application to counseling…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Environmental Influences, Physical Environment
Peer reviewedAnnison, John E. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2000
This article uses Maslo's (1943) need hierarchy as an ordering framework to identify key attributes of the concept of home. Home attributes are ranked according to relative contribution to meeting individual needs, thereby presenting residential service providers with a guide to developing genuine homes for people with disabilities. (Contains…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Environmental Influences, Family Environment, Institutional Characteristics
Peer reviewedKirk, Maggie – Nurse Education Today, 2002
Nursing education should address the consequences of global environmental change, integrate environmental considerations into clinical practice, and promote sustainable policies. Educators should raise nursing students' awareness of environmental issues and empower them to contribute to policy debates. (Contains 36 references. Includes…
Descriptors: Change, Global Education, Higher Education, Nursing Education
Direct linkMartin, Taylor; Schwartz, Daniel L. – Cognitive Science, 2005
Five studies examined how interacting with the physical environment can support the development of fraction concepts. Nine-and 10-year-old children worked on fraction problems they could not complete mentally. Experiments 1 and 2 showed that manipulating physical pieces facilitated children's ability to develop an interpretation of fractions.…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Problem Solving, Children, Experiments
Gardiner, Ann; Perkins, Chris – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2005
The results of an empirical investigation into how visually-impaired people sense their surroundings show that a range of environmental features can be identified using sound, touch and smell. The information gained is relevant to the design of tactile maps, to ensure that an area is represented in a way that is meaningful to the map users.…
Descriptors: Maps, Visual Impairments, Auditory Perception, Tactual Perception
Download full textBlachman, Dara; Laughlin, Lynda; Lukacs, Susan; Pastor, Patricia; Howie, LaJeana; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Baum, Katrina; Lopez, Marsha; Jekielek, Susan; Nord, Mark; Morisi, Teri; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Colpe, Lisa; Fungwe, Thomas; Ghandour, Reem – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2009
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being" provides annual updates on the well-being of children and families in the United States across a range of domains. A more detailed report alternates every other year with a condensed version that highlights selected indicators. This year, the Forum is publishing the full report…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Well Being, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Jinnah-Ghelani, Hamida A.; Stoneman, Zolinda – Child Care in Practice, 2009
When a school-age child with disabilities is accepted into a childcare setting, it is only the first step. The sustenance of the care option depends on whether the setting makes appropriate adaptations to accommodate the child with disability in the setting. Parents face a host of challenges related to adaptations and accommodations. This study…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Focus Groups, Disabilities, Mainstreaming
White, Jeanne – National Middle School Association (NJ3), 2007
Too often, looking at middle school math classrooms through the eyes of the students reveals a monotonous routine with no clear application to life outside of school. In this article, the author suggests a few strategies for putting the life back into middle school mathematics: (1) mix it up by changing the physical environment and classwork…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Interests, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Strategies
Jackson, Sue – Educational Theory, 2007
The work of Paulo Freire is associated with themes of oppression and liberation, and his critical pedagogy is visionary in its attempts to bring about social transformation. Freire has created a theory of education that embeds these issues within social relations that center around both ideological and material domination. In this review essay,…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Critical Theory, Social Change, Educational Philosophy
Marshall, Candice; Mogil, H. Michael – Science and Children, 2007
Each year, first graders at Kensington Parkwood Elementary School in Kensington, Maryland, look forward to Fabulous Weather Day. Students learn how meteorologists collect data about the weather, how they study wind, temperature, precipitation, basic types/characteristics of clouds, and how they forecast. The project helps the students grow in…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Water, Elementary School Science, Meteorology
Cialdini, Robert B. – Psychometrika, 2007
Bockenholt and van der Heijden's results regarding compliance with insurance regulations--that the enforcement activities of a regulatory agency were relatively unpredictive of compliance--are consistent with findings from other domains (e.g., tax adherence), where personal factors and informal social controls have been shown to play a more…
Descriptors: Social Control, Health Insurance, Behavioral Science Research, Laws
Malone, Karen – Environmental Education Research, 2007
Children in middle class Australia, and many western countries around the world experience restricted opportunities to engage in free play in their neighbourhood streets and parks. The impact of this has been a drastic decrease in children's independent mobility and environmental play. Recent research has focused on the physical environment of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle Class, Physical Environment, Play
Guha, Mona Leigh; Druin, Allison; Montemayor, Jaime; Chipman, Gene; Farber, Allison – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2007
This paper develops a model of children's storytelling using Physically-Oriented Technology (SPOT). The SPOT model draws upon literature regarding current physical storytelling technologies and was developed using a grounded theory approach to qualitative research. This empirical work focused on the experiences of 18 children, ages 5-6, who worked…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Design Requirements, Story Telling, Technology Integration
Jokela, Timo – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2007
The purpose of this article is to describe how the Department of Art Education at the University of Lapland in Finland has developed winter art as a method of environmental and community-based art education. I will focus on the Snow Show Winter Art Education Project, a training project funded by the European Union and the State Provincial Office…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Workshops, Seminars
