This paper presents a career developmental model covering the ages of 5 to 18. Career development education includes experiences which facilitate self-awareness, career-awareness and career decision-making. Before choosing a model for career development, it is necessary to decide on a model for child development. The model developed here borrows…

Research to date has provided too few answers for vital educational questions concerning teaching children or letting them learn. A basic problem is that experimentation usually begins by accepting conventional assumptions about schooling, ignoring experiments that would entail disturbing the ordering of current educational priorities.…

The games described in this book for parents are designed to do several things. First, they will help the baby develop basic skills such as focusing the eyes, coordinating the eye and hand, and distinguishing differences among almost identical objects. Second, once he has these basic skills, he needs to become aware of how the skills can be useful…

These handbooks, available in English and Spanish, are meant as an aid for parents in getting their child ready for school. Topics discussed are: Who Is Your Child; Your Child Wonders; Growing Out (at home, in the outdoors, and visiting the school); Becoming Aware; Building Blocks; Building Skills at Home; The World of Books; The Happy Child (Your…

Easy-to-do toys and activities for infants and toddlers are described, and instructions are included for making and using them. They are time-consuming to make in some instances and may not be very durable, but when an adult makes toys for children they are setting a pattern that helps children become inventive and resourceful later on. The toys…

This bibliography with abstracts has been compiled from documents in the ERIC microfiche collection and from journal literature. The abstracts of selected documents have been taken from "Research in Education" and journal citations have been taken from the "Current Index to Journals in Education." The material contained in the…

Forty first graders and 40 fifth graders were asked to allocate a limited number of rewards to two children working on identical tasks. Four experimental conditions were established by varying the workers' relative productivity and effort on the task. Fifth graders were generally found to utilize the norm of equity more than first graders in…

The seven Barber Scales of Self-Regard were constructed to allow parents to rate their own children. The question dealt with in this study is whether the scales assess similarly in all parts of the country. A table displays the number of mothers, each of whom rated a child on all seven scales, and the zip code area from which the mothers…

Research on interaction and environment as factors in infant development is reviewed, descriptions of developmental stages and their implications for curriculum are discussed, and suggestions for using the "developmental roles" perspective in handicapped and normal infant education are outlined. Optimal experiences for infants and…

A video tape treatment packet was developed and evaluated to determine its effectiveness in improving parents' ability to understand and more appropriately respond to instances of child misbehavior. The treatment tape consisted of a 65 minute discussion and elaboration of specific psychological principles in conjunction with simulated examples of…

The author examines several images of the nature of man and focuses on "homo ludens"--man as one who plays. The author then examines the role of play in children and concludes that the spirit of play and the world of make-believe must be restored in learning and teaching if our education is to help raise future generations that care, share, and…

This essay is concerned with the revolutionary changes, both conscious and otherwise, in art values and functions that have been generated by the democratization of art education. The development of art education is considered from this perspective with particular focus on the areas of conflict. (Editor/RK)

This article reviewed literature relating to growth stages in children and how these growth stages influence what is drawn. Additionally, a review of research was presented using the human-figure drawing in measurement of intelligence, personality assessment and prediction of learning performance. (Author/RK)

Discusses the relationships between child development and children's literature, concluding that the books which succeed are those that contain identifiable stages of development, regardless of the literary quality so appropriately desired by the adult. (HOD)

Disturbances of growth and behavior in children of heroin-addicted mothers was studied in 77 preschool children. Arthur Retlaw and Associates, Inc., Suite 2080, 1603 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201. (Author/DLS)