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Nardine, Frank E.; And Others – 1989
A study attempted to determine the validity of Jean Epstein's contention that "words about the importance of parent involvement are meaningless without financial and technical support." A survey questionnaire was mailed to 197 individuals (including all 50 state superintendents of education) and 38 individuals suggested by respondents.…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement, Financial Support
Download full textSword, Jeane, Ed. – 1986
Presented are the keynote address and sectional presentations made at a conference on early childhood education. Speakers offered various perspectives on high quality programs for children and families. The keynote address, given by Bettye Caldwell, concerned marketing quality programs for children, exploring internal and external deterrents,…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creativity, Early Childhood Education
Oliver, Lauren – 1987
Arguments for and against banning television commercials aimed at children under age 12, as well as the role of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the First Amendment, and parents in regulating such commercials, are explored in this paper. Following an introduction that describes the controversy, a second section of the paper details the…
Descriptors: Advertising, Children, Childrens Rights, Childrens Television
Van Galen, Jane A. – 1986
This paper describes an ethnographic study of how fundamentalist Christian parents new to home schooling are socialized to norms, beliefs, and values of the Christian home schooling organizations with which they are affiliated. Research involved participant observation and interviews with "home schoolers" and educators over an 18-month…
Descriptors: Christianity, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Ethnography
Ranck, Edna Runnels – 1990
Myths related to four questions regarding women's roles in early childhood education and society are described, and underlying assumptions for each question are examined. It is argued that each of the myths has served to restrict, deprive, neglect, or distort the development of women and their relationships. Recommendations for overcoming each…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education, Educational History, Employed Women
Fenichel, Emily Schrag; Eggbeer, Linda – 1990
Addressed to parents, this publication discusses issues and offers recommendations on the preparation of providers of services to infants and their families. Section I discusses parents as consumers of infant/family services. Section II discusses parents as leaders in policy development, including policies affecting the training of infant/family…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Continuing Education, Family (Sociological Unit)
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1989
The aim of this handbook is to help school improvement groups, parent advisory committees, administrators, and teachers plan for parent participation in their schools. The handbook contains information on the reasons for parent involvement and ideas and strategies various communities have used. Section I provides background information on parent…
Descriptors: Background, Check Lists, Coordination, Educational Planning
Lee, Sharon; Van Middendorp, Judy – 1990
Parents need to be involved in the academic lives and the literacy learning of their children. Literature is a natural way to involve parents in the process. Through a thematic unit on families, students learn about themselves and their families. Students read books with a family theme and work in literature circles on projects, papers, and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Family Involvement, Family Life
Apelman, Maja; King, Julie – 1989
Children have many natural opportunities to learn about the basic aspects of quantity. This booklet is addressed to parents who want to support their children's mathematical growth. The activities presented suggest many ways in which parents and children can use mathematics in their environment. The activities are organized around common…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Experiential Learning, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Rasinski, Timothy V.; And Others – 1990
A study focused on families whose children were successful but not exceptional students in kindergarten. Subjects were eight parents (all mothers) whose children had been enrolled the previous year in a kindergarten program that maintained a whole language curricular orientation. The children (four girls and four boys) were highly successful in…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Interviews, Kindergarten Children, Parent Child Relationship
Tasmanian Education Dept., Hobart (Australia). – 1983
Intended for teachers in Tasmania, this booklet discusses the role of parents and the home in language development as an integral and important part of a school's language program. The booklet suggests that schools need to determine the best way to communicate to parents: how important parents are to the early development of children's language;…
Descriptors: Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Kreppner, Kurt – 1987
The expansion process of the family after the arrival of a second child was the focus of this longitudinal study. Sixteen families, each with one child between one and three years old and a second child born at the beginning of the study, were observed in everyday situations when one or both parents were interacting with one or both children.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Birth Order, Family Relationship, Family Structure
Lockledge, Ann; Matheny, Constance – 1987
Interviews with over 200 adults, both those who enjoy reading and dislike reading, were used to investigate the assumption that the impetus for lifelong enjoyment of reading most often occurs in the home before children enter school. Results indicate that parents who enjoy reading and encourage it produce families that enjoy reading. The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Attitudes, Literature Appreciation
Dronek, Margo; Lundin, Janet Ed. – 1986
These California state guidelines are intended to aid in the planning, monitoring, and improvement of educational programs and services for hearing impaired students. After an introduction, chapters have the following titles and sample subtopics: (1) "Identification and Assessment of Unique Educational Needs" (screening, definitions of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Deafness
Horowitz, Frances Degen – 1986
An aim of many students of human development is to penetrate behavioral variability in such a way as to reveal stable phenomena. This broad aim is challenged on numerous fronts when researchers study infant behavior, for students of infants are everywhere confronted with variability. But, in the context of research, variability of subjects'…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Individual Development, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior
