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McCord, Ivalee – 1976
This instructor's guide for a foster parent curriculum consists of specific curriculum material for the study of the social and psychological development of children aged 6 to 12. The guide is divided into 5 parts: (1) a developmental guide of normal child behavior and appropriate adult responses; (2) an outline for instruction which lists desired…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Guides
Download full textDembo, Myron H. – 1978
Educational psychology departments should offer to interested students throughout the university a parent education course stressing child development and the educational process. As a result of declining enrollments in schools of education, professors of educational psychology need to develop new courses applicable to new student populations.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Curriculum Development, Education Courses
Minnesota Council on Quality Education, St. Paul. – 1979
This report presents a study of policy issues related to the provision of early childhood and family education services in Minnesota. Chapter One consists of an executive summary and recommendations. Chapters Two and Three overview the concept, rationale and implementation of Minnesota's early childhood and family education pilot programs.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Facilities
Peled, Tsiyona; And Others – 1979
The purpose of this parent education project was to strengthen the Israeli family as an educational unit, to increase its ability and knowledge in the field of education, and to broaden the range of responsibility and influence of the family over its young children. The first stage of this project was devoted to problems of early childhood. A…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Early Childhood Education, Educational Television, Family Influence
GORDON, IRA J. – 1967
AN INTERVENTION PILOT PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE DISADVANTAGED INFANTS WITH STIMULATING EXPERIENCES TO HLEP THEM ACHIEVE HIGHER LEVELS OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THAN MIGHT NORMALLY BE EXPECTED IN CHILDREN FROM DEPRIVED HOMES. FIFTEEN DISADVANTAGED WOMEN TRAINED AS "PARENT EDUCATORS" WENT INTO 100 HOMES ONCE A WEEK FOR 40 WEEKS…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Experience
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1965
MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH REACHED 4,567 YOUTHS AT ITS JOB CENTER. MANY OF THESE WERE COUNSELED, 1,448 PARTICIPATED IN THE URBAN YOUTH JOB CORPS AND 528 TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. THERE WERE 205 PARTICIPANTS IN TRADE TRAINING AND DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. MFY CARRIED OUT A JOINT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WITH THE NEW YORK BOARD OF EDUCATION IN…
Descriptors: Community Action, Counseling Services, Delinquency, Disadvantaged
NICHOLS, ROBERT C.; ROBERTS, ROY J.
DATA ON THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE 1964 NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (NASP) FOR NEGRO YOUTH WERE COLLECTED AND COMPARISONS MADE BETWEEN NOMINEES, FINALISTS, WINNERS, NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS, OTHER NONWHITE STUDENTS, AND THE SCHOOL POPULATION GENERALLY. THE AIM OF NASP IS TO FIND THE MOST ABLE NEGRO YOUTH AND TO HELP THEM…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Black Youth, Career Choice
Dockrell, W. B.; And Others – 1979
Six papers presented at the Scottish Council for Research in Education's 50th anniversary conference in 1978 are included. "Are Standards Rising?," by W. Bryan Dockrell, examines the use of national performance assessment surveys in Scottish schools. "Better Reports," by Patricia M. Broadfoot, describes the need for a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Core Curriculum, Day Care Centers, Diagnostic Tests
Florida Univ., Gainesville. Coll. of Education. – 1968
A two-week summer training workshop will be conducted as the first step in a year-long relationship between six local communities (Providence, R.I.; Richmond, Va.; Jonesboro, Ark.; Lac du Flambeau, Wis.; Yakima, Wash.; Jacksonville, Fla.) and the University of Florida, Gainesville. (Each will use the Florida Parent Education Model--see SP 002…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, College School Cooperation, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Public Instruction, Harrisburg. – 1966
The purpose of this document is twofold: (1) to describe an experimental parent education program and (2) to describe how such a program will be evaluated. Parents can positively influence preschool children's perceptual, language, and cognitive development with direction. In this project teachers are released in the afternoon to teach parents how…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Guides
PDF pending restorationState Univ. of New York, Albany. Office of the Regents. – 1976
This discussion guide will help groups of teachers, parents, and high school students learn about the importance of values and the role of education in the study of values. Several techniques are presented by which educators can design classroom experiences around the process of valuing. A major objective of the guide is to assure parents of the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Discussion Groups, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Dusewicz, Russell A.; O'Connell, Mary Ann – 1975
A comparative evaluation of the effectiveness of center-based, home-based and parent-based delivery systems for preschool intervention services was undertaken. Over a 5-year period, the Pennsylvania Research in Infant Development and Education Project enrolled more than 170 disadvantaged children in its two principal component programs: the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers
Cooper, Grace C. – 1974
This illustrated booklet on infant growth and development from 3 to 6 months of age is part of a self-instructional curriculum on parenting and child development for school-age mothers. Physical, motor, and social-emotional development of the infant are discussed, with emphasis on possible individual differences in babies. The emotional and social…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Calisthenics, Child Care, Cognitive Development
Cooper, Grace C. – 1974
Information about infant growth and development from 6 to 9 months of age is presented in a self-instructional format. This illustrated booklet is part of a related curriculum on parenting and child development for school-age mothers. Stranger anxiety, motor development, toys and learning activites, and language development are discussed.…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Emotional Development, Employment Interviews
White, Burton L.; And Others – 1974
This report describes a pilot project which involved the development and evaluation of an experimental treatment (training program) suitable for a longitudinal study in which the effects of child rearing practices on general competence in young children are being studied. Eleven families participated in the pilot training program which…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Home Visits, Infant Behavior
