Download or read book A Study of the Effect a Nursery School Has on a Child s Social Behavior written by Barbara Giauque Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.
Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.
Download or read book From Neurons to Neighborhoods written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-11-13 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media. How can we use our burgeoning knowledge to assure the well-being of all young children, for their own sake as well as for the sake of our nation? Drawing from new findings, this book presents important conclusions about nature-versus-nurture, the impact of being born into a working family, the effect of politics on programs for children, the costs and benefits of intervention, and other issues. The committee issues a series of challenges to decision makers regarding the quality of child care, issues of racial and ethnic diversity, the integration of children's cognitive and emotional development, and more. Authoritative yet accessible, From Neurons to Neighborhoods presents the evidence about "brain wiring" and how kids learn to speak, think, and regulate their behavior. It examines the effect of the climate-family, child care, community-within which the child grows.
Download or read book The Effect of Nursery School Observation on Mothers Understanding of Behavior in Preschool Children written by Allene Townsend Goldman and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to compare the level of behavioral understanding of preschool children of mothers who had observed in the nursery school with the level of behavioral understanding of mothers who had not observed. "Behavioral understanding" was defined as a mother's degree of awareness of the factors and forces which contribute to the actions and/or responses of a child in given situations. The hypothesis to be tested was that observing in the nursery school does not affect the mothers' understanding of the behavior of preschool children. Twenty-two mothers who had a child enrolled in the nursery schools at Oregon State University participated in this study. The mothers were randomly divided into two groups, a control and an experimental group. The experimental group observed in the nursery school for a period of three weeks, a total of six hours of observation. At no time during the study were the mothers in the control group allowed to observe. During the course of the study no mother in either group was allowed to discuss with the teachers or students any subject relevant to children and their behavior. A measure of the mothers' level of understanding was determined by The Film Test for Understanding Behavior (FUB). The purpose of the test is to give an objective measure of: (1) understanding of guidance principles as they relate to specific behavior, (2) knowledge of expected behavior and development in three-and four-year-old children, and (3) sensitivity to the feelings of children. The test consists of ten one-minute episodes of behavior of three-and four-year-old children which were filmed in the nursery school. Specific items have been developed for each episode and the response to each item is given in terms of a five point agreement-disagreement continuum: Agree, Agree with hesitation, Uncertain, Disagree with hesitation, and Disagree. The scores range from + 2 for the most correct to - 2 for the least correct response. The FUB was administered twice to both groups of mothers: (1) before the experimental group began their observations and (2) after the experimental group completed their three-week period of observation. The scores for each test were computed by two different procedures. First, a total score was computed which showed the scores for the three subscales of the test: (1) knowledge of guidance principles, (2) knowledge of expected behavior and development, and (3) sensitivity to the feelings of children. Second, each test was scored by a procedure which discriminates between those having an extensive background in child development and psychology (medium-high scale) and those having limited academic work in these subjects (low-medium scale). The mothers having two or fewer courses in child development and psychology were considered to have limited academic course work and those mothers having three or more courses in these subjects were considered to have an extensive background. A t-test of significance was used to determine the difference of scores between the two groups before and after observation. The results did not show a significant difference of scores at the .05 level of confidence. This was true for both scoring procedures. These findings indicate a need for further research in establishing the reliability and validity of the FUB and in the use of observation as a method of parent education.
Download or read book A Technique for Observing the Social Behavior of Nursery School Children written by Alice Marie Loomis and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-02-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early childhood care and education (ECCE) settings offer an opportunity to provide children with a solid beginning in all areas of their development. The quality and efficacy of these settings depend largely on the individuals within the ECCE workforce. Policy makers need a complete picture of ECCE teachers and caregivers in order to tackle the persistent challenges facing this workforce. The IOM and the National Research Council hosted a workshop to describe the ECCE workforce and outline its parameters. Speakers explored issues in defining and describing the workforce, the marketplace of ECCE, the effects of the workforce on children, the contextual factors that shape the workforce, and opportunities for strengthening ECCE as a profession.
Download or read book An Analysis of the Constructive and Disruptive Social Behavior of Four year old Children in the Nursery School written by Evelyn G. Elson and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Technique for Observing the Social Behavior of Nursery School Children Classic Reprint written by Alice Marie Loomis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Technique for Observing the Social Behavior of Nursery School Children First, at an early stage in life such a large proportion of total social interaction is expressed by physical contact that a statistical study of physical contacts made spontaneously by children of this age will reveal characteristic individual diferences. Second, the development of a technique for obtaining these data will produce material of assistance in certain problems of method which are inherent in all controlled observation. Obviously, physical contact is only one portion of physical ex pression, for it does not include gestures, facial expression, and expressive movements of the entire body, while physical expres sion itself is one of the three means of communication with asso ciates - physical expression, language, and use of materials - into which Rugg, Krueger, and Sondergaard2 have divided all social interaction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Effect of Social Density on the Behavior of Nursery School Children written by BRIAN C. BATES and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eager to Learn written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-01-22 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clearly babies come into the world remarkably receptive to its wonders. Their alertness to sights, sounds, and even abstract concepts makes them inquisitive explorersâ€"and learnersâ€"every waking minute. Well before formal schooling begins, children's early experiences lay the foundations for their later social behavior, emotional regulation, and literacy. Yet, for a variety of reasons, far too little attention is given to the quality of these crucial years. Outmoded theories, outdated facts, and undersized budgets all play a part in the uneven quality of early childhood programs throughout our country. What will it take to provide better early education and care for our children between the ages of two and five? Eager to Learn explores this crucial question, synthesizing the newest research findings on how young children learn and the impact of early learning. Key discoveries in how young children learn are reviewed in language accessible to parents as well as educators: findings about the interplay of biology and environment, variations in learning among individuals and children from different social and economic groups, and the importance of health, safety, nutrition and interpersonal warmth to early learning. Perhaps most significant, the book documents how very early in life learning really begins. Valuable conclusions and recommendations are presented in the areas of the teacher-child relationship, the organization and content of curriculum, meeting the needs of those children most at risk of school failure, teacher preparation, assessment of teaching and learning, and more. The book discusses: Evidence for competing theories, models, and approaches in the field and a hard look at some day-to-day practices and activities generally used in preschool. The role of the teacher, the importance of peer interactions, and other relationships in the child's life. Learning needs of minority children, children with disabilities, and other special groups. Approaches to assessing young children's learning for the purposes of policy decisions, diagnosis of educational difficulties, and instructional planning. Preparation and continuing development of teachers. Eager to Learn presents a comprehensive, coherent picture of early childhood learning, along with a clear path toward improving this important stage of life for all children.
Download or read book A Study of Social Activity of Preschool Children in Three Nursery Schools written by Armine Freda Gulesserian and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Study of the Social Behavior of Nursery School Children written by Dorothy M. Zulick and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effects of Social Density on the Behavior of Nursery School Children written by Brian C. Bates and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Social Behavior of Pre school Children in a Nursery School written by Elizabeth Woodward MacPherson Hayes and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Influence of Nursery School Experience on Children s Social Adjustments written by Arthur Thomas Jersild and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Study to Determine If Desirable Social Behavior Can be Identified and Taught to Nursery School Children written by Lenore Jay Zarkower Nelson and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
