In defense of curriculum themes

As the children straggle into the room Monday morning, their eyes fall on a new piece of equipment. One of them asks, “What are we gonna do today?”     

In defense of good textbooks

This study examined the design of the associate dean's position within the context of the top 50 colleges and schools of education. Three design parameters of individual positions developed by Mintzberg (1983) were used to examine how associate deans' positions are designed: (a) the specialization of the job, (b) the formalization of the behavior in carrying out the job, and (c) the training and indoctrination required for the job. The conclusion and implications provide guidelines for the organization and governance of the dean's office.     

Child care research: a clinical perspective

Two new studies on day care suggest that young children demonstrate increased aggressive behavior in relationship to time spent in day care and increases in cortisol levels in relationship to full-time, group-oriented, out-of-home care. These observations can be more fully understood in a clinical context that looks at individual differences in children, families, and child care environments. Factors likely to increase risk include sensory processing and modulation challenges; family stress; and lack of sensitive, nurturing interactions associated with less high-quality child care. Because 85% to 90% of current day care is not considered to be of high quality, individual families that can provide high-quality care need to explore carefully their options to see if it is possible to provide direct nurturing care for their infants and young children for at least half of the day.     

Child care research: an editorial perspective

The goals of Child Development's new From Another Perspective format are discussed, and an overview of the content of the inaugural From Another Perspective collection on child care effects is provided. The two lead articles suggest, respectively, that long hours in child care are related to children's later behavior problems and that child care may be physiologically challenging for young children. Commentaries focus on the need to examine a range of additional factors before drawing definitive conclusions about cause and effect. Among the issues discussed in the commentaries are the need to account for context, individual differences among children, and methodological challenges. The introductory editorial also overviews policy implications and directions for future research.     

Child care in Kenya

Kenya—East African nation of big game, tourism, thorn trees, and white sand beaches—is facing a new challenge in preschool education. With nearly 20 percent of the children under five in some type of child care situation, it is possible that everyday preschool experiences may be leading children either closer to, or away from, the values of their parents. The test for this relatively new nation is to find the proper balance between the goals of the preschool and the values of both traditional and modernized parents. It is a topic of equal importance in any nation where a great many preschoolers are cared for by persons other than their parents.     

In defense of scientific autonomy: The two cultures revisited

This article is adapted from a lecture delivered on April 25, 1988 at a meeting sponsored by the National Association of Scholars, at the University of Texas in Austin.     

如何训练孩子的自我控制能力

在幼儿园里,经常会听到家长抱怨:——我的孩子总乱动东西,越不让动他就偏要动.大人一转头就闯祸.真是让人操心。——注意力不集中.坐不住.安静不到己分钟就东张西望不耐烦了。——家长说的话当做耳边风.直到家长开始大声吆喝的时候.他才会有一点反应.最后不得不采取强迫的方式.最后弄得大人孩子都筋疲力尽。     

Teacher Child Contacts In Nursery Schools

The theoretical basis for the Analysis of Means Technique is discussed. In addition, a simplified working procedure is outlined, step-by-step for an actual problem. The data for the problem are analyzed by the analysis of means techniques, which compares differences between means instead of population variances estimates. The data are also analyzed by the analysis of variance technique. The conclusions reached by both techniques are the same. The graphical representation of the ANOM is helpful in understanding data. The ANOM technique is usually used in conjunction with the analysis of variance, either as an initial analysis of data or to augment the analysis of variance.