Browsing by Subject "Education, Early Childhood."
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Adding monthly home visits to a center-based Head Start program: Effects on teachers, parents and children.
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Barbara Andress: Her career and contributions to early childhood music education.
(1999)Barbara Andress is an internationally known music educator, author, artist, designer of early childhood materials and instruments, clinician, and organizational leader who has dedicated nearly 50 years of her life to music ... -
Changes in the quality of effective teaching as perceived by kindergarten teachers using Great Expectations: A case study.
(2003)Results indicated that findings of the current study concurred with those of earlier research. Important factors affecting the perceptions included professional development and character education. This study indicated ... -
Communication apprehension in life narratives.
(2002)A phenomenological study was conducted with eight college students who scored 100 or over on the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension. Each student discussed his/her life narrative in 90 to 120 minutes interviews. ... -
A comparison of one-star, two-star, and accredited child care programs in Oklahoma.
(2001)When centers varied by region, rural centers scored lower, however rural centers were not necessarily worse than urban centers. When centers varied by auspice, non-profits scored lower, however non-profit centers were not ... -
The development of a Sunday School at a United Methodist church: A case study of one church's journey to begin a Sunday morning program for children.
(2004)The findings highlighted that participants often (1) used personal knowledge and experience to make decisions (2) felt unsure about their ability to teach Christian tenets to children (3) knew little about educational ... -
Early childhood preservice teachers' autonomy in constructing personal practical theories of teaching and learning.
(2006)In the findings, the differences of four early childhood preservice teachers in the match or mismatch between their philosophy and personal practical theory related to the how preservice teachers have developed their ... -
AN EXAMINATION OF READING OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN THE SOUTHERN SCHOOL DISTRICT EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM
(2019-03-07)The purpose of this study was to determine if the Southern District’s pre-kindergarten achieved the desired reading achievement outcomes. The specific focus was on the reading development of all students attending ... -
EXPLORING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN INDIGENOUS EARLY CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS: AN INDIGENOUS STORYWORK JOURNEY THROUGH THE KIOWA ENCAMPMENT STORY CIRCLE METHODOLOGY
(2020)Our children represent the future of our people. Each generation has a responsibility to ensure the younger generations have what they need to carry our people forward. With this in mind, I am sharing with you, the reader, ... -
Factors influencing the personal pedagogical theory building of a first-year early childhood teacher.
(2003)This case study addressed the ways in which Lisa, an early childhood first-year teacher, thought about teaching and learning. This investigation involved Lisa's theory-building process, rooted in her educational biography ... -
Foster parents and parental involvement in the education of children in foster care.
(2006)The sample for this study was drawn from a defined population of foster parents who parented children in foster care under the auspices of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Children and Family Services Division. ... -
Gender type toy preferences of Native American, non-Native American preschool children in day care, non-day care settings /
(1984)Hypotheses were tested with regard to differences in: (1) source of influence (2) gender (3) race (4) childcare setting (5) gender typed toy preference. Secondary differences were observed in the study by visually comparing ... -
The lived experience of public preschool teachers: A phenomenological study.
(2004)Public preschools are rapidly being added to elementary schools throughout the nation. A literature review showed high-quality preschools both improve the lives of at-risk children and have several commonalities centered ... -
Mother and special education preschool teacher perceptions of the communicative competence of children with severe, multiple disabilities.
(1997)Early childhood special education teachers who perceive children's behaviors as communications respond accordingly. Mothers and teachers respond to perceived child behaviors as communications when they contingently respond ... -
OKLAHOMA EDUCATION BUDGET CUTS: PERSPECTIVES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS IN LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS
(2017)This study investigated the lived experiences of early childhood educators in low-income Oklahoma public schools during a time of budget crisis. The state’s education system is floundering in terms of funding with an ... -
Professional moral development in student teaching: Constructing an ethos.
(2001)Two case studies of the professional moral development of early childhood majors during the first eight weeks of their student teaching were reported. The case studies involved classroom and context observations, interviews ... -
Sign-sentence theory: A method of encoding and decoding nonverbal communication.
(1997)Sign-sentence theory is developed as a translating and decoding method for nonverbal communication. The theory incorporates those of White (1982) and Carroll (1986), and draws support from Vygotsky (1934/1962). White's ... -
Studying kindergarten goals through the Delphi Technique.
(1982)Procedures. Data were gathered through three rounds of questionnaires, using the Dalphi Technique. The parents (N = 132) were randomly selected from the 16 elementary schools in the Midwest City, Del City (Oklahoma) Public ...