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Progressive Virtual Learning For Our Youngest Learners, Erica B. Held
Progressive Virtual Learning For Our Youngest Learners, Erica B. Held
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This study addresses how teachers build a progressive curriculum online for our youngest learners. Our youngest learners learn through play and the author sought to gather data in order to understand how teachers approached this age group in an online space. To conduct the research, ten observations were made of a pre-k class and a first grade class. Throuobservation and recording, four main themes were identified that progessive educators were using to create progressive curricula: Building Community, Progressive Pedagogy, Student Voice and the Home-School Connection. To build community the teachers observed had students bring objects from home, offered consistent morning …
Building Blocks To Growth : An Examination Of Block Building's Impact On Social And Emotional Development, Diana Elisabeth Dube
Building Blocks To Growth : An Examination Of Block Building's Impact On Social And Emotional Development, Diana Elisabeth Dube
Graduate Student Independent Studies
Explores the role that independent and group block building play in early childhood development, and specifically examines the impact of early childhood block play on social and emotional development.
Infants And Toddlers: What They Teach Us About How To Help Preschool And Elementary School Students Regulate Behavior And Achieve Mental Health, Erin Ford
Graduate Student Independent Studies
Looking at early childhood mental health from a policy perspective, this thesis describes practices that support children's social and emotional development and mental health prevention, intervention, and treatment approaches that can be used in preschool and elementary school settings; looks at young students' unmet mental health needs in both of these settings; and explores how schools can better address students' problem behaviors and mental health needs. To do so, it describes the field of Infant Mental Health and the supporting research; provides an overview of what the literature suggests preschools and elementary schools can do to support young children's social …
Parents' Access To Information And Ability To Advocate For Their Young Children With Disabilities, Ellen W. Fisher
Parents' Access To Information And Ability To Advocate For Their Young Children With Disabilities, Ellen W. Fisher
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This study was motivated by the fact that there is an overrepresentation of children from minority backgrounds with disabilities in the United States school system (Artiles & Trent, 1994; Cartledge, 1999; Chinn & Hughes, 1987). In considering factors causing the inequality in the special education system, this study explored (a.) parents' access to information regarding the preschool special education system and (b.) how that access to information affects parents' ability to advocate on behalf of their young children with disabilities. Through twelve anonymous surveys and six interviews with parents, information was collected regarding who has and does not have access …