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Bertoia, Judi. "Drawings from a dying child : a case study approach." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28964.
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Only in the past two decades have adults become aware that terminally ill children do know at some level when they are dying. This research used a case study format to investigate the changes in how one child dying of leukemia viewed herself. Specifically, it looked for symbolic and emotional themes which emerged in the material, including Decathexis (separation) and Rebirth. Each of twenty-eight drawings created by this child was analyzed in-depth for content by the researcher. Convergent material from hospital records and a parent journal supplemented the stories and teacher notes accompanying the drawings. Six experts from three countries also categorized each drawing for images of Decathexis and Rebirth. Initially, themes of threats, dreams, trickery and intuition appeared along with fear and sadness. Once the child seemed to clearly understand that she would die, these changed to fading and distancing images, indicative of separation. There was a slight increase in images supporting themes of resignation and happiness. Physical deterioration and resistance appeared throughout the series as distortions of a girl and dilapidated and edged houses. Themes of a new home and travel also appeared throughout. The classification by experts according to Decathexis and Rebirth resulted in unanimous agreement on twenty-five per cent of the pictures and two thirds of the experts agreed on the placement of eighty-six per cent of the pictures. It would appear that on one level the child knew from the beginning that she would die, but at another level she resisted that knowledge for a time. As clear awareness of death was developing, defensive themes such as trickery and dreaming appeared in stories which accompanied the drawings. However, the images, themes and convergent material suggest that she reconciled the dual awareness levels and worked towards acceptance of her fate.Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Ho, Fung-ping Wendy, and 何鳳屛. "Effects of death education on students: a case study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31957845.
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Gehringer, Jennefer Fry. "A study of developmentally appropriate teaching strategies for teaching writing in the early childhood classroom." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 2003. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Thesis (M. Ed.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2003.Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaf i. Typescript. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2770. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-31).
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Hardy, Nicola Elizabeth. "The effectiveness of doing grief work with children : an exploratory study." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/2034.
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This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a group intervention with 12 bereaved children, aged 8-12. All of the children had been bereaved of a parent within the past 2 years. Due to the small number of children available for inclusion in the study, 6 of the children had previously received individual professional help for grief related issued. The design was a repeated measure pre and post intervention between group design. The study compared the two sub-groups of bereaved children with a group of non-bereaved children who were matched in terms of age and sex.
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Kalischuk, Ruth Grant, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Nurses' perception of death education." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1992, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/49.
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The primary purpose of this study was to examine nurses including student nurses perceptions of death education in southern Alberta as one way of improving futrue nursing curricula. Five nurse subgroups were included, as follows: college and university students, hospital nurses, community nurses, and nurse educators. A questionnaire was developed and piloted prior to distribution to 450 nurses in six locations, including two urban and four rural sites, in southern Alberta. Completed, useable returns numbered 373 (83%). Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and t-tests were used to analyze the data from scaled questionnaire items; content analysis was used to interpret written response items. Theoretical and conceptual frameworks were developed and utilized to guide the interpretation of findings. Generally, nurses perceived that existing death education remains inadequate as preparation for sound clinical nursing practice. Several statistically significant findings related to the provision of professional terminal care were reported amon the five nurse subgroups. Nurses identified concerns and deficits within existing nursing death educaiton and offered several
specific suggestions for improvement. The improvement of death education for nurses will most likely result in the delivery of safe, effective, quality nursing care practice to the dying person and family.xi, 160 leaves : ill., charts ; 28 cm.
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Singley, Vickie. "Teaching multiplication and division to learning disabled children." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1985. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/169.
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Leavy, Deon G. "Facilitating communication about death between mothers and adolescent sons using fictional children's literature." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1049.pdf.
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Shangyan, Li, and Yuan Tingjun. "mainstreaming teaching methods for disabled children in china : a quantitative study." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-18387.
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Lloyd, Lorraine Gladys. "The problem-solving strategies of grade two children : subtraction and division." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28106.
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This study was aimed at discovering the differences in how children responded to word problems involving an operation in which they had received formal instruction (subtraction) and word problems involving an operation in which they have not received formal instruction. Nineteen children were individually interviewed and were asked to attempt to solve 6 subtraction and 6 division word problems. Their solution strategies were recorded, and analysed with respect to whether or not they were appropriate, as to whether or not they modeled the structure of the problem, and as to how consistent the strategies were, within problem types.
It was found that children tended to model division problems more often than subtraction problems, and also that the same types of errors were made on problems of both operations. It was also found that children were more likely to keep the strategies for the different interpretations separate for the operation in which they had not been instructed (division) than for the operation in which they had been instructed (subtraction). For division problems, the strategies used to solve one type of problem were seldom, if ever used to solve the other type of problem. For subtraction problems, children had more of a tendency to use the strategies for the various interpretations interchangeably.
In addition, some differences in the way children deal with problems involving the solution of a basic fact, and those involving the subtraction of 2-digit numbers, were found. The 2-digit open addition problems were solved using modeling strategies about half as often as any other problem type. The same types of errors were made for both the basic fact and the 2-digit problems, but there were more counting errors and more inappropriate strategy errors for the 2-digit problems, and more incorrect operations for the basic fact problems.
Finally, some differences were noted in the problem-solving behaviour of children who performed well on the basic fact tests and those who did not. The children in the low group made more counting errors, used more modeling strategies, and used fewer incorrect operations than children in the high group.
These implications for instruction were stated: de-emphasize drill of the basic facts in the primary grades, delay the formal instruction of the operations until children have had a lot of exposure to word problem situations involving these concepts, use the problem situations to introduce the operations instead of the other way around, and leave comparison subtraction word problems until after the children are quite familiar with take away and open addition problems.Education, Faculty of
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Ip, Ching-man Amy, and 葉靜雯. "Death education as a developmental guidance programme." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31963651.
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Woodrow, Eleferia. "The experience of the loss of a sibling : A phenomenological study /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04252007-134513.
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Nicholson, Maureen Elizabeth. "Inferential comprehension by language-learning disabled children." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30170.
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This study evaluated the comprehension of inference statements by language-learning disabled (LLD) children and children with normal language development (NL) under two conditions: uncontextualized and contextualized. The contextualized condition was designed to encourage retrieval of information from the subject's general knowledge — a procedure proposed to encourage elaborative inference-making. Two text passages were analyzed according to a model developed by Trabasso and presented by Trabasso, van den Broek & Suh (1989), which yielded a set of bridging causal connections across clause units. Sets of three true and three false causal inference statements were developed to represent bridging inferences for each story. In addition, three true and three premise statements were obtained directly from each story, yielding a total of twelve statements for each text. Subjects were ten language-learning disabled students (7 boys, 3 girls) and ten children with normal language development (5 boys, 5 girls) aged 9 to 11 years old. Mean age for children in both groups was 10 years, 4 months.
Children were selected for the LLD group on the basis of the following criteria: (1) enrollment in a learning assistance or learning resource program for learning-disabled students, preferably for remediation of Language Arts; (2) history of speech-language intervention in preschool or early primary grades; (3) normal nonverbal cognitive skills; (4) lexical and syntactic comprehension within normal abilities (as determined by standardized language tests for the LLD group); (5) native English speaker and (6) normal hearing ability. Every subject received both stories and conditions. Story presentation and condition were counterbalanced across 8 of the 10 subjects in each group; condition only was counterbalanced across the remaining two subjects in each group. Inference and premise statements were randomized; each random set was randomly presented to each subject. Items were scored correct or incorrect. Subjects were also asked to answer open-ended wh-questions. Responses were compared and analyzed using a nonparametric statistical method appropriate for small sample sizes.
Results indicated significant differences between the LLD and the NL groups on the number of correct responses to inference and premise items. Both groups scored significantly worse on inference than premise items. Analysis did not indicate that the LLD group scored significantly worse on inference items than the NL group did. Results also suggested that a contextualization effect operated for both groups, which affected the retention of premise items but acted to improve scores on inference items. This effect was seen most notably for the LLD group.Medicine, Faculty of
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Koong, May-kay Maggie, and 孔美琪. "Development of addition strategies in young children." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1990. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31955927.
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Duffey, Jane Grenfell. "Home schooling children with special needs: A descriptive study." W&M ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550154056.
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Arostegui, Carole W. "Helping children understand fractions." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1986. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/160.
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Carey, Marilyn. "A phenomenological study of parents' experiences teaching their children values and morals." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ49164.pdf.
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Meyer, Karen. "Children as experimenters : elementary students' actions in an experimental context with magnets." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31132.
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In science education the nature and value of science laboratory activities have become the subject of critical debate. Some science educators argue that a better understanding of what students do while purposefully engaged with materials would provide some answers. The intent of this study is to explore elementary students' actions and the knowledge they use while designing and conducting experiments.
Four dyads each from grades 4 and 7 participated in three events. First, each pair was presented with a question (Which magnet is strongest?), two sets of magnets (one set at a time) and materials. The researcher observed and videotaped dyads' actions with materials until they made a conclusion for both magnet sets. Second, the researcher presented dyads with a selective set of materials to further explore their conceptions of magnetism. Finally, the pairs of students were interviewed while they watched the video of themselves experimenting during the first two events. The data were analyzed using an action theory perspective which emphasizes the cognitive nature of action.
Students' models of magnetism were constructed from the data. Students used more than one model to explain different effects they observed. The designs of student experiments were grounded in their operational knowledge of the materials. Dyads generated data from a series of experiments whereby they manipulated different materials in a variety of ways. Dyads who obtained variable data did not repeat experiments to confirm or disconfirm results; rather they used specific strategies to make conclusions. The designs and procedures of experiments of students from both grades were similar, likely due to their common knowledge of the materials and their limited experience with open-ended tasks.Education, Faculty of
Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
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Chan, Yuen-yin Grace, and 陳婉燕. "Development of writing skills in Hong Kong preschool children." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1990. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38626007.
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Kelsay, Karla Lynn Fisher Robert L. Heyl Barbara Sherman. "The process of relfection [sic] in teaching as utilized by enablers a micro-ethnographic study of teachers of the gifted /." Normal, Ill. : Illinois State University, 1988. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p8901465.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1988.Title from title page screen, viewed Sept. 15, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Robert L. Fisher, Barbara S. Heyl (co-chairs), Paul J. Baker, John V. Godbold, Larry D. Kennedy. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-167) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Lòpez, Muriel del Castillo. "Academic achievement in Filipino children." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/890.
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Becher, E. Joseph Jr. "Behavioral Adjustment in Children with Life Threatening IllnessA Qualitative Study." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1431536661.
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McNabb, Cheri Andrea. "Oral history: An approach to teaching limited english proficient children." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1992. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1054.
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McLay, Laura-Lee Kathleen. "A study of teaching strategies that facilitate stimulus generalisation in children with autism." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Educational Studies and Human Development, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6351.
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Language development involves the learning of multiple sets of equivalence relations. Research has shown that if certain conditional relations are directly taught for one member of a class of stimuli, then additional conditional relations often emerge for other members of that class, without direct training. There are currently very few studies which have demonstrated this research finding in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The research design used for the present experiment was a single-subject AB cross-over design replicated across five plus five children with ASD and five plus five typically developing children. The children with ASD and the typically developing children were matched on their level of vocabulary development. Participants were randomly assigned to either a teaching order Treatment A+B or a teaching order Treatment B+A. The first experimental treatment (Treatment A+B) involved teaching responses to S1 and S2 in the order Condition A followed by Condition B. The second experimental treatment (Treatment B+A) involved teaching responses to S1 and S2 in the order Condition B followed by Condition A. Condition A involved the teaching of AB and AC (hear-select) relations, and Condition B involved the teaching of BA and CA (see-say) relations. The participants in this study were taught stimulus-response relations that involved six names and numerical representations of quantities in the range 1 to 18. Tests for the emergence of symmetry and transitivity were then conducted. The relationships between the emergence of the untaught equivalence relations and teaching condition, the entering characteristics of the children, and trials to criterion were examined. The results of this study showed that five out of ten participants with ASD demonstrated the emergence of all of the untaught equivalence relations regardless of the treatment condition. The remaining five participants with ASD showed substantial variability. Of the children in the Typically Developing Group nine of the ten demonstrated emergence of all of the untaught equivalence relations. The variables that were most strongly correlated with the emergence of untaught equivalence relations were speed of acquisition of taught relations, functional academics scores, and the chronological age of the participants. The effect of communication ability, pre-academic numeracy skill level, and the experimental treatment (the teaching order conditions) were not strongly related to the emergence of untaught equivalence relations. These findings suggest that outcomes on tests for emergence may have been a function of children’s rate of development and prior learning history. The findings of the current study are best explained by Relational Frame Theory. The implications of these findings for teaching children with ASD and other developmental disabilities, and also teaching in general are discussed.
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Meli, Alisa A. "Eye of the beholder: Children respond to beauty in art." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3081/.
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The purpose of this study was to determine if beauty was important to elementary age children when exploring and making aesthetic judgements about works of art and to determine the criteria elementary students used in judging beauty in works of art. This study also explored beauty as a concept that could be used as an organizing idea for designing a thematic unit with the purpose of introducing elementary students to postmodern art and issues. One hundred and sixty first grade and fourth grade students looked at 20 pairs of art reproductions and picked the artwork they considered the most beautiful. The criteria elementary students use for determining beauty in artworks was found to be color, realism, subject matter and physical appearance of the subject of the work of art.
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Ho, Lok-yin, and 何樂然. "Transfer of morphological skills in Chinese bilingual children." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45589069.
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Delfakis, Helen 1950. "THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEOCASSETTES IN EDUCATING WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN PROGRAM (WIC) CLIENTS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277126.
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Gibb, Nancy Jo 1957. "AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF NOVEL BILINGUAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION BY FOUR MINORITY-LANGUAGE PRESCHOOL CHILDREN (NONSENSE WORDS)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275394.
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Gill, Sally A. "The Predictive Relationship between Emotional Expressiveness and Discussing Death with Children: An Exploratory Study with Online College Parents." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2030.
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Death is a sensitive topic, and discussing death with children may be difficult for parents, especially parents who are uncomfortable with emotional expression. Many factors are associated with parents' decision to discuss death; however, a dearth of recent literature existed examining the role of parental emotional expressiveness and discussing death with children. Using Jackson's communications theory within the broader family systems theory, this exploratory non-experimental quantitative study examined if one or more of the selected variables of parents' emotional expressiveness, parents' gender, and any previous discussions about death with a child adequately predicted the age of a child when parents felt it was appropriate to discuss death with a child. Prospective participants were parents recruited from a national online university (n = 175). Multiple linear regression analysis using enter selection was conducted on the data from the instruments that included the Attitudes towards Emotional Expression Measure and the demographics questionnaire. Results indicated no significance between the predictor and criterion variables. Despite the non-significant results, this study has the opportunity to impact positive social change by encouraging further research to understand the association, if any, between emotional expressiveness and death conversations, de-stigmatizing discussions of death and bereavement, and informing parents and professionals regarding discussing death with children to help children cope with their emotions in bereavement.
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McIlhenny, Alan J. "Secondary education of expatriate children through internationally supported self-study : theory and practice." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.236992.
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Roller, James Paul. "Curriculum, communication and the internet: A project involving gifted special needs children creating curriculum for special needs children with autism." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1365.
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Mueller, Andrea Christiane. "A desire to inquire : children experience science as adventure." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ34595.pdf.
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林志明 and Chi-ming Lam. "Engaging children in doing philosophy to promote an open society." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45551777.
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Karl Popper developed a falsificationist epistemology in which knowledge grows through falsifying, or criticizing, our theories. Since criticism plays such a vital role in Popper’s falsificationist methodology, it seems natural to envisage his heuristic as a helpful resource for developing critical thinking. However, there is much controversy in the literature over the feasibility and utility of his falsificationism as a heuristic. This study argued that Popper’s falsificationism is justified on the grounds that it not only solves, theoretically, the problem of the bounds of reason in the form of comprehensively critical rationalism, but influences, practically, the research work of scientists from diverse fields. It also found that there is cause for cautious optimism about the effectiveness of falsification as a strategy for solving scientific problems.
Popper’s falsificationist epistemology carries profound political and educational implications. On a political level, it is necessary to establish and maintain an open society by fostering five core values, viz. freedom, tolerance, respect, rationalism, and equalitarianism, as well as three crucial practices, viz. democracy, state interventionism, and piecemeal social engineering. On an educational level, the overriding aim is to nurture in children the requisite abilities, skills, and dispositions characteristic of critical thinking for full participation in an open democratic society. In order to achieve Popper’s educational ideal, this study proposed implementing Matthew Lipman’s Philosophy for Children (commonly known as P4C) programme in schools, arguing that the programme can fulfil the requirements of Popper’s educational ideal through using community of inquiry as methodology of teaching, philosophy as subject matter for inquiry, logic as both means and ends of inquiry, and Socrates as a model teacher for inquiry.
The present study then conducted an experiment to assess the effectiveness of Lipman’s P4C programme in promoting Hong Kong children’s critical thinking. Forty-two Secondary 1 students volunteered for the experiment, from whom 28 students were randomly selected and randomly assigned to two groups of 14 each: one receiving P4C lessons and the other receiving English lessons. The students who were taught P4C were found to perform better in the reasoning test than those who were not, to be capable of discussing philosophical problems in a competent way, and to have a very positive attitude towards doing philosophy in the classroom. It was also found that P4C played a major role in developing the students’ critical thinking.
Considering that the construction of children by adults as incompetent in the sense of lacking reason, maturity, or independence reinforces the traditional structure of adult authority over children in society, it runs counter to the goal of fostering critical thinking in children. As a way to return justice to childhood and to effectively promote critical thinking in children, the present study suggested reconstructing the concept of childhood, highlighting the importance of establishing a coherent public policy on promotion of agency in children and also the importance of empowering them to participate actively in research, legal, and educational institutions.published_or_final_version
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LaFleur, Julie Lynnette. "Increasing emergent literacy skills in children with autism." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3099.
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Examines and rationalizes the instructional strategies used to teach young children with autism early literacy skills using a balanced, multilevel approach to reading. Explores the five domains of reading in a way that brings light to the areas of reading deficits in young children diagnosed with autism. Additionally, attempts to bring the concept of best reading practices to the attention of educators who serve children with autism. The project provides a handbook of literacy activities geared towards children with autism and other developmental disabilities.
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Karea, Syahrial. "Indonesian secondary-trained EFL teachers teaching English to primary-age children: A study of motivational factors and EFL teaching knowledge." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2016. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/51ec3e6ea2cd42bc4f4397fae43c5f03523106a671fcb1bce841ec2e129b8a20/4090745/201605_Syahrial_Karea.pdf.
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Indonesia has employed secondary-trained EFL teachers to teach English to children since the EFL program was introduced in primary schools in 1994 (Suyanto, 2004). Many EFL teacher educators in Indonesia have debated the employment of these teachers in primary schools because they were prepared to teach English to secondary school students; it has been assumed that their educational background is not relevant to undertake the teaching task at the primary level. The research investigated motivational factors that have brought secondary-trained EFL teachers in Indonesia to choose the EFL teaching profession and to teach English to children in primary schools, and analysed the EFL teaching knowledge these teachers used to work with children in primary classrooms. The overarching questions of the study are: “What motivational factors have led secondary-trained EFL teachers to teach English in primary classrooms?” and “How do these teachers approach the work of EFL teaching in primary classrooms in Indonesia?” The study used a qualitative research approach underpinned by interpretive phenomenology (Heidegger, 1962; van Manen, 1997) to understand the motivational factors and the EFL teaching knowledge of the participants. Interpretive phenomenology supported the researcher’s interest in the experience of secondary-trained EFL teachers working in primary contexts in Indonesia. Thirteen participants from nine primary schools in Jambi City, Indonesia were chosen to participate in the study. The participants were interviewed and their practice was observed...
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Chiu, Chiu Hing William. "Teachers' perceptions of collaboration between guidance and discipline : a case study /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B2347662x.
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Little, Catherine Anne. "A study of metaphor development in young gifted children." W&M ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550154117.
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English, Merle Russell. "The effects of using computer graphics on preschool children." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26810.
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This study was designed to investigate the ability of young children to use a particular computer graphics program Colorpaint and its effects on their artwork. It was conducted in two parts : the pilot study in which five children participated and the main study which involved two children. Four predictions were made. Prediction one stated that of the total number of children's interactions with the program, more would be in the category of independent use than in the category of teacher-assisted use. The second prediction was that children would use goal-oriented behavior in aesthetic decision-making and problem-solving when using the program. Prediction three stated artwork, done with computer media would be rated higher in each of the categories of "Variety within Shapes", "Variety between Shapes", "Complexity", and "Texture" than would images made with other media. The fourth prediction was that computer-generated artwork, would be rated lower in the category of "Image Autonomy" than the artwork done in other media. For both parts of the study, anecdotal data in the form of field notes, transcribed conversations, and videotapes were kept and analysed to provide insight into the children's behavior when using the computer. During the main study the children's interactions with the computer program were recorded on a checklist indicating whether they were able to use the program independently or if they needed help. Artwork made by the subjects in the main study using the computer and other media were saved for analysis and were rated by three independent judges. The judges used five criteria derived from the literature on children's art to rate each image on a five point Likert scale. Results indicated that prediction one, which stated that more interactions with the computer would be in the category of independent use, was supported as there were more independent interactions than teacher-assisted interactions with the computer for each subject. Prediction two, which indicated that children would use goal-oriented behavior in aesthetic decision-making and problem-solving when using the computer, was supported by the descriptive data collected. Prediction three, that the computer images would be rated higher in each of the categories of Variety within Shapes, Variety between Shapes, Complexity, and Texture, was supported in the two categories Variety between Shapes and Variety within Shapes. The fourth outcome predicted was that the computer artwork would be rated lower in the category Image Autonomy than artwork done in other media. This outcome was supported by the results of the analysis of the artwork.Education, Faculty of
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Ng, Yim-wah, and 吳艷華. "Social skill training for children in institutional care: an exploratory study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1991. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31249012.
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Proctor, Lindsay M. "Bullying: A Qualitative Study of Siblings of Young Children with Disabilities." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3345.
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Research indicates that, in some instances, siblings can be a first line of defense when a child experiences bullying. Research also shows that children with disabilities are often prime targets of bullying. However, no research was located that specifically explored the relationship between siblings of children with disabilities, their perceptions of bullying and the roles that they play when bullying occurs. This study investigated siblings' perceptions of bullying through a qualitative interview. Twelve participants ranged in age from 7 to 13. Few participants described witnessing siblings with special needs being bullied; however, many of these children described themselves at bystanders who intervene when a peer is being bullied. Several factors, such as the young age of the participants' siblings or the fact that none of our participants attended school with their sibling, may be related to the lack of bullying that was reported. Future research may investigate the experiences of children with school-aged siblings with disabilities.
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郭悦生 and Yuet-sang Kwok. "Helping an autistic student to use money in daily life: a case study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31256624.
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Kibirige, Geoffrey. "Philosophy for children and McPeck's critique of the concept of generic and transferable thinking skills." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61304.
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This thesis attempts to apply McPeck's critique (one which contests the teaching of critical thinking by using lists of skills assumed to be generic; or applicable to all subjects) to Lipman's program, the "Philosophy for Children".The hidden question is: "Can Lipman's program withstand McPeck's critique?" Is there anything that can be salvaged? Though McPeck's critique undermines Lipman's claims regarding the use of generic thinking skills as a means of educating a critical thinker, this thesis suggests that the skills that Lipman calls "generic" seem to exist. In addition it is suggested that what is needed is to find out what impedes their transference.
This thesis suggests that McPeck's reflections and critique should send us to prepetual inquiry which is the very heart of "Philosophy for Children" where Lipman's program should be viewed simply as a resting place out of which to jump on to better answers.
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Chang, Wan-Ting, and 張琬婷. "Teaching Kindergarten Children on Death by Using Picture Books." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/09210118804271266578.
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碩士國立臺中教育大學
幼兒教育學系碩士班
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The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of picture book teaching on children’s death concepts, and to analyze the kindergarten teacher’s obstacles encountered and strategies adopted during the teaching process. The method of this study was a qualitative research and adopted the single-group pretest-posttest design. The subjects, 13 aged 5-6 children were selected from one mixed-age class in the child care center affiliated to an orphanage in Taichung City. Data were mainly gathered through observations and interviews, and the related documents were closely examined and analyzed. The major findings are as the followings: 1. Two stages were identified of picture book teaching process: preparing and teaching stages. The preparation phrase included picture books selection, environment arrangement, and teacher’s preparation. 2. Proper classroom regulations, teacher’s experience sharing and demonstration, and providing various teaching materials can be helpful to the effective teaching. 3. The data revealed that children's death concepts become more and more mature after picture book teaching. It also showed that children of different age and different environmental background cause differences in death concept development. 4. The difficulties that the kindergarten teacher encountered during the teaching process included the picture books selection, teacher's death concept recognition and teaching competence building, selection of suitable teaching methods, parents' attitude, teaching time arrangement and how to deal with the accident. 5. It was found that through the process of picture book teaching, the death concept recognition and teaching competence of the kindergarten teacher was improved. Children’s language expression ability and reading behaviors were also improved. According to the findings, some suggestions and recommendations are proposed by this researcher to the orphanages, kindergartens, early childhood teachers, parents, the teacher education programs and the future studies as well.
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Yu, Chung-kuai, and 于中奎. "The study death attitude for elementary single-parent children." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15968289200178611781.
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碩士南華大學
生死學研究所
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The essential purpose of this search is to understand the situation of single-parent children in primary schools nowadays. To discover the difference of their attitude while facing the death under their being in different family structure, individual background parameter, family condition parameter and environment parameter. Then offering the concrete suggestions as the reference of education and guidance in accordance with the consequence. Being adopted questionnaire, it is on the basis of single-parent children and complete family ones in primary schools being the test samples in Taichung Hsien, Taichung City, Nan-Tou Hsien, Chang-Hua Hsien, and the effective samples are 718 in all. And it is used “The Life Measure Form of Primary Schools” as the research instrument. The data we got are analyzed by Descriptive Statistics , Cronbach α Coefficient, t Test, one way ANOVA, and Multiple Regression Analysis ,etc. The results are summarized as follows: 1. The attitude toward death of single-parent children in primary schools mostly belongs to “Neutral Acceptance”. The secondary ones are “Death Avoidance” and “Fear of Death ”. However, “Approach Accept” and “Escape Acceptance” are the least. 2. Apparently, the attitude of “Escape Acceptance” among single-parent children and complete family ones is very different. 3. Owing to the difference of gender, grade, self-concept, the position of family/society, and talking about death experience with family, it will cause a dominant discrepancy. 4. The “Escape Acceptance” in single-parent children has the negative correlation with Self-satisfaction, Affinity and Self-image; and the positive correlation is with Self-denial. The “Fear of Death ” has the negative correlation with Self-satisfaction and Affinity; and the positive correlation is with Self-denial. The “Approach Accept” has the positive correlation with Self-satisfaction. The “Death Avoidance” has the positive correlation with Self-image and Self-denial. The “Neutral Acceptance” has the positive correlation with Self-satisfaction. 5. There is the prediction to the attitude toward death among single-parent children in individual background parameter, family condition parameter, and environment parameter. On the basis of the results, the researchers can offer the suggestions to education & guidance, and the study in the future as the reference for educators and their research.
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Chen, Shih-Fen, and 陳世芬. "The Study of Development of Death Concept in Children and Adolescents." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54362117213222974003.
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碩士國立中山大學
教育研究所
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Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the qualitative and quantitative differences in children and adolescents’ death concept development, and to analyze the relationships of children and adolescents’ death concept development with background variables (such as gender, age, religious belief, heath status, etc.) The subjects were drawn from the primary school children and junior high school adolescents of the Affiliated Senior High School of National Kaohsiung Normal University. Data were drawing, questionnaire, and interview. 239 students (age 8-16) were asked to draw a picture when they heard the word death, 204 students (age 10-16) were administered by Fill-in-Sentence Questionnaire of Death, and 24 students (age 8-16) were interviewed individually. The total subject number was 239. The drawings were analyzed following Marton’s (1988) phenomenographic method and assigned to the modified classification scheme of death concept system developed by Tamm & Granqvist (1995), consisting 3 superordinate and 12 subordinate qualitative categories. With respect to Fill-in sentence questionnaire and interview data, they were analyzed according to content analysis method, with Fill-in sentence questionnaire using the categorization proposed by Neimeyer(1983) and Holcomb & Neimeyer (1993) as a template. Data analysis included qualitative and quantitative analysis. Qualitative analysis selectively portrayed drawing representative of each superordinate/subordinate death concept and presented result from the interview with children. Quantitative analysis included descriptive statistics ,χ2 test and post comparison ofχ2 test. Analytically, the following were the results obtained from this study: 1.The internal causes and external causes of death were found with about equal frequency in both children and adolescents, with children above 2nd grade and adolescents all understanding the universality of death. 2.Children and adolescents expressing that dead bodies were not existential had approximately equal frequency (above 55%), but the majority of young children believed the existence of soul. 3.The majority of children and adolescents who actually faced real death usually expresses sadness and loss; it was natural response that death related things companied with negative emotion. 4.The majority of the 2nd to 6th children believed existence of world after death. However, many adolescents demonstrated more imagination about the world after death, although they didn’t believe in the existence after death. 5. Many adolescents reported thoughts about nature of death and evaluation of death. Alternatively, children didn’t report thoughts about nature of death, but they reported much negative evaluation of death. 6.There were significant differences in the death concept development with different grades and families communicating death. However, there were less significant differences in the death concept development with gender, religion, and death experience. 7.Only half children and adolescents reported that their parents ever talked about death with them, but parents were the targets that children wanted to talk to about death, while young adolescents has tendency to resort to their peers. 8.Children and adolescents reported the deepest impression of death concept was when family members died, while impressions of death from the mass communication media regarding violent death came in second. According to the results of this study, recommendations regarding death education for parents, teachers, and institutions are laid out, and some suggestions for future research are also provided.
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CHUAN, SUN HSIU, and 孫秀鵑. "The study about school children diary writing teaching." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49102747845107006143.
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碩士國立花蓮教育大學
國民教育研究所
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Abstract The study investigated whether the school children diary writing teaching enhances the students’ diary writing ability. The course was designed to combine with the spirit of the teaching of writing, limited writing, multiple intelligence, observation of life, and character education. Students learned the skills of diary writing through activities and the instruction of topic writing, at the same time strengthened their language ability, and examined themselves every now and then. The study paid much attention to both quality and quantity. Qualitative study analyzed students’ performances on their assignments in class and the result of their learning. Information was collected by the means of observation, interview, survey, analysis of document, and teaching reflection, and was further quantified for research, organized and analyzed with SPSS12.0 for Windows in order to get more precise estimation. Students of the fourth grade of elementary school were taken as the subjects, grouped into “high”, “middle”, and “low”, and three students of each group were selected for focus study. The changing of writing was analyzed through their pre-test, post-test, and the work from non-topic teaching in order to find out the result and effect of the practice of the teaching. The study showed: 1. The teacher may first design the activity for students to observe and experience so they could find inspiration and writing material. Then the students were given training on speaking and writing step by step through oral discussions. 2. The work in the pre-test showed that the students’ ability of expressing sentences, thinking contents, organizing structure，correcting form ，correcting vocabulary and basic skills had reached a remarkable standard, but their ability of correcting sentences and a punctuation mark had not. 3. The work in the non-topic teaching showed that the students improved a lot in the quantitative aspect and in the ability of expressing sentences, thinking contents, organizing structure，and basic skills The study above showed that request for written work, basic skills analytical guidance， obseration taught in diary writing teaching helped enhance students’ diary writing ability, and they could be expanded to the teaching of non-topic writing.
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Foster, Terrah Leigh. "A mixed method study of continuing bonds maintaining connections after the death of a child /." Diss., 2008. http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/ETD-db/available/etd-03302008-221648/.
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Gutierrez, Isabel T. "Understanding death in cultural context : a study of Mexican children and their families /." 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3362915.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-06, Section: B, page: 3809. Advisers: Karl S. Rosengren; Peggy J. Miller. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 263-271) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.
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Huiyi, Chang, and 張蕙伊. "A Case Study on Creative Teaching for Young Children." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62823804357830695705.
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碩士國立新竹教育大學
幼兒教育研究所
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This study adopts qualitative research method to investigate how a kindergarten teacher implements creative teaching for young children and to scrutinize the concrete strategies and teaching features while implementing the creative teaching. The data were collected with observational method, interview method, and documentary method. According to the whole panorama of creative teaching that the teacher implements, this study induces the concrete strategies of creative teaching and adopts four teaching strategies to analyze data, including teaching objective, it contains cognitive domain, affective domain and psychomotor domain. Specifically, cognitive domain emphasizes (1) knowing the layout of house, (2) Knowing the facilities of street, (3) flexibility, (4) originality, and (5) elaboration. Affective domain puts stresses on (1) cooperative learning, (2) curiosity, (3) imagination, (4) complexity, and (5) risk-taking. Finally, psychomotor domain concerns about (1) the development of fine motor for cutting, pasting, and sticking, and (2) the development of gross motor. As for teaching content, it contains (1) all-field activities, (2) young children’s interests and life experiences, (3) explosive activities, (4) diverse materials. As for teaching method, it subcategorizes teaching interaction and teaching environment. Specifically, the tactics of teaching interaction include ten tactics. The tactics of teaching environment contain tow tactics. As for teaching assessment, portfolio assessment and experience-sharing and works-checking are the two tactics that the teacher implements. After synthesizing the whole panorama of creative teaching that the teacher implements and its concrete strategies, this study finds seven instruction features, that is, (1) integration of Thematic Curriculum, (2) emphasis of real experience, (3) highlight of both originality and elaboration, (4) encouragement of distinctive performance, (5) creation of creative atmosphere, (6) provision of surroundings to create, and (7) role-playing of creative teacher. Finally, based on the findings of this study, the researcher proposes some relevant suggestions further researches and for those kindergarten teachers who are willing to implement creative teaching.
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HUNAG, YAN-SIANG, and 黃彥翔. "The Study on Introducing Cartoons into Children Programming Teaching." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/hepz4j.
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Ferrer, Lynne. "The experience of losing One's own father in the pre-school years : a phenomenological study." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/507.
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Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Psychology University of Zululand, 2002.Since 1996, hundreds of thousands of children under the age of 7 have experienced the death of a parent in South Africa. Whilst this loss is considered to pose a risk for future development, the existing studies lack clarity as to how this experience acts upon the adult throughout life. To this end, this inquiry attempts to capture an in-depth understanding of this experience and stimulate awareness regarding the needs of bereaved children. Through a phenomenological approach this investigation focuses specifically on the personal experience of several adults who have experienced the death of a father during their pre-school years. An aspect of the inquiry explores the perceived role the father would have played in the context of their ongoing lives. Eight core themes are derived which reflect the perceptions of this loss. The value of a phenomenological approach with relevance to the study of early bereavement is illumunitated. Some limitations of this study are recognized and suggestions for future research are proposed. Based on the insights gleaned through this study, implications are brought to the fore that pertain to the general experience of early parental bereavement.