Development of a Preschool Language-Oriented Curriculum With a Structured Parent Education Program. Final Report.

Autor/inn/en	Adkins, Dorothy C.; und weitere
Institution	Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Head Start Research and Evaluation Center.; Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Education Research and Development Center.
Titel	Development of a Preschool Language-Oriented Curriculum With a Structured Parent Education Program. Final Report.
Quelle	(1968), (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Language Acquisition; Language Instruction; Language Programs; Parent Education; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Parent Workshops; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Test Interpretation; Verbal Ability; Verbal Communication; Videotape Recordings; Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Elternkurs; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Test analysis; Testauswertung; Mündliche Leistung
Abstract	The objectives of this project were to test (1) a structured language-oriented curriculum, used for an academic year in Hawaiian Head Start classes, and (2) a parent education program. Teachers in eight experimental classes used semistructured language-strengthening activities along with structured lessons and were guided by supervisors. Eight control classes used other methods of language instruction. Audio and video tapes stimulated periodic teacher discussions, which led to continual revisions of the program. The parent program taught parents to work as aides through staff-parent meetings. The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and the School Readiness Tasks were used as pretests and posttests. Although the test results did not show impressive relationships, the enthusiastic reports by teachers and parents regarding the increased verbal ability of the children indicated a lack of appropriate instruments to measure verbal communication skills. A curriculum outline is included. (JS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC