EARLY EDUCATION -- NOTICE TO THE READER -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS IN HONG KONG:ITS IMPLICATIONS OF POLICY CHANGE FOREARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- METHOD -- FINDINGS -- The Need for a New Vision -- Coping Strategies and Implications for Future Development -- Teacher Knowledge and Leadership -- Culture and Discourse in Preschools -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- "YOU DON'T LEAVE BABIES ON THEIR OWN":CHILDREN'S INTERESTS IN EARLY CHILDHOODEDUCATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHILDREN'S INTERESTS -- DIALOGUE WITHIN A PEDAGOGICAL RELATIONSHIP -- THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE INTERACTION AND DIALOGUE -- Key concepts of sociocultural theory -- A LEARNING COMMUNITY -- COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE -- COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY -- CHALLENGES FOR TEACHERS -- Participation in a community of inquiry -- AN EMPOWERING CURRICULUM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AUTHOR NOTE -- COMMUNITY VIOLENCE ANDEMPATHY IN CHILDREN:IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATORS AND CAREGIVERS -- ABSTRACT -- EMPATHY -- THE PRESENT STUDY -- Goals and Objectives -- The Study Population -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- IECA -- Correlations -- Univariate General Linear Model -- DISCUSSION -- LIMITATIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- TEACHERS' AFFECTIVE PRESENTATION OFCHILDREN'S BOOKS AND YOUNG CHILDREN'SATTENTION AND PARTICIPATION DURINGCLASSROOM BOOK READING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- Participants -- Materials -- Procedures -- Measures: Developing a Coding System -- RESULTS -- Differences in Children's Behavior among the Four Books -- Variations in Affective Presentation of Each Book -- Different Levels of Affect and their Impact on Young Children's Behavior -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

PREDICTORS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTHEDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS: HEALTH RISKATTITUDES, PARENTAL INTERACTIONS, ANDPARENTAL DISAPPROVAL OF RISK -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS -- Participant Recruitment -- Demographic Characteristics of The Participating Youth -- Survey Administration -- Measures -- Data Analyses -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TEACHER LEADERSHIP INEARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION:A RASCH MEASUREMENT MODEL ANALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- The Need for Early Childhood Teacher Leadership -- Early Childhood Teacher Leadership -- Difficulties with Teacher Leadership -- AIMS -- Model of Early Childhood Teacher Leadership for Testing -- PROBLEMS WITH TEACHER LEADERSHIP SCALES -- A NEW TEACHER LEADERSHIP MODEL -- MEASURING TEACHER LEADERSHIP -- Measurement Model -- ADMINISTRATION, SAMPLE AND DATA ANALYSIS -- RESULTS -- PSYCHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICSOF THE TEACHER LEADERSHIP SCALE -- GENERAL MEANING OF THE TEACHER LEADERSHIP SCALE -- DISCUSSION -- Three-Aspect Model -- Unidimensional Trait -- Easy and Hard Items -- Advocating for ECE -- Relationships between Items -- Some Further Implications -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A.QUESTIONNAIRE: TEACHER LEADERSHIPFOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS -- APPENDIX B. ITEM THRESHOLDS FOR TEACHER LEADERSHIP -- APPENDIX C.ITEM DIFFICULTIES, STANDARD ERRORS AND RESIDUALS -- APPENDIX D. TEACHER LEADERSHIP VERSUS ITEM THRESHOLD MAP -- TRANSLATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS INGREEK PRESCHOOL CENTERS:HOW THEY ARE APPLIED ASEDUCATORS' IMPLEMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- DEFINITIONS -- TRANSLATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN GREECE -- CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN GREEK PRESCHOOL CENTERS -- AIM -- METHODOLOGY -- DATA -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- EARLY LEARNING-RELATED SKILLS IN RELATIONTO PREPARATORY MATHEMATICS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Executive Functioning -- Behavioral Regulation.

Learning-Related Skills and Academic Functioning in Early Childhood -- METHOD -- Participants and Procedure -- Measures -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- LEARNING MATHEMATICS BY INTERACTION INYOUNG STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONALNEEDS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FOUNDATION -- Learning Mathematics: A Cyclic and Continuous Learning Process -- Learning Mathematics by Interaction -- PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE -- RESEARCH IN YOUNG STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- DISTRACTOR INTERFERENCE EFFECTS ANDIDENTIFICATION OF SAFE AND DANGEROUS ROADCROSSINGSITES BY CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUTMENTAL RETARDATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- Participants -- Materials -- Procedure -- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.