Early Childhood Folio 1 (1983)

Using research findings from the United States which threw light on family stress, Professor Bronfenbrenner draws conclusions for N.Z. and points ways ahead. An address given at the Second Early Childhood Care and Development Convention, Christchurch, August 1979. (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1979, No. 2)

Playing mothers and fathers or 'Dr Who' is fascinating to watch and seems very enjoyable for children, but how important is it? Recent British research makes this clearer. (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1982, No. 2)

Who helps the professional pre-school workers or takes their place? And what is in it for the volunteers? A description of the typical N.Z. pre-school volunteer. (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1978, No. 2)

In Ypsilanti, Michigan, a project has been underway for 20 years. It now shows that significantly more of those who have had pre-schooling have jobs, and stay out of prison. Pre-school education is a "headstart!" (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1979, No. 2)

For the young immigrant child what the teacher does to help her acquire new words is more important than persuading her parents to speak English at home. (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1977, No. 1)

Does a baby suffer irreparable harm if separated from its mother? This review of the evidence suggests that the question, and our old answers, come from Western Society's emphasis on individuals. (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1977, No. 1)

Have we made advances in eliminating sex-role stereotyping in our preschools and junior school? Two studies in 1975 and 1980 compared. Hints for the 80s. (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1981, No. 2)

Is it safe, emotionally, to pass the baby from hand to hand, to leave it in a child centre, to take it to parties, to leave it in hospital? (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1980, No. 1)

Putting things in order is an important way of organising and thinking about them. How do pre-schoolers come to this learning task and how do they progress? (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1981, No. 1)

You guessed right; people from the Pacific Islands. But why? Research reveals enough clues to make solutions possible. (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1979, No. 1)