The debate over the young "disadvantaged child": Preschool intervention, developmental psychology, and compensatory education in the 1960s and early 1970s

Author(s): Beatty, Barbara
Date Issued: June, 2012
Description: An account of preschool intervention researchers and developmental psychologists studying young poor children in the 1960s and early 1970s, their perspectives on the causes of educational and developmental problems, their recommended remedies to those problems, and the ramifications of the debate over preschool intervention for compensatory education, with a specific focus on the African American population
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Journal Title: Teachers College Record
Volume Number: 114
Issue Number: 6
Page Range: 1-36
Journal Notes: Article Number 060302
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Characteristics > Race/Ethnicity

Programs, Interventions & Curricula

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ISSN: 0161-4681 Paper
1467-9620 Online
Peer Reviewed: yes
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