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Navaz Peshotan Bhavnagri is an associate professor of Early Childhood
Education at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. She has served the
field of early childhood education for 44 years, of which 36 have been in
higher education and the remaining working with young children. She has
diverse work experiences in Houston, New York, West Lafayette,
Champaign-Urbana, Detroit, and India. She is an author and co-author of
several articles and chapters on topics such as parent-peer linkages,
parent-child relationships, home-school- community relationships, parenting
stress of African-American mothers, culture and infancy, cross-cultural child
development, multicultural education, portfolio assessments, program
evaluations, immigrant children and families, faculty-librarian collaboration, and children's literature. She has
served on publication committees of Childhood Education, Early Childhood
Research Quarterly, Early Education and Development, Early Childhood Research
and Practice.
Publications.
A. Journal Articles
Molenda, C. & Bhavnagri, N. P. (revise and to be resubmitted 2008) Cooperation Through Movement Education and Children’s Literature. Childhood Education.
Jannise, H. C., Bhavnagri, N. P., Li, X., Butler, S. T., Stanton, B. (revise and to be resubmitted April 2008). Impact of Classroom Computer Availability on Preschoolers' Social Interactions. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.
Fish, M. A.,
Li, X., McCarrick,
K., Butler, S. T., Stanton, B. Brumitt, G. A. Bhavnagri N. B., Holtrop T. Partridge, T.
(2008). Early Childhood Computer Experience and Cognitive Development
Among Urban Low-Income Preschoolers. Journal of Educational Computing
Research. 38, 1, 537-553.
McCarrick,
K., Li, X., Fish, A. M., Holtrop, T., Bhavnagri, N. P., Brumitt, G.
A., Butler, S. T., Stanton, B. & Ty. P. (2007).
The Association of Parental Involvement in Young Children’s Computer Use and
Cognitive Development. NHSA Dialog: A
Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Intervention Field. 10, 2, 67-82.
Bhavnagri,
N. P. & Prosperi J. D. (2007) The Challenge to
Equality: “We made it, Why Can’t You?” Multicultural Education. 14. 3
56-60
Bhavnagri, N. P., Krolikowski,
S., & Vaswani, T. G (2006) Interagency
Collaboration For Culturally Diverse Immigrant Children and Families: A Case
Study with Historical and Contemporaneous Perspective. Childhood Education,
83, 1, 6-11.
Bhavnagri, N. & Bielat
V. (2005). Faculty-Librarian Collaboration To Teach Research Skills:
Electronic Symbiosis. The Reference Librarian, 89/90, 121-138 .
Elliott, S., Snyder, J., Larson, M., Bhavnagri, N.,
Hamilton, C., Miller, A., & Freirson, P. Windermuth, J. (2003). Linking National Standards: A
Reflective Process. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education,
23,1-9
Creech, N., & Bhavnagri, N. P. (2002). Teaching
elements of story through drama to first graders. Childhood Education,
79, 4, 219-224.
Philips J. S., & Bhavnagri, N. P. (2002). Maasai Education and migratory lifestyle: Challenges and
Empowerment. Childhood Education, 78, 3, 140-146.
Bhavnagri, N. P. ( 2001)
The Global Village: Migration and education. Childhood Education, 77,
5, 256-259.
Rubin, L. & Bhavnagri, N. P. (
2001). Voices Of Recent Chaldean Adolescent
Immigrant's Experiences. Childhood Education, 77, 5, 308-312.
Gonzalez-Mena, J. & Bhavnagri,
N. P. (2001) Helping ECE professionals understand
cultural differences in sleeping practices. Child Care Information
Exchange, March/April, 138, 91-93.
Bhavnagri, N. P. & Krolikowski,
S. ( 2000). Home-community visits during an era of
reform (1870-1920) Early Childhood Research and Practice. http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v2n1/index.html
Gonzalez-Mena, J., & Bhavnagri,
N. P. ( 2000). Diversity and infant caregiving. Young Children, 55, 5, 31-35.
Bhavnagri, N. P. (1999). Low income
African-American mothers' parenting stress and instructional strategies to
promote peer relationships in preschool children. Early Education and
Development, 10, 551-571.
Bhavnagri, N. P., & Vaswani,
T. G. (1999). Expanded roles of teachers for the 21 Century: An Indian Context.
Childhood Education, 75, 297-303. [This article is reprinted in Annual
Editions Multicultural Education, Dushkin
McGraw Hill Spring 2000]
Honigman, J. J. & Bhavnagri,
N. P.(1998). Painting with Scissors: Art education
beyond Production. Childhood Education, 74, 205-212.
Bhavnagri, N. P & Gonzalez-Mena,
J.,(1997). The cultural context of infancy Childhood
Education, 74, 2-14.
[This article is reprinted in Eve-Marie Arce (Ed.) Perspectives:
Early Childhood Education, Houghton Mifflin, 1999)
Rodricks-Athans, L., & Bhavnagri,
N. P.( 1996). Effective teaching strategies on AIDS
education. Childhood Education, 73, 66-72.
Patel, N., Power, T., & Bhavnagri, N. P.(1996).
Socialization values and practices of Indian immigrant parents: Correlates of
modernity and acculturation. Child Development, 67, 302-313.
Bhavnagri. N. P., & Samuels, B. G. ( 1996). Children's literature and activities promoting
social cognition of peer relationships in preschoolers. Early Childhood
Research Quarterly, 11, 307-331.
Bhavnagri, N. P., & Samuels, B. G. (1996).
Making and keeping friends: Using children's literature and activities to
promote understanding of peer relationships in young children. Childhood
Education, 72, 219-224.
Moening, A. P., & Bhavnagri,
N. P.(1996). Effects of the showcase writing
portfolio process on first graders' writing. Early Education and
Development, 7, 179-199.
Bhavnagri, N. P. (1995). An interview with
professor Amita Verma: A
leader in early childhood education in India. Childhood Education, 71,
156-160.
Adams, L., Bhavnagri, N., & Wehking,
M. (1994) The International Year of the Family: A view from Michigan. The
Beacon, 13 (1), 1-3.
Snyder, J., Elliott, S., Bhavnagri, N. P. &
Boyer, J. (Winter 93-94). Beyond assessment: University/school collaboration
in portfolio review and the challenge to program improvement. Action in
Teacher Education XV (4), 55-60.
[This article is reprinted in Burke, K. (Ed.). Professional
Portfolios, Arlington Heights, Illinois: IRI/Skylight
Training and Publishing, Inc.]
Bhavnagri, N. P., & Parke, R. D. (1991 ). Parents as direct facilitators of children's peer
relationships: Effects of age of child and sex of parent. Journal of
Social and Personal Relationships, 8, 423-440.
Eheart, B., Steinkamp,
M., & Bhavnagri, N.(1990)
An innovative undergraduate child care training program and Its relationship
to the education reform movement. Children and Youth Services Review,
12, 309-326.
B. Editorships of Journals
Guest Editor of 2001
Annual Theme "The Global Village: Migration and Education" Childhood
Education, Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) 77,5.
C. Chapters Published
1. Authored
Bhavnagri,N.
P. (2001). The Global Village: Migration and Education. Childhood
Education, 77, 5, 256-259.
Bhavnagri, N. P. (1994). Child development and
household behaviors. In R. Boorah, K. Cloud, S. Seshadri, T. S. Saraswathi, J.
Peterson, & A. Verma (Eds.), Capturing
complexity: An interdisciplinary look at women, households and development (pp.210-227).
New Delhi: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd.
(Refereed Chapter)
Bhavnagri, N. (1987). Socialization of the infants:
Two case studies. In F. M. Magrabi & A. Verma (Eds.),
Household resources and their changing relationships: Case studies in
Gujarat, India (pp.69-78). Urbana-Champaign College of Agriculture:
University of Illinois. (Monograph).
Bhavnagri, N. (1986). Mother-Infant Interactions in
various cultural Settings. In L. G. Katz (Ed.), Current topics in early
childhood: Vol. 6. (pp. 1-32). Jersey: Ablex
Publishing Corporation. (Refereed Chapter).
2. Co-Authored
Bielat, V. & Bhavnagri,
N. (2006) Vygotsky's Theory and Standards as
Frameworks for Library instruction in a Research Methods Course. In D. Cook
& T Cooper (Eds.) Teaching Information Literacy to Education and
Social Sciences Students and Practioners: A Second
Case Book of Applications (pp. 116-130).
Association of College and Research Libraries Press. (Competitive
proposal submitted and then accepted as a chapter).
Parke, R. D., Carson, J., Burks, V., & Bhavnagri,
N. (1989). Alternatives pathways: Modes of family peer relationships.In
M. A. Luszcz & M. T. Neetlebeck
(Ed.), Psychological development: Perspectives across the life span
(pp. 15- 24). New York: North Holland Associates, Elsevier Science.
Parke, R. D., & Bhavnagri, N. (1989). Parents
as managers of Children's social relationships. In D. Belle (Ed.), Children's
social networks and social supports (pp.241- 259). New York: Wiley.
Parke, R. D., MacDonald, K. B., Burks, V. M., Bhavnagri,
N., Barth, J.,& Beitel.
A.(1989). Family and peer systems: In search of the linkages.In K. Kreppner &
R. M. Lerner (Ed.), Family systems and life development (pp. 65-92).
Hillsdale, N. J.:Erlbaum.
Parke, R. D., MacDonald, K. B., Beitel A., & Bhavnagri. N. (1988). The role of the family in the
development of peer relationships. In R. DeV.Peters
& R. J. McMahon (Ed.), Social learning and systems approaches to
marriage and the family (pp. 17-44). New York: Brunner Mazel.
Johnson, E., & Bhavnagri. N., (1987). Visitors
view a village. In F. M. Magrabi & A. Verma (Eds.), Household resources and their changing
relationships: Case studies in Gujarat, India (pp .
9-18). Urbana-Champaign College of Agriculture: University of Illinois
(Monograph).
Mason, J. M., McCormick C., & Bhavnagri. N.
(1986). How are you going to help me learn?. Lesson
negotiations between a teacher and Preschool Children. In D. Yaden & S. Templeton (Ed.), Meta linguistic
awareness and beginning literacy (pp.159-197). New Hampshire: Heinemann
Portsmouth.
D. Papers Published in Conference Proceedings.
Bhavnagri. N. P., Waker.
M. L. Webster, D. T. (2004). Intervention and Outcomes: Benefits for College,
Faculty, Teaching Assistant and Students, 5th Annual Teaching Learning
Technology and Roundtable Conference, Wayne State University.
Bhavnagri, N., P., (2003) Electronic Symbiosis:
Benefits from Collaboration, 4th Annual Teaching Learning Technology and
Roundtable Conference, Wayne State University.
Bhavnagri, N. P. , Krolikowski, S. & Vaswani,
T. G. (2002). A Historical Case Study on Interagency Collaboration for
Culturally Diverse Immigrant Children and Families Monograph on Katz
Symposium : Issues in Early Childhood Education http://ericeece.org/pubs/books/katzsympro.html
Bhavnagri, N. P. & DesChenes,
K. (1992). Japan Alive Project: Intercultural development for kindergarteners
through folk tales and activities. 20th World Congress Proceedings of
Organization Mondiale Pour L'Education
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