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British Broadcasting Corp., London (England). – 1974
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) made a study of British children and the mass media. Statistics were gathered by the BBC Audience Research Department from January to March of 1973. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of television and radio in the lives of children under the age of 15, to describe the aims and range of…
Descriptors: Audiences, Broadcast Television, Childhood Interests, Childhood Needs
Sutherland, Zena; And Others – 1981
Designed for classes in children's literature in English and education departments and in library schools, the emphases in this book are on understanding children and their needs, on perspectives and background, on criteria and types of literature, and on artists and authors. The first part provides an overview of children's needs and interests,…
Descriptors: Authors, Censorship, Childhood Interests, Childhood Needs
Nabhan, Gary Paul; Trimble, Stephen – 1994
This book considers how children form connections with the natural world, and questions what may happen to children denied exposure to wild places--a reality for many children today. Two men draw on memories of their own childhoods and on their experiences as naturalists and as fathers to tell stories of children learning about wild places and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Child Development, Child Rearing, Childhood Interests
Maccoby, Eleanor E. – 1998
This book seeks to explain how gender affects human development from infancy through adolescence and into adulthood. The book's introduction states the two theses of the book: first, gender differences appear primarily in group, or social, contexts; and second, gender differentiation can be understood only in a developmental context--the sexes…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Aggression, Behavior Change
Download full textLash, Trude W.; Sigal, Heidi – 1976
Based primarily on publicly available statistics, this report puts together information relating to the condition of New York City children. After compiling lists of the major concerns for children, and testing them against the reactions of experts and relevant research literature, the availability of usable statistical indicators is explored. In…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Budgets, Child Abuse, Child Care
Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock, Ed. – 1995
The Middle East has been undergoing vast social and economic change, but in all reports available today, little attention has been paid to the situation of children. The purpose of this book is to help readers better understand the children of the Middle East to give a sense of their lives today and a sense of attitudes toward children and their…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Child Health, Child Labor, Child Rearing
