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Peer reviewedBroughton, John M., Ed.; And Others – Teachers College Record, 1981
Sessions of and presentations given at a memorial conference, held in honor of Jean Piaget, are reported. The conference was sponsored by the Developmental Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, on November 14, 1980. Sixteen scholars from the fields of psychology, philosophy, and education participated. (CJ)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Philosophy
Download full textSegel, David – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
This presentation is an attempt to produce a framework out of the knowledge of the growth and development of children and youth for use in determining the school program. This is necessary at a time when education has accepted the objective of secondary education. Educators are in agreement with parents and citizens generally that all youth…
Descriptors: Attendance, Educational Policy, Individual Development, Age
Peer reviewedAubrey, Carol – Educational Studies, 1987
Outlines the life and philosophy of noted French child psychologist, Henri Wallon (1879-1962). Reviews the philosophical origins of the Wallonian Approach including the theory of emotions, the development of representational thought, the role of imitation in the formation of representation, and the role of language in the development of thought…
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Educational Philosophy, Emotional Development, Higher Education
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
The study reported here was begun in 1955 by a group of five staff members in the Elementary Schools Section, U. S. Office of Education. The purpose was to find out and report: (1) what research says about children a 9,10, and 11; (2) what educators say about today's children in grades 4, 5, and 6, and (3) some good educational practices for…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Grade 4, Research Utilization, Grade 5
Lewis, Gertrude M. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1954
In recent years, numerous questions have been raised in correspondence and in conferences about the education of children in grades seven and eight. In response to the interest expressed, the Elementary Schools Section of the Office of Education invited a group of educators representing administrators, supervisors, teachers, and teacher-educators…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Grade 8, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedStearns, Peter N.; Haggerty, Timothy – American Historical Review, 1991
Examines fear as a social construct. Reviews literature and traces changes in the use of fear to control and socialize children in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Collects evidence from manuals directed to middle-class parents, children's fiction, and popular reading materials, written between 1850-1950. Discusses female images portrayed…
Descriptors: Books, Child Development, Child Rearing, Children
