This study investigated whether the types and amount of playful activity and thought exhibited from early childhood to adulthood are related to aspects of moral development, such as empathy, behavior, and reasoning. It explored whether the assertions of theorists such as Piaget, Vygotsky, and Erikson regarding the facilitative effect of games with…

Discusses and deplores two recent assaults on alleged sexism, racism, and prejudice against the handicapped in children's literary classics; states the author's agreement with another author's belief that people cannot legislate their literary heritage without wiping out most of the world's literature. (GT)

The encouragement and formulation of a student's imaginative response to and "engagement" with literature and the concerns of the papers and summaries of discussions in this Dartmouth Seminar report. James Britton discusses refining the student's natural response to literature by developing his increased sense of form ("principally…