Recently in the UK there have been dramatic changes in the state provision of early years education and care, most notably the introduction of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's "early learning goals" in 1999 and "curriculum guidance for the foundation stage" in 2000. Outlining the context in which these changes came…

Spending just a few hours in the classroom situation as a participant observer, one definitely recognizes "boredom" as one of the main features of this situation. In spite of the obvious relevance of boredom in the classroom situation there is almost no research on the topic of boredom at school. Boredom seems to be a taboo of sorts in…

If children are not present in most travel literature--precisely because the genre has most typically been the domain of solitary male travelers who are escaping domestic obligation, routine, the familiar, and the family--they nevertheless are an integral part of the genre. The traveler is in many ways a child, an innocent abroad. Traveler writers…

A study compared children's literature which was both popular with children and had received literary awards to those works which achieved only literary awards. Seventeen works of fiction were analyzed and categorized for themes, style, and structure. One adult and one child were interviewed for each work and asked questions about their opinion…

In stimulating children to discuss their feelings through language arts activities, puppets and poetry were utilized. (RK)

The adoption bill is being redrafted. Should the rights of parents or children come first? (Editor)

The purposes of this study were to investigate the phenomenon of children's interest in fairy tales, to identify the point at which the reader's interest corresponds most highly with the nature of a book or story, and to analyze the sources of data that lead to common characteristics between reader and tale. Chapters include discussion of analytic…

Halloween costumes may be used to examine the influence violent models have on children. On Halloween evening observers recorded the frequency of violent and nonviolent costumes worn by children. When all of the data are inspected they suggest that children confronted with several aggressive models may be more likely to identify with the…

This publication describes how the Library of Congress classification adapted for children's books by the Inglewood Public Library can also be used in the classification of children's sound recordings. One of the major features of the classification system is its applicability to various media, as it provides a method by which the same work can be…

The Committee on Children's Television (CCT) supports Action for Children's Television (ACT) in its demands for no commercials on children's television and an improvement in programing for children. A survey of children's television in the San Francisco Bay Area determined that from 1961 to 1971, children's programing had declined in quality and…

Action for Children's Television (ACT) has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that networks be allowed to schedule no commercials on children's programs and also that networks schedule programs directed toward specific children's age groups. An analysis of network revenues from children's programs shows that networks could…

Children will write well only when they speak in their own voices about their own concerns. (DD)

Parodies psychology articles diagnosing syndromes and suggesting treatments. Identifies clinical features of childhood and "causes of childhood." (ABB)

Reflects on childhood memories of reading a number of books by Leo Edwards and Margaret Pedler. (EL)

Describes the author's interest in computers and video games and how they enhance the creative processes of himself and his son. Also includes three Atari programs in BASIC. (CRH)