The present study explored the ways in which the production of digital media, specifically podcasts (i.e., downloadable digital audio files), rooted in the key tenets of critical literacy, can support education for democracy, in addition to the overall benefits and barriers of podcasting in an elementary classroom. The project can be considered a…

Despite significant progress in efforts to abolish child labor, an alarming number of children are engaged in its worst forms. Although 106 million are engaged in acceptable labor (light work for those above the minimum age for employment), 246 million are involved in child labor that should be abolished (under minimum age, hazardous work). (JOW)

The recent rise in terrorism around the world has caused families, educators, and indeed everyone to consider again how to help young children grow up tolerant, accepting, and, above all, non-violent. Policies that support a tolerant, inclusive curriculum are essential if children are to survive in the years ahead. Curriculum policies must be…

Corporate codes of conduct prohibiting the use of child labor are becoming more common as consumers are increasingly calling upon companies to take responsibility for the conditions under which the goods they sell are manufactured. This report (the third volume in the Bureau of International Labor Affairs' international child labor series) details…

This digest examines the problem of child labor and education in India and other Southeast Asian countries. It offers novel insights into the extent of child labor and the shortcomings and inertia of educational systems in adapting to the needs of working children. Also, the digest describes a series of promising educational innovations meant to…

Traces the history of Americans' views of childhood and child rearing, demonstrating how they have been dominated by an emphasis on children's prospective value as future economic producers. A new vision is required which, without depreciating the importance of work, would place equal emphasis on qualities such as love, care, and imagination. (EH)

Education for the poor and laboring classes in the latter part of the 18th century was characterized by the goal of maintaining social order and fitting the poor for their duties in the established order of the universe. (Author/DN)

Child labor laws have not attracted much attention in recent years. Much of the basic legislation and the case law dates from the early part of the 20th century. This paper discusses the Mississippi statutory law on the subject, compares that law with legislation in five other States, and discusses case law in Mississippi and in other States.…

The Fair Labor Standards Act contains provisions and standards concerning minimum wages, equal pay, maximum hours and overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor. These basic requirements apply to employees engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for interstate commerce and also to employees in certain enterprises that are so…

Children born between 1890 and 1910 were the last large population of child laborers treated with adult expectations. They were born between two major wars and two major revolutions. This exploratory study interviews 94 older subjects about discipline techniques of that era. (Author)

The author, who is Director of the National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children, reviews the history of child farm labor and the development of legal protection for them. (DM)

A Congressman recounts hearings and legislative progress relative to a House bill which he introduced in 1971 to ban child labor in agriculture altogether. (DM)

Article suggests that the Child Labor Laws should be changed because the present system handicaps both the employer and the child. (ML)

Analyzes Marx's program combining schooling and work. Identifies Marx's moral, economic, educational, training-related, political, and tactical arguments for child labor. Contrasts Marx's views on education and work with progressive and Utopian standpoints. Reviews Marx's model of the factory school and his views on the regulation of child labor.…

This article reviews the International Labour Organisation's standard-setting activities to combat or regulate child labor (fixing of a minimum age for employment or work, establishment of the conditions under which children may work); discusses the means of enforcing standards; and describes the situation in practice. (CT)