The book of the child: An attempt to set down what is in the mind of children

The book of the child: An attempt to set down what is in the mind of children
Author: F. D. How
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2023-07-10
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

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Literature's Children

Literature's Children
Author: Louise Joy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2019-02-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1472577205

Literature's Children offers a new way of thinking about how literature for children functions didactically. It analyzes the nature of the practical critical activity which the child reader carries out, emphasizing what the child does to the text rather than what he or she receives from it. Through close readings of a range of works for children which have shaped our understanding of what children's literature entails, including works by Isaac Watts, John Newbery, Kate Greenaway, E. Nesbit, Kenneth Grahame, J.R.R. Tolkien and Malcolm Saville, it demonstrates how the critical child resists the processes of idealization in operation in and through such texts. Bringing into dialogue ideas from literary theory and the philosophy of education, drawing in particular on the work of the philosopher John Dewey, it provides a compelling new account of the complex relations between literary aesthetics and literary didacticism.

The Pedagogical Seminary

The Pedagogical Seminary
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 616
Release: 1908
Genre: Child development
ISBN:

Vols. 5-15 include "Bibliography of child study," by Louis N. Wilson.

The Book of the Child

The Book of the Child
Author: Frederick Douglas How
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1907
Genre: Child development
ISBN:

Scouting for Boys

Scouting for Boys
Author: Robert Baden-Powell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2024-05-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198900368

'A Scout is a Friend to all' An amalgam of imperial myth, borrowed tips on health and hygiene, and object lessons in woodcraft, the 1908 text of Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys is the original blueprint and 'self-instructor' of the Boy Scout Movement. One of the all-time bestsellers in the English-speaking world, this primer of 'yarns and pictures' constitutes probably the most influential manual for youth ever published. Yet the book is at the same time a roughly composed hodge-podge of jingoist lore and tracker legend, padded with lengthy quotations from adventure fiction and Baden-Powell's own autobiography, and seamed through with the multiple anxieties of its time: fears of degeneration, concerns about masculinity and self-restraint, and invasion paranoia. Elleke Boehmer's edition of Scouting for Boys reprints the original text and illustrations, and her fine introduction investigates a book that has been cited as an authority by militarists and pacifists, capitalists and environmentalists alike. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The Absorbent Mind

The Absorbent Mind
Author: Maria Montessori
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2013-03-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1625588682

The Absorbent Mind was Maria Montessori's most in-depth work on her educational theory, based on decades of scientific observation of children. Her view on children and their absorbent minds was a landmark departure from the educational model at the time. This book helped start a revolution in education. Since this book first appeared there have been both cognitive and neurological studies that have confirmed what Maria Montessori knew decades ago.