Enhancing children's literacy skills: designing the Q‐Tales ecosystem for children's e‐book design and publication

This article describes the conceptualisation and development of a pedagogical framework to support the design of e‐books for children to enhance literacy development. It emerged from research undertaken within the Q‐Tales international consortium project of the EU's Horizon 2020 Programme for Research and Innovation, where the aim was to facilitate key stakeholders to collaborate and participate in the online production and publication of high‐quality, educational e‐books for children. The pedagogical framework described here sought to answer the question “What concepts and principles undergird the effective design of pedagogically impactful e‐books for children?” It is grounded by the theoretical underpinnings of socio‐constructivism, constructionism and skill theory, and how they relate to children's literacy development. A framework describing different narrative forms and component features, key pedagogical activities appropriate for different stages of reading development and design recommendations regarding the integration of multimedia into e‐books are also central to the pedagogical framework. As well as informing the design of the Q‐Tales infrastructure for children's e‐book design and publication, we hope the guidelines and pedagogical activities enumerated here will be widely useful for those designing and developing digital, interactive narratives, particularly e‐books to enhance children's emerging literacy.     

流动儿童城市适应状况及过程:一项质性研究的结果

This article employs qualitative research methods to explore the urban adaptation and adaptation processes of Chinese migrant children. Through twenty-one in-depth interviews with migrant children, the researchers discovered: The participant migrant children showed a fairly high level of adaptation to the city; their process of urban adaptation emerged as three categories: the U-Type, the J-type, and the “flat line” type. Also explored were long-term acquisition of explicit behaviors, implicit notions, adaptation to the socio-cultural environment, and success in education as difficult aspects of adaptation. After comparing these three processes, the research team developed a theory of migrant children urban adaptation. It hypothesizes that during the urban adaptation process, migrant children will encounter four stages of development: excitement and curiosity, shock and resistance, exploration and adaptation, and finally integration and assimilation. __________ Translated by Amanda Weiss from Beijing Shifan Daxue Xuebao (Shehui Kexue Ban) 北京师范大学学报 (社会科学版) (Journal of Beijing Normal University (Social Sciences)), 2008, (3): 9–20, revised by Deane Neubauer, Emeritus Professor, University of Hawaii     

黎锦晖儿童歌舞剧中的游戏精神

黎锦晖首创了儿童歌舞和儿童歌舞剧这一体裁,处处以儿童为本,为儿童着想,本文从审美方式的显层面和潜层面探讨黎锦晖儿童歌舞作品的游戏精神;从儿童心理的角度探讨作品彰显的儿童游戏精神;最后从作品中的游戏精神来探讨作品的审美价值,以揭示黎锦晖作品何以在“五四”时期风靡一时。     

关怀伦理视域下儿童的家庭教育研究

6岁到8岁是儿童思想品德形成与行为习惯养成的关键时期,家庭教育对此阶段的儿童成长发挥着重要作用.随着时代的变迁,家庭教育也出现了一些问题.文章试图从关怀伦理视角探寻解决家庭教育中儿童爱的缺失这一深层次问题,通过关怀伦理建立良性亲子关系,以真关怀护航儿童健康幸福成长.     

3-5岁流动儿童心理理论发展与家庭功能的关系

本研究以135名3-5岁流动儿童为被试,考察其心理理论发展与家庭功能的关系,研究发现:(1)3-5岁流动儿童心理理论发展水平存在显著的年龄差异,随着年龄的增长流动儿童心理理论发展水平也越稳固,且其发展具有一定的滞后性;(2)是否独生子女对3-5岁流动儿童心理理论发展影响显著,非独生子女被试心理理论水平显著高于独生子女;(3)母亲的文化水平对幼儿心理理论任务成绩影响显著,母亲文化程度越高,幼儿心理理论任务成绩越好;(4)家庭功能类型中,中间型与平衡型、中间型与极端型家庭儿童在心理理论发展水平上存在显著差异,中间型家庭流动儿童心理理论发展水平明显高于其他两种类型家庭,且家庭亲密度与流动儿童心理理论任务成绩呈显著正相关.为促进流动儿童心理理论的发展,流动儿童家长应加强对子女的精神关爱,经常与其交流、谈话;应鼓励子女更多地与他人交往,并为其提供假装游戏的机会;应努力营造家庭成员之间感情亲密、家庭功能健全的家庭氛围,多与子女进行情感层面的互动.     

The ages of consent: re-working consensual frameworks in postmodern times

The processes of gaining consent for educational and social research with children and young people have become increasingly complex. A variety of influences contribute to this complexity. In this paper, we use post-structural concepts to focus on the influence of three co-existing and interweaving perspectives: protectionist, participatory and post-structural. Each of these foregrounds different issues in the process of gaining consent for research involving children or young people. We argue for the need to be cognisant of the interplay between the three different perspectives, and what is effected by each. We conclude by proposing a three-overlapping-points-of-entry approach to thinking about research involving children. Our hope is that by sharing the ideas that we have had, we will contribute to those ongoing conversations in which others are trying to re-think consent within the broader framework of why and how do we do research with children and young people.     

幼儿艺术活动中“反常心理”的成因与对策

心理压力、心理挫折、心理恐惧都是幼儿艺术活动中常见的反常心理。其产生的原因是多方面的,有幼儿自身的因素,更有整个幼儿艺术教育的影响。为此,幼儿艺术活动要满足幼儿的审美心理需要,教师要让幼儿产生学习艺术技法的需要,教师在幼儿艺术活动中要把握好时间和空间调节。     

Validation of two accelerometers to determine mechanical loading of physical activities in children

The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of accelerometers using force plates (i.e., ground reaction force (GRF)) during the performance of different tasks of daily physical activity in children. Thirteen children (10.1 (range 5.4–15.7) years, 3 girls) wore two accelerometers (ActiGraph GT3X+ (ACT), GENEA (GEN)) at the hip that provide raw acceleration signals at 100 Hz. Participants completed different tasks (walking, jogging, running, landings from boxes of different height, rope skipping, dancing) on a force plate. GRF was collected for one step per trial (10 trials) for ambulatory movements and for all landings (10 trials), rope skips and dance procedures. Accelerometer outputs as peak loading (g) per activity were averaged. ANOVA, correlation analyses and Bland–Altman plots were computed to determine validity of accelerometers using GRF. There was a main effect of task with increasing acceleration values in tasks with increasing locomotion speed and landing height (P < 0.001). Data from ACT and GEN correlated with GRF (r = 0.90 and 0.89, respectively) and between each other (r = 0.98), but both accelerometers consistently overestimated GRF. The new generation of accelerometer models that allow raw signal detection are reasonably accurate to measure impact loading of bone in children, although they systematically overestimate GRF.     

广西贫困地区农村留守儿童教育研究——以广西天等县民族小学为例

学校是孩子成长的摇篮,构建健康、温馨的留守儿童成长环境,是学校、教师急需解决的问题。对此,学校要主动承担起关爱孩子的责任,积极发挥教育的主导作用。文章以广西天等县民族小学为例,研究当前留守儿童教育存在的问题及其存在的原因,并通过分析天等县民族小学实行的以学校为主导,学校、社会、家庭合力管理的多维互动做法,探讨学校对留守儿童教育管理的有效途径。     

Jordanian parents’ beliefs about the causes of disability and the progress of their children with disabilities: insights on mainstream schools and segregated centres

This study aims to identify the beliefs of Jordanian parents of children with disabilities (CWD), including intellectual disabilities, specific learning disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorder: both in terms of the causes of these disabilities, and the ability of their children to make progress. A qualitative interpretive methodology was employed. Interviews were used to collect data from 63 parents of CWD. Two major themes emerged concerning beliefs about the causes of disability and children’s progress. Results showed generally that disabilities were attributed to supernatural and biomedical causes; also, most parents had positive expectations about their children’s progress, especially in education skills, and had hopes for their children’s futures. Conclusions and implications are presented in the light of the study findings.