Kinds Of Children Research Articles

MGA KWENTONG PAMBATANG RADIKAL (RADICAL CHILDREN’S STORIES): EXPLORING SOCIAL THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

For thousands of generations, children’s literature has been one of the most powerful tools in providing moral values to children. It employs a subtle technique commonly used to entertain children and at the same time, educate them about rights and wrongs. This kind of literature used human and animal characters usually with a touch of magic which was designed to give entertainment and feed lore to the kids. This study aimed to explore Children’s Literature to examine the issues of its content. The researcher also determined the reasons of the two authors in writing such stories and the perceptions of the parents regarding these kinds of children’s stories. Therewith, the selected five (5) children’s books were first summarized and analyzed. Meanwhile, in both interviews done with the authors and parents, the researcher used a Key Informant and Personal Interview. Ten (10) parents were selected through identifying the age of their child (aged seven (7) and below). The researcher identified the social issues embedded in the children’s stories such as drug, liquor, cigarette, and gambling addiction and illness. Social issues such as this are atypical in children’s literature and this research wanted to determine whether it could help in teaching children’s literature.

What kind of children do kindergarten teachers prefer? -Typology of the preferred types of children.

The teacher's pets are a common occurrence in the field of education. To investigate the preferences teachers exhibit toward certain children, the study focused on kindergarten teachers and employed a mixed research methodology. Initially, qualitative interviews were conducted with 15 kindergarten teachers to identify specific criteria influencing teacher preferences. Subsequently, A comprehensive model of teacher's pets was developed through a questionnaire survey involving 463 participants. This model encapsulated 32 distinct indicators, categorized into 7 types: children with good appearance (GA), exceptional abilities (OA), commendable conduct (GC), proactive and enthusiastic demeanor (PE), compliant and carefree nature (OC), children from vulnerable groups (VC), and those influenced by their parents (PI). The resulting model demonstrated a sound structure. Not only did it validate existing findings, but it also expanded upon the identified types of teacher's pets. An analysis based on game theory revealed the weighted combinations, highlighting the top three types of teacher's pets: children influenced by parental factors (24.3%), proactive and enthusiastic individuals (15.7%), and obedient, carefree children (14.8%), respectively. Conversely, the representation of vulnerable-concerned children (11.1%) was the lowest among the identified types.

An empirical study of supporting executive function in family education with mental abacus

In the field of childcare, the focus has primarily been on executive function (EF) (working memory [WM]), which is a critical factor in daily life. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children’s (WISC-IV) WM Index subtests of the digit span (forward and backward) and letter–number sequencing tasks are used to assess EF (WM). Theoretically, the letter–number sequencing task is more demanding on EF (WM) than the digit span task. Additionally, there is some suggestion of a relationship between EF (WM) and mental abacus (MA) and that MA can easily be performed in daily life. One challenge of supporting EF (WM) is that it is hard to conduct general evaluations and daily activities at home. This study examines the following questions through an empirical study: (1) Can Mental Abacus be used to support executive function in family education? In this study, I measured the cerebral blood flow of one child at home using the HOT-2000 for the tasks of MA and the WISC-IV. As a result, I was able to show that for that child, MA could have an effect on EF(WM). Although this is only one example, for parents, it has been important in showing that it is not impossible in the field of home education where there are many different kinds of children. The findings provide a new perspective regarding evaluating EF (WM) in cognitive psychology and neuropsychology and are valuable in breaking through previous research.

Advances in the Co-Host Immune Response to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome and Kawasaki Disease in Children with AI-Guided Features

Purpose: To explore the role of artificial intelligence in the immune response mechanism of children with multi-system inflammatory syndrome and Kawasaki disease. Methods: To search the domestic and foreign literatures about the immune response mechanism of these two diseases, and analyze the literatures according to the characteristics of artificial intelligence. Results: AI analysis showed that the two kinds of children's syndrome were concentrated in the cytokine storm centered on il-15/IL15RA, which confirmed that the two diseases had the same initial immune pathway, but the differences in immune phenotype, cytokine, cell count and other aspects suggested that KD and MIS-C were two different diseases. Conclusion: It shows the applicability of AI in this research direction, and points out the limitations of the current research scope and samples. The difference between the results of KD and MIS-C research guides the direction of future research. Accurate and comprehensive laboratory indicators and parameters can be applied to artificial intelligence and provide basis for diagnosis and treatment of diseases. As the number of infected people increases, the problem of sample limitation in the current work can also be improved.

A Comparative Study of Zebra English and You Mei English Courses

Under the background of Internet + education, online education is booming. In order to abandon the traditional English education mode and let children accept more pure English, many parents begin to try to choose online English courses. However, there are many kinds of children's English courses on the market, so how to choose a high-quality course brand among the dazzling brands has become the top priority. After tracking and observing a variety of online English brands in the past two years, this paper finally selected two relatively representative online English courses, Zebra English and You Mei English, for comparison and analysis, and suggested that You Mei English should introduce AI technology to design interactive scene animation of real people. It is not necessary to set the reading link in the first-level courses of Zebra English. Children's games and operation components should be added to Zebra English, and daily unlocking task points should be added to Zebra English. Zebra English is more suitable for zero-basis enlightenment, and You Mei English can be added as a supplement in the later stage.

REPRESENTATION OF CHILDREN’S IDEAS ABOUT GOOD AND EVIL IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITAL SOCIALIZATION

An ambiguous assessment of the consequences of “digital tools” use by children in educational, cognitive and socio-communicative activities brings up the problem of “digital socialization”. In the studies of cognitive sphere, multiple data have been obtained confi rming a serious transformation of consciousness in “digital generation” (Soldatova G.U., Rasskazova E.I., Nestik T.A.). The purpose of the study is to determine the features of moral consciousness of children and adolescents in projection on the problems of good and evil (Popov L.M. et al.). The questionnaire is aimed at identifying ideas about good and evil, as well as the characteristics of good and evil people. The sample consisted of  people:  primary school children, and  teenagers of a school in Samara. The content of the representative components of children’s consciousness is determined both in sign-verbal and fi gurative-symbolic forms. The level of generalization in the forms of verbal consciousness in children aged - is lower in comparison with adolescents aged -. Kindness in children and adolescents is characterized by empathy, love, help to others; evil is described as causing suffering, intolerance, humiliation, violence, etc. Visual images of goodness in adolescents are predominantly symbolic (sun, heart, clouds); in the images of good there are warm tones of orange, yellow, green. Evil is depicted with menacing faces and symbols in black colors. Younger schoolchildren have fewer symbols in the image of good and evil, there are more human fi gures. In the fi gurative representations of children and adolescents, there is no clear representation of the “markers” of digital socialization in subjective attitude to good and evil. It was also not possible to identify any signs of positive or negative “traces” of social network activity of children and adolescents associated with the categories of good and evil.

MOTIVASI MEMBACA SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR MELALUI MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS SASTRA ANAK

This study aims to discuss the use of children's literature as a means of increasing student reading motivation at the elementary school level. This research method is qualitative research using descriptive methods to make a systematic and accurate description based on the facts and phenomena investigated. The results showed that motivation in reading is one of the movements of character education in children, which is a way to increase students' interest in reading. One of the media used in increasing motivation to read indirectly is to use children's literary media. Many kinds of children's literature can be melted down as a form of media material that is of interest to students. The variegated form of children's literature, can provoke students to read.

Educational project "Seasons in works of art" with children of senior preschool age

From birth, the child is the discoverer of the world that surrounds him. But independently, a preschooler still cannot find answers to all his questions teachers help him. At the preschool, educators use methods of problem-based learning: questions that develop logical thinking, modeling of problem situations, experimental research activities, etc.
 The development and implementation of the cognitive speech project will teach children to comprehend the acquired knowledge and use it in independent creative activity. It will expand children's knowledge of art, arouse a desire to visit exhibitions, museums, cultural events. It will develop inquisitiveness, curiosity, and the desire to live in active interaction with nature in children. It will allow you to more freely and easily own the material of the topic stated in the name of the project. Will introduce children to famous artists and their paintings such as: I.I. Shishkina "The First Snow", "Landscape with lake", "Rye"; I. I. Levitan. "Golden Autumn", "Blooming apple trees", "Spring. Big water", "Overgrown pond"; Savrasov A. K. "Rooks have arrived", "Winter"; poets and their poems: Pushkin A.S. "Winter morning", "sad time", Fet A.A. "Wonderful picture", "I came to you with the dawn", Tyutchev F. I. "Spring waters" "There is in the original autumn", Yesenin S. A. "white birch", "Blue May"; composer Tchaikovsky P. I. and his work "Seasons".
 We assume that the active involvement of children in joint project activities will contribute to the development of creative abilities in children with ONR, will allow for more productive correction of their existing disorders.
 Solving various cognitive-speech tasks together with adults and peers during the design process, children with speech underdevelopment motivatively enrich and activate their vocabulary, learn to speak publicly, communicate adequately with others.
 The project method can go through all kinds of children's activities and encourages teachers to improve their professional and creative level, which affects the quality of the educational process. It encourages the active interaction of all pre-school specialists, parents of pupils and the organization of society.
 It forms the ability of preschoolers to plan and independence in solving the problem, promotes the development of cognitive and creative activity. It is the project activity that allows you to unite teachers, children, parents, teach them to work in a team, cooperate, plan their work. Every child will be able to express, feel needed.

The relationship between personality – burnout In special education teachers

Special education, as a whole, is a field in which the professionals need to be trained in order to decrease the impact of daily demands on their performances and emotional state. The difficulties they usually face are many, from the preparation of the activities to the actual work with the special needs education students. In order to work with this kind of children, it is necessary to own several personality traits as a support in pressing tasks and activities that sometimes may have different degrees of danger. It is necessary that society understands the physical and mental exhaustion due to the excessive energy demand, strenghts or individual resources, that leads to a decrease of the whole potential of action, especially in the special education field.

Analisis Penggunaan Media Spelling Puzzle untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Membaca Permulaan Siswa Disleksia di Sekolah Dasar Penyelenggara Pendidikan Inklusi

Children with special needs require educational services in the form of a different learning process from children in general. One kind of child with special needs is a dyslexic child. In general, dyslexic children experience several learning difficulties, one of which is difficulty reading and writing. This study aims to analyze the use of spelling puzzle media in improving the reading ability of dyslexic children. The subjects in this study were dyslexic grade III students at SDN Tambakboyo II who collected four students. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Data was collected through interviews, reading tests and observations. Data is presented in the form of diagrams and then analyzed descriptively. The main problem in this study is whether the spelling puzzle media can help dyslexic children improve reading skills. The results showed that the use of spelling puzzle media can improve reading skills at the beginning reading level. Increased reading ability as a reaction to the increase in memory and motivation of dyslexic children through spelling puzzle pieces. Other findings in this study increased learning activities, motivation and interest in reading dyslexia.

Young Children's Conceptualisations of Kindness: A Thematic Analysis.

Although there is much interest in the development of prosocial behaviour in young children, and many interventions that attempt to cultivate kindness in children, there is a paucity of research exploring children’s lived experiences of kindness and including their voices. In this study, children’s understanding of kindness is approached through qualitative interviews using puppets. Interviews were conducted with 33 children aged 5-6 years in 3 schools in the United Kingdom. Through thematic analysis, 4 themes were developed: (a) doing things for others, (b) relating with others, (c) rules and values, and (d) kindness affects us. These themes are examined in light of current thinking on prosocial and sociomoral development, and several key insights are highlighted, including types of prosocial behaviour, social connection, kindness-by-omission and defending, in-group bias, universal kindness versus personal safety, self-image, and a desire to improve the condition of society. These findings have implications for future research on prosocial development and for the design of kindness-based interventions, as well as providing an ecologically valid method of inquiry for use with young children.

Introduction to the Section: Widening the Scope of Psychodynamic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Research: Recent Applications and New Directions

ABSTRACT Recent developments in psychodynamic work with children and adolescents have made empirical research a higher priority in the field. In order to support the evidence-base of psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapy, more research is needed to identify the underlying therapeutic processes that make psychodynamic psychotherapy effective for different kinds of children and adolescents and contribute to the literature on therapeutic mechanisms of change. Drawing on the expertise of a range of contributors, this special section describes recent child and adolescent psychodynamic psychotherapy research illustrating a range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies that have been developed to investigate different clinical phenomena, processes of psychotherapy and outcome. These papers will serve as a vital resource helping researchers and clinicians develop clinically relevant research agendas to improve clinical practice and care with children and adolescents.

PINOCCHIO FROM ITALY TO RUSSIA, OR THE LITERARY JOURNEY OF AN ICONIC PUPPET

As is well known, in 1935 the famous Soviet writer Aleksey Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1883–1945) wrote the fairy tale Zolotoj klyuchik, ili Priklyucheniya Buratino (The Little Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino) inspired by Collodi’s Pinocchio (1883), that he read and loved some years earlier. Considering the substantial relationships between the two works, the present paper aims at analysing them from two main points of view: a) the different connotations attributed to animal and human characters; b) the authentic nature of the “implied reader” (W. Iser) in the two texts, regardless of the moralistic or ideological contexts in which they were respectively conceived.Are they really to be considered as “fairy tales for children”? To what kind of child are they addressed?

Unusual Presentation of Pulmonary Interstitial Glycogenosis: A Case Report Study

Introduction: Pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis (PIG) is a kind of children’s interstitial lung disease (ChILD). This is exclusively limited to neonates and infants. Often, PIG is diagnosed in the lung biopsy in a short time after birth (usually < 6 months). Most cases of PIG in infants are symptomatic within the first days to weeks of life. PIG expresses itself with diverse clinical symptoms such as tachypnea and hypoxia and may lead to acute respiratory failure in neonates. Case Presentation: In this case report study, we presented a 1.5-year-old boy with the chief complaint of stage 4 clubbing in fingers and toes. Mild chest deformity was observed in his physical exam. No evidence of respiratory and cardiac complications was observed. Initial lab tests and further specific studies were normal. His parents did not mention the history of any diseases in this patient. His chest X-ray (CXR) showed hyperinflated lungs, diffuse bilateral interstitial infiltration, and hazy opacities. Ground glass opacities (GGO) and interlobular septal thickening and cystic changes with reversed halo sign in both lungs were observed in his chest computerized tomography (CT). Finally, pulmonary biopsy showed a high level of glycogen-laden mesenchymal cells in the interstitium of alveoli, and vimentin-positive interstitial infiltration in lung parenchyma confirmed the PIG diagnosis. Conclusions: The new manifestation of PIG, which has been reported in this case, can be beneficial for future diagnoses of PIG.

Politicization and militarization of children’s leisure in Soviet Ukraine in 1929–1939

The article analyzes the peculiarities of the process of politicization and militarization of children’s leisure in Soviet Ukraine in 1929–1939. The content of the transformation of traditional and creation of new forms of children’s leisure is revealed. The key concepts of ideological substantiation of the need to maximally fill the child’s free time with political and educational practices are identified. The evolution of the new tradition of club leisure and its filling with political content is analyzed. Forms of political and educational work with children in their free time have been reconstructed. The methods of involving children in the political campaigns of the Soviet government by filling the discourse of children’s leisure with the political and militaristic rhetoric are described. The mechanisms of introduction of the state control over such kinds of children’s leisure as reading, thanks to the formation of new children’s literature and creation of the system of propaganda of new work are investigated. It shows how a network of libraries was built into this system, which was tasked with organizing the work of forming a new mass reader. The process of involving children in the culture of the new Bolshevik holidays and its connection with the main tasks of the government in the field of education of conscious and loyal citizens is demonstrated. During the second half of the 1930s, at the initiative of the Ukrainian Soviet leadership, the Christmas tree was restored and transformed, which was filled with new ideological content and used to promote Bolshevik’s achievements and demon- strate the Communist Party’s concern for young citizens. The influence of the political situation on the development of the game sphere of children’s leisure is highlighted, and the power of the process of its militarization on the eve of the Second World War is emphasized. This applied to both mobile children’s games and board games, which were made according to the party’s tasks with an ideological load and included political games and military-themed games. Children’s toys were also modernized, including Christmas tree decorations and toys related to military equipment, military and political events, collective farm construction, and Soviet symbols were added to the traditional toy theme.

A European Guantanamo for Swedish children in Syria? A media analysis on the narrative of repatriation

ABSTRACT There are around 50 Swedish children interned in Syrian refugee camps due to their parents’ affiliation with the Islamic State. Swedish authorities have a strict policy towards repatriating individuals who have joined the terrorist organisation. Therefore, these individuals, along with their young children, are left in these camps. This is noteworthy since the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has been enshrined in Swedish law since 2020 with the purpose of strengthening children’s rights. In this article, media narratives concerning these children and the process of repatriation are explored in relation to the CRC. The findings suggest that the media narrative contributes to the representation of a “new kind of child” that is both in danger and dangerous, a narrative configuration that may affect the public’s way of reacting to their situation.

An Analysis of Children’s Play Area Designs in Istanbul During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Learning new skills for child development and the play areas where this can happen is a big part of the educational process for early childhood. During the COVID-19 pandemic, children and babies faced challenging times, sometimes even what we would describe as trauma, related to the environment to which they were exposed. Children and babies, like their families, were locked in houses without access to educational buildings like schools, museums or other kinds of children’s activities. The only place where children could channel their energies, where they could be physically active, relax or learn something, was at a children's playground because this was the only place where they spent time apart from at home. As a result, children's playgrounds became more important than usual. This study aims to provide a design analysis in an interdisciplinary way, combining architecture, landscape architecture and psychology. The study uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies through surveys and a discussion of survey results in light of knowledge from previous studies. Data for the study was sourced through two online surveys with parents, which were implemented at different times during the pandemic. All children, regardless of age, gender, language, religion, and race, need environments where they can develop, thrive, and learn, and this is equally true in challenging situations like a pandemic. Since design is an integral part of this process, we wanted to raise awareness of this critical issue.

Poor visuo-spatial orientation and path memorization in children with dyslexia

Purpose Given the importance of spatial representation and navigation in the natural environment and the presence of sensory motor integration impairment in dyslexic children the aim of this study was to explore the capability in spatial orientation task in dyslexic children. Materials and methods We included forty children: 26 dyslexic children (mean age: 10.1 ± 0.3 years old) and 14 typically developing (TD) children (mean age: 10.1 ± 0.4 years old). Children have to walk on an unguided isosceles rectangle triangle of 3 meters that was marked on the ground of a room, during two visual conditions: eyes open and eyes closed. Their paths were recorded using the HTC Vive system (Base + Trackers) with a refresh rate of 90 Hz with accuracy < 0.05 mm. Results Results underlined that both groups of children reported poor performance during eyes closed condition. Moreover, dyslexic children, reported poor spatial orientation capabilities in the most difficult conditions, that is during reproduction of hypotenuse and angle of 45 deg. Conclusions We suggested that visual information is important during walking; the poor body orientation observed in dyslexic children could be due to a deficient integration of the sensorial inputs (visual, vestibular and proprioceptive). Further studies testing vestibular/cerebellar rehabilitation could be useful for these kinds of children. Highlights Children with dyslexia showed poor spatial orientation capabilities compared to typically developing children, particularly when visual inputs are not available and in the most difficult conditions (like rotation of the body). Poor motor abilities reported by children with dyslexia could be due to cerebrocerebellar pathways impairments

Can Being Victimized Verbally and Physically Predict Aggressive Verbal and Physical Behavior?: A Study on Omani Male and Female Middle School

&lt;p style="text-align:justify"&gt;The aim of this study was to examine if perceived family violence of victimized children is related to their perceived aggressive behavior. It has been acknowledged that children learn and behave what they observe and practice including violence. A stratified random sample (N =1160) of Omani school students was drawn from grades 6 to 9. The study used perceived family violence and perceived aggressive behavior measures to collect data. CFA was performed to test the proposed factor structure as well as the structural model. The invariance test lent support to the hypothesis that the structure of constructs is invariant across gender. However, the relations between constructs were not invariant. Children (boys and girls) who expressed high verbal violence on them reported they were more verbally and physically aggressive. Boys, but not girls, who reported high physical violence on them reported they were more verbally and physically aggressive. The relation between perceived family violence and perceived aggressive behavior seem to be dependent on gender and types of family violence as well as the kind of children’s aggressive behavior.&lt;/p&gt;

Telomere length and telomere repeat-binding protein in children with sickle cell disease

BackgroundThis study aimed to assess the telomere length and plasma telomere repeat-binding factor 2 (TRF2) levels in addition to other inflammatory markers in children with sickle cell disease (SCD).MethodsWe enrolled 106 children (90 SCD and 26 controls) aged 1–15 years from the Hematology unit of King Fahad Medical City (KFMC), Saudi Arabia. Genomic DNA extracted from blood and leukocyte TL was determined using quantitative reverse transcription PCR, whereas TRF2, C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and DNA oxidative damage were determined by using respective commercially available assays.ResultsLeukocyte TL was inversely correlated with age in the SCD patients (r = −0.24, P = 0.02) and the controls (r = −0.68, P < 0.0001). In addition, SCD patients had significantly shorter TL (7.74 ± 0.81 kb) (P = 0.003) than controls (8.28 ± 0.73 kb). In contrast, no significant difference in TL among the SCD genotypes (HbSS and HbSβ0) has been observed. A modest, positive correlation was seen between TL and reticulocyte % (r = 0.21; P = 0.06). There were no significant differences in the TL and TRF2 concentrations between subjects with HbSS and HbSβ0 genotypes.ConclusionsShort leukocyte TL was significantly associated with SCD. An inverse association was observed between TL and hemoglobin. Hydroxyurea treatment revealed no impact on TL.ImpactThis study explored the TL and plasma TRF2 in Saudi children with SCD. This is the first documentation that SCD children have shorter TL than their healthy counterparts, and no association between TL and TRF2 has been observed.Hydroxyurea treatment showed no impact on TL in children with SCD.This study is the first of its kind in children with SCD.It will pave the way for another study with a larger sample size in a diverse population to scrutinize these findings better.