Based on the assumption that the content and symbolism of nursery rhymes reflect the particular needs of those who respond to them, this paper analyzes Mother Goose rhymes in relation to the psychological stages of child development. Each basic need of the child, as defined in Bruno Bettelheim's "The Uses of Enchantment," is applied to…

This student manual, developed and field tested within a State school for deaf students, was written to help teenagers prepare for the role of parent. The need to talk to the child, or to get others to talk to the child, is stressed. Ten major units, each containing from two to eleven lessons, are presented. Each lesson plan includes a title,…

Using Rorschach inkblots, the author sought investigation and disclosure of early-life determinants of young children's creativity as influenced by home and school environmental experiences. Significant and empirically defined characterological features of children and adults in their lives and children's Rorschach and other examination findings,…

Thirty mothers of Title 1 children (5-11) were matched for marital status, sex of children, ethnic background, age, and level of formal education. They were randomly assigned to a waiting-list control group, a parent treatment group, and a parent-and-significant-others treatment group. The dependent measures were the following: (a) "the way I feel…

Social cognition refers to that ability which makes it possible for one to infer another's covert, inner psychological experiences and to interact with that individual accordingly (Shantz 1975; Flavell 1977). Piaget (1926) maintains that the ability to decenter socially and to take into account the perspective of another develops gradually as the…

Reports on development of a model for studying communicative competencies using naturalistic observations of specific behaviors. Discussion focuses on ways mothers and toddlers train each other to be successively more effective in their relationships. (ED)

Recorded and classified according to categories were references for 6,279 articles published in Mental Retardation Abstracts from 1964 to 1971. (CL)

Part of the Saturday Review supplement, EDUCATION IN AMERICA sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

Abridged Master's thesis submitted to Boston University, School of Education (1967).

From the Series "Social Studies Education: The Elementary School -- Focus on Inquiry.

Paper presented at the International Seminar on Experimental Research in Music Education (University of Reading, Reading, England, July 9-16, 1968).