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This appraisal of the contribution of psychology to debates about the impact of new technology on children’s social and intellectual development examines the arguments about whether computers are...
Looks at observational and experimental techniques as ways of studying and making sense of the seemingly chaotic world of children’s play. Professor Kathy Sylva outlines some research which she did into...
A critical review of the theories of Jean Piaget and Melanie Klein on infant mental representation. Primarily location based, the programme shows examples of children’s behaviour, demonstrating different...
Explores how children explain the phenomena of the physical world and where their ideas come from. Intersperses sequences of children talking about their understanding of natural phenomena with contributions...
Examines the work of the psychologists and teachers of a school for deaf-blind children in Zagorsk, near Moscow. The school is unique in that the psychologists who work there base their ideas and activities...
Charts the development of children’s language from birth to age five before asking, ‘What is left to learn?'. Uses narrative and children’s jokes to show that language development in the early school...
Investigates musical talent, or giftedness, in young people. Recent research by Professor Michael Howe and John Sloboda on the development of musical ability is illustrated by mini-portraits of six young...
Questions Piaget’s theory that children go through a universal development process, discussing new evidence about cultural influences. The argument is illustrated by looking at children’s drawings in...
A programme for the Open University Culture and Belief in Europe 1450-1600 course. Actors Jeremy Irons and Michael Pennington and director David Giles show how, through rehearsals, the complex role of...
'Ancient woodland’ is a term that refers to woods that have been continuously present since the growth of wildwood at the end of the last ice age. The ancient woods are home to many native plants and...
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