Educators read narrative fiction with children not only to promote their literacy skills, but also
to support their sociomoral development. However, different approaches strongly diverge in …

Updated to incorporate recent scholarship on the subject, this new edition of Hugh
Cunningham's classic text investigates the relationship between ideas about childhood and …

Taking a global look at what the category of childhood has meant from agricultural societies
to the present day, Childhood in World History offers a vital overview of this topical field …

There is little research about making instruction at school meaningful. This is surprising
given that ample research suggests that many students do not find school a meaningful …

It was a common charge among black radicals in the 1960s that Britons needed to start
“thinking black.” As state and society consolidated around a revived politics of …

Young children develop emotion knowledge and preferences through being read
storybooks, so it is important to examine how emotions are portrayed in this medium. This …

With this pioneering project, Margrit Pernau brings the 'history of emotions' approach to
South Asian studies. A theoretically sophisticated and erudite investigation, Emotions and …

In this introductory chapter Katajala-Peltomaa & Toivo analyse historiographical changes
from the history of popular religion to the history of religion as lived. They lay out the …

Scholarly literature for long only mentioned emotions in passing, although they were
ubiquitous in the sources. This article argues that including them systematically can …

Offering insights on the wide range of sources that are available from across the globe and
throughout history for the study of the history of emotions, this book provides students with a …