Background: Studies have pointed out the influence of different children’s activities and prolonged use of digital products on their social development. However, whether the parent-child activities and using digital ...Background: Studies have pointed out the influence of different children’s activities and prolonged use of digital products on their social development. However, whether the parent-child activities and using digital devices were serial mediators of the relationship between children’s health and social development needs further verification. Purpose: This study explored how parent-child activities and children’s use of digital devices influence the relationship between children’s health and their social competence. Method: This study used data from Kids in Taiwan: National Longitudinal Study of Child Development and Care. A total sample of 2164 participants was used in this study. Serial mediation analyses were performed using model six of Hayes’ PROCESS (2012). Results: This study found that parent-child activities and the use of digital devices can serially mediate the relationship between children’s health and social competence. Children’s health could directly improve their social competence, but it could also serially mediate social competence by increasing parent-child activities and reducing the use of digital devices. Conclusion: Childcare policy planners and parenting educators should not only call on parents to reduce the use of electronic products for their children, but also encourage parents to spend more time interacting with their children, so that children can learn social skills by interacting with others in their daily lives.展开更多
Status quo and future trends of 2015children’s publications released by the Shanghai Press and Publication shows that in the past decade,the domestic children’s book market is developing rapidly with an average annu...Status quo and future trends of 2015children’s publications released by the Shanghai Press and Publication shows that in the past decade,the domestic children’s book market is developing rapidly with an average annual growth of 10%.Children’s books are seeing an increasing ratio with a market share of over 40%.展开更多
This paper reports findings from a longitudinal qualitative study that investigated the use of children＇s literature for Taiwan Residents University English as a Foreign Language （EFL） students＇ reading. During th...This paper reports findings from a longitudinal qualitative study that investigated the use of children＇s literature for Taiwan Residents University English as a Foreign Language （EFL） students＇ reading. During the course of their sophomore year, 17 students participated and each student held two to seven individual reading sessions, to which they brought a self-selected children＇s picture storybook or children＇s novel they had finished reading on their own and orally read it to the researcher. Their oral reading and the discussion of each book with the researcher were audio recorded. To gain insight into the reading progress, these oral data were categorized and analyzed in terms of mispronunciation patterns, misunderstanding of vocabulary, misinterpretation of sentence or passage, and researcher＇s guidance. General findings of the 17 participants were presented in three categories： （1） vocabulary acquisition, （2） common comprehension problems, and （3） common pronunciation problems. Further analysis of two motivated students who read five to seven books revealed that （1） these two EFL learners gradually developed conscious awareness of their own pronunciation and comprehension errors and （2） they progressively acquired better competence to apply the pronunciation tips and reading comprehension techniques provided by the researcher during previous sessions. These findings and corresponding implications are discussed and further research suggestions are made.展开更多
Reading program is an important way to cultivate children’s reading habits and interest.This study aims at exploring how to assess the effectiveness and impact of children’s reading programs held by public libraries...Reading program is an important way to cultivate children’s reading habits and interest.This study aims at exploring how to assess the effectiveness and impact of children’s reading programs held by public libraries.On the basis of related research,through applying the Delphi method and the analytic hierarchy process,this study constructs a multi-dimensional evaluation system for children’s reading programs from the perspectives of library,users and society.This system is characterized by covering criteria on input and output,outcomes and impact.Indicators on library input and the benefits for participants are considered more important.展开更多
文摘Background: Studies have pointed out the influence of different children’s activities and prolonged use of digital products on their social development. However, whether the parent-child activities and using digital devices were serial mediators of the relationship between children’s health and social development needs further verification. Purpose: This study explored how parent-child activities and children’s use of digital devices influence the relationship between children’s health and their social competence. Method: This study used data from Kids in Taiwan: National Longitudinal Study of Child Development and Care. A total sample of 2164 participants was used in this study. Serial mediation analyses were performed using model six of Hayes’ PROCESS (2012). Results: This study found that parent-child activities and the use of digital devices can serially mediate the relationship between children’s health and social competence. Children’s health could directly improve their social competence, but it could also serially mediate social competence by increasing parent-child activities and reducing the use of digital devices. Conclusion: Childcare policy planners and parenting educators should not only call on parents to reduce the use of electronic products for their children, but also encourage parents to spend more time interacting with their children, so that children can learn social skills by interacting with others in their daily lives.
文摘Status quo and future trends of 2015children’s publications released by the Shanghai Press and Publication shows that in the past decade,the domestic children’s book market is developing rapidly with an average annual growth of 10%.Children’s books are seeing an increasing ratio with a market share of over 40%.
文摘This paper reports findings from a longitudinal qualitative study that investigated the use of children＇s literature for Taiwan Residents University English as a Foreign Language （EFL） students＇ reading. During the course of their sophomore year, 17 students participated and each student held two to seven individual reading sessions, to which they brought a self-selected children＇s picture storybook or children＇s novel they had finished reading on their own and orally read it to the researcher. Their oral reading and the discussion of each book with the researcher were audio recorded. To gain insight into the reading progress, these oral data were categorized and analyzed in terms of mispronunciation patterns, misunderstanding of vocabulary, misinterpretation of sentence or passage, and researcher＇s guidance. General findings of the 17 participants were presented in three categories： （1） vocabulary acquisition, （2） common comprehension problems, and （3） common pronunciation problems. Further analysis of two motivated students who read five to seven books revealed that （1） these two EFL learners gradually developed conscious awareness of their own pronunciation and comprehension errors and （2） they progressively acquired better competence to apply the pronunciation tips and reading comprehension techniques provided by the researcher during previous sessions. These findings and corresponding implications are discussed and further research suggestions are made.
基金an outcome of the project "Policy study on library services to the disadvantaged groups and users with special needs"(No.Y201121532) supported by Scientific Research Fund of Zhejiang Provincial Education Departmentthe project "Evidenced-based study on reading promotion programs held by libraries"(No.10BTQ011) supported by National Social Science Foundation of China
文摘Reading program is an important way to cultivate children’s reading habits and interest.This study aims at exploring how to assess the effectiveness and impact of children’s reading programs held by public libraries.On the basis of related research,through applying the Delphi method and the analytic hierarchy process,this study constructs a multi-dimensional evaluation system for children’s reading programs from the perspectives of library,users and society.This system is characterized by covering criteria on input and output,outcomes and impact.Indicators on library input and the benefits for participants are considered more important.
