************************************************************** K12NewsLetters - From Educational CyberPlayGround http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** From: crn <child_research_net@xxxxxxxxx> To: <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:32:05 +0900 Subject: Child Research Net Newsletter January 30, 2003 Child Research Net Newsletter January 30, 2004 http://www.childresearch.net/ Dancing Dialog 2004, a bilingual message board both in English and Japanese has opened! Let's join! http://www.childresearch.net/RR/DANCE/index.html 1. Director's Comment 2. This month's Topics 3. CRN Cybrary 4. Others ----------------------------------- 1. Director's Comment ----------------------------------- Dr. Hiroshi Nishida, pediatrician and director of Maternal and Perinatal Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, is planning a marathon tour supported by the International Childcare Happiness Foundation and Aprica Childcare Society. He will run 10,500 km from Vatican to Nara, Japan through Turkey and China. The project is called "Dr. Nishida's Silk Road Running Journey 2004" which will kick off activities to appeal for children's happiness all over the world. The first leg of the marathon tour will start from February 26. He will run about 2,500km and get to Istanbul on May 23 after passing through Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia Montenegro and Bulgaria. When the first leg is accomplished, he will go back to his work in Japan for a while before starting the second leg of the tour. Mr. Kenzo Sakai, director of International Childcare Happiness Foundation and I will organize Dr. Nishida's send-off party at the beginning of February. Details about Dr. Nishida's journey will be published soon. Let's cheer the doctor on and give him our support! Stay tuned! (Noboru Kobayashi) ---------------------------------- 2. This month's Topics ---------------------------------- Seasons Greetings from Director Noboru Kobayashi, M.D. http://www.childresearch.net/cgi-bin/topics/column.pl?no=00205&page=1 CRN would like to take this occasion to express our gratitude for your generous support. As we embark on the fourth year of this century, we have many things to be thankful for: CRN has marked its eighth anniversary in operation as an internet-based research institute devoted to Kodomogaku, and access to our Japanese and English web site has grown. (Continued in the website) Walking Between Worlds: Reflections on Youth Culture, Identity, and Creative Expression Steve McCarty http://www.childresearch.net/cgi-bin/topics/column.pl?no=00206&page=1 In my home town of Boston, when an MIT survey asked people "what invention they hate most but can't live without, 30 percent said the cell phone. Alarm clocks were a close second with 25 percent, followed by the television with 23 percent" (CNN.com, January 21, 2004). (Continued in the website) Archive of CRN Home Page Topics for Discussion http://www.childresearch.net/cgi-bin/topics/arc.pl ---------------------------------- 3. CRN Cybrary ---------------------------------- Koby's Kodomogaku - Children are Our Future http://www.childresearch.net/CYBRARY/KOBY/FUTURE/index.html Smile of newborns is called a social smile with emotions responding to a stimulus; it is a meaningful behavior from the socio-biological perspective. This communication tool causes unique sympathy among adults surrounding babies.... Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter http://www.childresearch.net/CYBRARY/NEWS/index.html We picked up "Effects of text messaging on adolescent health studied" and "New findings in juvenile delinquents" this month. Young Researchers' Papers http://www.childresearch.net/CYBRARY/YRP/index.html A high school student wrote about Shinsengumi in "The Two Currents of Time." Articles by CRN Advisory Board Members http://www.childresearch.net/CYBRARY/MABM/index.html "For Embodied self View - In Multi-Cultural Collaboration" written by Yoshiro Miyata and Tetsuro Yamaguchi has been posted. Educational Visions http://www.childresearch.net/CYBRARY/EVISION/index.html "Republic of Uzbekistan: Towards Future Development Through Educational Reforms" A foreign student of ICU Graduate School has written about educational information of her country Prof. Daijiro Hida cotributed "Divided Japanese and Education Divided ." How does parent's social status affect child's education in Japan? ------------------------------------ 4. Others ------------------------------------ Research and Rethinking - R&R Cafe, Teens' Photo Project http://www.childresearch.net/RR/PHOTO/index.html Teens' Photo Project 2003 introduces a Japanese centuries-old event, "Tori no Ichi Fair". Research and Rethinking - Dancing Dialog 2004 http://www.childresearch.net/RR/DANCE/index.html We newly opened "Dancing Dialog 2004", a message board that is available both in English and Japanese. Let's join! Key Issues - Educational Reform in Japan http://www.childresearch.net/KEY/EREFORM.HTM Ed-Info Japan's articles posted from September to December have been archived. Let's Talk! - Ed-Info Japan http://www.childresearch.net/cgi-bin/KEY/FORUM/LT/disp_article.pl?theme=0100 We pick up news, information, and issues on education in Japan weekly. Jugemu Jugeme (Jan. 30) The withdrawal of treatment (Jan. 23) Grand parents (Jan. 15) Let us hear your thoughts on young people and education! ------------------------------------ Thank you for enjoying the Child Research Net e-newsletter. The next update is February 13. Updates during January are Feb. 13 and 27. If you would like to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the newsletter please write to the following web page. 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