Aims and Scope:
The Journal of New Childhood Studies publishes articles representing a wide variety of researches on children and childhood from humanities and social sciences. They vary from examination of fundamental theoretical issues in their connection with child education, child history, philosophy for/with children, the new sociology of childhood, archaeology of childhood, child literature, child psychology and so on, to detailed critical engagement with current child-related practice or policies from different points of views. The Journal aims to promote rigorous thinking on matters about children and to identify and criticize the multiple social-cultural forces shaping childhood. It also attempts to promote the formation of professional community of childhood studies not only in China but all over the world, discover the natural resources and strengths among children, and therefore improve the general status of children in global societies and cultures.
Editorial Board:
Fang Mingsheng, Sanda University, China
Fang Weiping, Zhejiang Normal University, China
Gao Zhenyu, Hangzhou Normal University, China
Guo Faqi, Beijing Normal University, China
Hsiung Pingchen, University of California, U.S.A
Jessica Wang, National Chiayi University, Taiwan (China)
Jin Shenghong, Zhejiang Normal University, China
Leonard J. Waks, Temple University, U.S.A
Liu Xiaodong, East China Normal University, China
Liu Xin, Sichuan University, China
Ni Mingxiang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan (China)
Pan Xiaohui, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan (China)
Yan Conggen, Hangzhou Normal University, China
Yu Wei, Northeast Normal University, China
Zang Yufeng, Hangzhou Normal University, China
Zhang Binxian, Beijing Normal University, China
Zhang Hua, Hangzhou Normal University, China
Zhu Ziqiang, Ocean University of China, China
Director of editorial board: Professor Liu Xiaodong, East China Normal University, China
Editors-in-Chief: Professor Zhang Binxian, Beijing Normal University, China
Professor Yu Wei, Northeast Normal University, China
Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Associate Professor Gao Zhenyu, Hangzhou Normal University, China
Spring Issue , 2020
Contents
Introduction
Special Issues: History of Children and Childhood
1. Rediscovering Childhood: Intellectual Investigation on the Modern Child
Hsiung Ping-chen（CIPSH Chair in New Humanities,University California, Irvine, USA）
2. Friedrich Froebel: Let’s Live with Children Together
Liu Xiao-dong ( East China Normal University, China)
3. The Rediscovery of Friedrich Froebel’s View on Children
Luo Yao ( Hunan Normal University, China)
4. A Group Analysis on the Child Researchers in Early Modern Republican China and Contemporary Implications
Gao Zhen-yu (Hangzhou Normal University, China)
Special Issues: Philosophy for/with Children
5. From Philosophy for Children to the Child-based Naturalistic Education
Yu Wei (Northeast Normal University, China)
6. Can Children be Real Philosophers? A Case Study on the Boy Zhou Da-guan and His Collection of Poems I Still Have One Leg
Pan Xiao-hui (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan, China; Konkuk University, South Korea)
7. Philosophy for Children and the Culture Studies: An Analysis On Two Cartoons Mulan and Ne Zha
Jian Cheng-xi (Pingtung University, Taiwan, China)
8. Philosophy for Children and the Opening of Windows for Thinking about Children: An Interview with Ni Ming-xiang, Director of the Institute of Early Childhood Education, Taiwan Political University
Sun Li-li (Hangzhou Normal University, China)
9. Truth, Rationality and Metaphor: The Three Approaches of Understanding the Dialogues in Philosophy for Children
Zheng Min-xi( Fujian Normal University, China)
10. Philosophy for Children as “Lebenslehre”: A Phenomenological Perspective
Yang Yan-lu( Zhejiang Normal University, China)
11. A Life for Teaching Thinking: Review on the Life History of Matthew Lipman, the Founding Father of Philosophy for Children
Wei Caiyun ( Nanjing Normal University, China)
12. The Issue of Body and the Theoretical Construction of Children Education
Chen Le-le( Henan Normal University, China)
Special Issues: Sociology of Children
13. Casting a Net: Adolescents’ Power in the Internet Age
Leonard J.Waks ( Hangzhou Normal University, China; Temple University, USA)
14. Childhood in the Social Space: A Preliminary Exploration
Zheng Su-hua ( Zhejiang Normal University, China)
Special Issues: Children Literature
15. Why are ‘Children’ Silenced? From the Suppression of ‘Discipline’ to the Deconstruction of ‘ Entertainment’
Zhu Zi-qiang ( Ocean University of China, China)