I suspect we’ll be busy enough with course-directed reading, but if you want to dip your toe into further resources, you might enjoy a simple email alerting service.
Set up Zetoc Alert and you get an email with clickable links to newly-published articles. Even better, the links may well give you access to the article’s full text.
The Open University Library has produced a friendly introduction and how-to-sign-up leaflet .
Here are the journals I’ve selected for my alert. Have I missed any?
- CANADIAN CHILDRENS LITERATURE
- CHILDRENS LITERATURE
- CHILDRENS LITERATURE IN EDUCATION
- HORN BOOK MAGAZINE
- LION AND THE UNICORN
- NEW REVIEW OF CHILDRENS LITERATURE AND LIBRARIANSHIP
- PAPERS EXPLORATIONS INTO CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
- QUARTERLY- CHILDRENS LITERATURE ASSOCIATION
- SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
Meanwhile, I enjoyed reading a NY Times article about the endless curiosity of the young mind; in particular
In fact, our mature brain seems to be programmed by our childhood experiences — we plan based on what we’ve learned as children. Very young children imagine and explore a vast array of possibilities. As they grow older and absorb more evidence, certain possibilities become much more likely and more useful. They then make decisions based on this selective information and become increasingly reluctant to give those ideas up and try something new.
Here’s hoping that study helps to keep some plasticity in our ‘mature’ brains.
