Iranak Celebrates its Fifth Birthday!
Submitted by editorf on Tue, 11/16/2010 - 11:37Iranak Bank, the Database for children’s culture and literature started its fifth year activity on November 13th, 2010.
Iranak Bank, the Database for children’s culture and literature started its fifth year activity on November 13th, 2010.
Armineh Ghazarian, a former educator, has donated her collection of toys from the 1940s and 50s to the Institute for Research on the History of Children's Literature in Iran and its planned future Museum of Children’s Culture and Literature.
In August, the Institute for Research on the History of Children's Literature presented a training workshop, “ Child- Centered Creative Education,” for daycare center teachers and administrators from all around Fars Province(southern of Iran) in Shiraz .
An autobiography of Jabbar Baghcheban and his wife, Safieh Mirbabaie, titled "Illuminator of the Darkness", has been published recently by the Institute for Research on the History of Children 's Literature in Iran.
The Association of Graduates of Tribal Population held a memorial ceremony for Mohammad Bahmanbiaigi , the pioneer educator for tribal community of Iran.
May 9th was the birthday of a teacher who founded new methods of education by applying literature and arts in learning, namely for children who were deprived of minimum means of subsistence. Born 125 years ago he bravely paved the way for educating the deaf and became the founder of education for the deaf in Iran.
On Tuesday of May 4th 2010 Sayedeh Bassarat Kazim, the director of the Cultural & Education Institute of "One Thousand & One Nights"(Alif Laila) was the special guest of The Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature in Iran (IRHCLI).
Mohammad Bahmanbaigi passed away on Saturday May 1st 2010, at Kowsar Hospital in Shiraz, at age 90 after a long illnesses. He was the founder of education for the nomadic and tribal population of Iran.
The institute for Research on the History of Children's Literature in Iran has recently launched a new project called " Study of Childhood " comprising research on all aspects of children's lives throughout history. In line with the research on medical issues related to children and children's hygiene during the Qajar period, the researchers from the Institute visited The Iranian National Museum of History of Medicine.
Nasrin Khosravi, the well known illustrator of children’s literature passed away on Friday23rd of April 2010 in Canada after a long battle with cancer.