List of QUESTIONS to ask the various people i will be interviewing as part of my research:

Teachers:
1. What are children from the age of 7 to 11 reading? What is the focus of these books (text books and storybooks)?
2. What capacities of learning do children from grade 2, 3, 4 and 5 have?
3. What level of creativity do children from grade 2, 3, 4 and 5 have?
4. What is the focus of 4th and 5th grade education?
5. What to want to know about children by the time they come to grade 4 and 5?
6. What value does this particular school give to creativity? How important is it considered in their system of education?
7. What exercises does the teacher conduct for children above the age of 8 to encourage creativity? What is the response to these exercises?
8. Until what age are children completely free in their thinking?
9. Do children still enjoy creative exercises that allow them to be completely free after a certain age?
10. What is the change that appears in the child’s thinking habits as he grows older?



Parents:
1. How old is their child?
2. What books does he/she read?
3. What does he/ she like about these books?
4. What is the change that appears in the child’s thinking habits as he grows older?
5. In the experience of the parent, at what age does the child become rigid in his thinking? What is the reason for this change?



People who are involved in and have done research on education for kids:
1. Until what age are children completely free in their thinking?
2. Why does the change in thinking pattern emerge when it does?
3. What capacities of learning do children from grade 2, 3, 4 and 5 have?
4. What level of creativity do children from grade 2, 3, 4 and 5 have?
5. What to children know by the time they come to grade 4 and 5?
6. What exercises does the teacher conduct for children above the age of 8 to encourage creativity?
7. What can be done to encourage creativity in children above the age of 8 when their creativity seems to diminish?
8. Do children still enjoy creative exercises that allow them to be completely free after a certain age?

Child psychologists:
1. Until what age are children completely free in their thinking?
2. Why does the change in thinking pattern emerge when it does?
3. Is it natural for a child to become more rigid in his thinking as he grows older?
4. How does the learning capacity evolve from the ages of 6 to 10? What changes in the way children learn, assimilate and respond?

Children’s book writers and publishers:
1. What kind of books are being written for children of age 7, 8 9, and 10?
2. What is the reason for choosing the mentioned themes/topics?
3. How are books for 6 -7 year old different from books for 9 -11 year olds? On what basis do they choose the content for the two age groups?
4. How does the language/style of writing differ for children from age 7 to 10? What is the tone that they choose to write in?
5. How do they decide what language is fitting for children of age 7,8,9 and 10?
6. Do they test the books that they write with the identified age group of kids? How important is this process?