Young children and their communities : understanding collective social responsibility / edited by Gillian Sykes and Eleonora Teszenyi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Dr Eunice Lumsden -- Introduction -- 1. Constructing Future Communities around Collective Social Responsibility -- 2. Building Communities in Early Years Settings and Schools -- 3. Friendships in Children's Communities -- 4. Children's Communities of Mixed-Ages -- 5. Never Too Old - Mature Practitioners and Children's Communities -- 6. Intergenerational Communities - The Young and the Old Together -- 7. Communities of Childminders - A Valuable Resource -- 8. Communities of Children's Centres: Decline and Fall -- 9. Children's Communities of Extended Families from Asian Backgrounds -- 10. The Use of Technology to Build Digital Communities.

"Young Children and Their Communities delves deeper into the many layers of communities to which children belong. With a focus on key theoretical perspectives, such as social empathy and the pedagogy of friendships, the book seeks to expand readers’ understanding of the concept of community by considering a range of both established and emerging communities, including peer groups, digital communities, the extended family and intergenerational learning."--Publisher's website.