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Childhood in society for the early years / Rory McDowall Clark.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : Learning Matters, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: 4th editionDescription: xi, 188 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1526472910
  • 9781526472915
  • 1526472902
  • 9781526472908
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 305.23 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ792.G7 C565 2020
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. The context of childhood: social understanding of childhood -- 2. The historical context: the emergence of childhood -- 3. The philosophical context: the early years tradition and evolution of early years provision -- 4. The context of the family: first experiences -- 5. The context of the setting: childhood institutions -- 6. The context of partnership: children in transition -- 7. The community context: children as citizens -- 8. The national context: children and social policy -- 9. The global context: international perspectives -- 10. The child's own context: the child's voice and agency -- 11. The future context: the twenty-first century child -- 12. The virtual context: children in a digital world.
Summary: "This book... offers an introduction to the study of childhood and the different contexts within which childhood exists. The text encourages you to re-think childhood, exploring childhood from different contexts - from the child within the family, to the global perspective and the child's own perspective. It enables you to begin to understand childhood in relation to society and to develop the skills to look at childhood from a critical standpoint"--Publisher's website.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 305.23 CLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A550271B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 305.23 CLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A550272B

Previous edition: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. The context of childhood: social understanding of childhood -- 2. The historical context: the emergence of childhood -- 3. The philosophical context: the early years tradition and evolution of early years provision -- 4. The context of the family: first experiences -- 5. The context of the setting: childhood institutions -- 6. The context of partnership: children in transition -- 7. The community context: children as citizens -- 8. The national context: children and social policy -- 9. The global context: international perspectives -- 10. The child's own context: the child's voice and agency -- 11. The future context: the twenty-first century child -- 12. The virtual context: children in a digital world.

"This book... offers an introduction to the study of childhood and the different contexts within which childhood exists. The text encourages you to re-think childhood, exploring childhood from different contexts - from the child within the family, to the global perspective and the child's own perspective. It enables you to begin to understand childhood in relation to society and to develop the skills to look at childhood from a critical standpoint"--Publisher's website.

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