Author: Allison JamesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135715483
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood
Author: Allison JamesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135715483
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood
Author: Allison JamesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135715491
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Constructing Childhood
Author: Allison JamesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0230214274
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This text provides a critical analysis of the social construction of childhood and children's agency. Through an interdisciplinary synthesis combining social theory, social policy and the empirical findings of social science research, it bridges the current gap between theory and practice, offering an incisive theoretical account of childhood that is grounded in substantive areas of children's lives such as health, education, crime and the family. This furthers understanding of the impact of policy on children's everyday lives and social experiences.
The Sociology of Children, Childhood and Generation
Author: Madeleine LeonardPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1473952719
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Outlining sociology’s distinctive contribution to childhood studies and our understanding of contemporary children and childhood, The Sociology of Children, Childhood and Generation provides a thought provoking and comprehensive account of the connections between the macro worlds of childhood and the micro worlds of children’s everyday lives. Examining children’s involvement in areas such as the labour market, family life, education, play and leisure, the book provides an effective balance between understanding childhood as a structural phenomenon, and recognising children as meaning makers actively involved in constructing, co-constructing and reconstructing their everyday lives. Through the concept of ′generagency′ Madeleine Leonard offers a model for examining and illuminating how structure and agency are activated within interdependent relationships influenced by generational positioning. This framework provides a conceptual tool for thinking about the continuities, challenges and changes that impact on how childhood is lived and experienced.
Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood
Author: A. JamesDeconstructing Developmental Psychology
Author: Erica BurmanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134157401
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
What is childhood and why, and how, did psychology come to be the arbiter of 'correct'or 'normal' development? How do actual lived childhoods connect with theories about child development? In this completely revised and updated edition, Deconstructing Developmental Psychology interrogates the assumptions and practices surrounding the psychology of child development, providing a critical evaluation of the role and contribution of developmental psychology within social practice. In the decade since the first edition was published, there have been many major changes. The role accorded childcare experts and the power of the 'psy complex' have, if anything, intensified. This book addresses how shifts in advanced capitalism have produced new understandings of children, and a new (and more punitive) range of institutional responses to children. It engages with the paradoxes of childhood in an era when young adults are increasingly economically dependent on their families, and in a political context of heightened insecurity. The new edition includes an updated review of developments in psychological theory (in attachment, evolutionary psychology, theory of mind, cultural-historical approaches), as well as updating and reflecting upon the changed focus on fathers and fathering. It offers new perspectives on the connections between Piaget and Vygotsky and now connects much more closely with discussions from the sociology of childhood and critical educational research. Coverage has been expanded to include more material on child rights debates, and a new chapter addresses practice dilemmas around child protection, which engages even more with the "raced" and gendered effects of current policies involving children. This engaging and accessible text provides key resources to inform better professional practice in social work, education and health contexts. It offers critical insights into the politics and procedures that have shaped developmental psychological knowledge. It will be essential reading for anyone working with children, or concerned with policies around children and families. It was also be of interest to students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across a range of professional and practitioner groups, as well as parents and policy makers.
The Body, Childhood and Society
Author: A. ProutPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0333983637
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Bringing together two topics of wide and growing sociological interest, The Body, Childhood and Society examines how children's bodies are constructed in schools, families, courts, hospitals and in film. Recognising that children's bodies are a target for adult practices of social regulation, the contributors show that children are also active in their construction, employ them in resistance and social action, and generate their own meanings about them. The editor, a leading sociologist of childhood, draws out the theoretical implications of this work, indicates the limits of social constructionism, and suggests new ways of thinking about the hybrid of material, discursive and collective processes involved. It will be a valuable text for social scientists interested in the body, childhood, schooling, the law, medicine and health.
Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood
Author: A. JamesTheorizing Childhood
Author: Allison JamesPublisher: Polity
ISBN: 9780745615646
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Sociology of Childhood
Author: William A. CorsaroPublisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1506386199
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
William A. Corsaro’s groundbreaking text, The Sociology of Childhood, discusses children and childhood from a sociological perspective. Corsaro provides in-depth coverage of the social theories of childhood, the peer cultures and social issues of children and youth, children and childhood within the frameworks of culture and history, and social problems and the future of childhood. The Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the latest research and the most pertinent information so readers can engage in powerful discussions on a wide array of topics.