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Trentham Books | Early Years and Primary Education |
Edited by: Margaret M. Clark and Stanley Tucker
ISBN: 9781858564739
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186 pages244 x 170mmMay 2010This book challenges taken for granted views of early childhood across the globe. It deepens and broadens our understanding of what it means to be a child today and of the challenges children face in different parts of the world. It will be essential reading for all who work with young children or are students of early years education and professional care.The authors examine the effects of changes in family circumstances and of poverty, rural and social isolation and trauma on young children's lives, and consider also how new technologies are changing policy in education.The contributors come from the UK, USA, Eastern and Wesstern Europe, Australia and two African countries. Each reflects on the nature of childhood from their personal perspective, illustrating their theme with case studies. Questions are posed to encourage readers to relate the issues to their own environment. The contributors include Jennifer Bowes, Stig Broström, Eileen Carmichael, Philomena Donnelly, Joanna Einarsdottir, Eve Gregory, Mary James, Foster Kholowa, Horatiu Rusu, Siân Wyn Siencyn, Christine Stephen, Allison Tatton Glenda Walsh and Lynne Williamson.
Margaret M Clark is Visiting Professor at Newman University College. She has an international reputation for her research in early education and literacy and was awarded an OBE for her services to early years education. Stanley Tucker is Professor and Dean of School at Newman University College.
Chapter 1 - Introduction: themes and Issues - Margaret M Clark and Stanley TuckerSection I - Changes and TransitionsChapter 2 - Icelandic Parents' Views on Playschool Education and the Transition to Primary School - Johanna EinarsdottirChapter 3 - Starting School in Ireland: the experience of young children from the refugee community - Philomena DonnellyChapter 4 - The Role of Siblings and Grandparents in the Lives of New Londoners - Eve GregorySection II - The Changing Nature of Social IsolationChapter 5 - The challenges for Children Experiencing Rural Poverty in Wales - Siân Wyn SiencynChapter 6 - Isolation and Inclusion in Australian Early Childhood Settings - Jennifer Bowes, Kerry Hodge and Rebekah GraceChapter 7 - Growing up in Rural Malawi: dilemas of childhood - Foster Kholowa and Sue EllisChapter 8 - Childhood in the World of AIDS in South Africa - Mary JamesSection III - Changing GenerationsChapter 9 - War and Peace in Northern Ireland: childhood in transition - Glenda Walsh and Dorothy McMillanChapter 10 - Romanian Childhoods: continuity and change through intergenerational lenses - Horatiu Rusu and Anca BejenaruChapter 11 - Weaving a New Life: a Somali family's resettlement in urban America - Lynne WilliamsonSection IV - Who Cares?Chapter 12 - The Changing Face of Care for Looked After Children in England - Allison TattonChapter 13 - Integrated Care Strategies and Their Impact on Family Life in Glasgow: parents and children together - Eileen CarmichaelSection V - Challenges and ChangesChapter 14 - Digital Technologies at Home: the experiences of 3- and 4- year olds in Scotland - Christine Stephen, Joanna McPake and Lydia PlowmanChapter 15 - A Voice in Decision Making: young children in Denmark - Stig BroströmChapter 16 - Issues for the Present and Issues for the Future - Margaret M Clark and Stanley Tucker
This interesting, well-structured and insightful book challenges the reader to think much more broadly about the many influences, social, economic and cultural, that affect young children's lives and define their experience of childhood. The subject matter is thought-provoking but the style is refreshingly easy to read...Although written to support students on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the early years, this is an authoritative and stimulating insight into what shapes children's lives that all early years practitioners can learn from and enjoy. - Early Years Update...informative, diverse and stimulating. I particularly appreciated the use of current theory about social construction as a basis for challenging the simplistic concepts of childhood... a very worthwhile contribution to the literature on the global perspectives of childhood. - Pastoral Care in Education
