Touchy subject : teachers touching children / edited by Alison Jones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Alison, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teacher-student relationships.

Early childhood education--Social aspects.

Early childhood education.

Touch--Social aspects.

Touch.

Child sexual abuse--Prevention.

Child sexual abuse.

Physical Description:

128 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 2001.

Contents:

2 Swings and roundabouts: Risk anxiety and the everyday worlds of children / Sue Scott, Stevi Jackson, Kathryn Backett-Milburn 15

3 Pleasures proper and improper: A genealogy of teacher/student intimacy / Erica McWilliam 27

4 'No touch' policies and the government of risk / Gordon Tait 39

5 Maori educational settings and touch / Margie Hohepa, Arapera Royal Tangaere 50

6 Tetee Atu: To hit or not to hit

is there room for a third space in Samoa? / Peggy Fairbairn-DunLop 61

7 The Christchurch Civic Childcare Centre abuse case: How could it have happened? / LynLey Hood 74

8 Moral panic in New Zealand: Teachers touching children / Sarah-Eve Farquhar 87

9 Rethinking risk and the child body in the era of 'no touch' / Richard Johnson 99

10 Learning proper masculine pleasure: Santa Clauses and teachers / Alison Jones 108.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [117]-128).

ISBN:

1877276022

OCLC:

47050959