Hanging out : community-based after-school programs for children / edited by Ruth Garner with Yong Zhao and Mark Gillingham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garner, Ruth.

Zhao, Yong, 1965-

Gillingham, Mark G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student activities--United States.

Student activities.

Students--Services for.

United States.

Students--Services for--United States.

Students.

Community and school--United States.

Community and school.

Physical Description:

ix, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Community-based after school programs for children

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2002.

Summary:

There is an unsettledness now in after-school childcare. The stay-at-home mom years are largely over. Will children, even very young children, stay home alone or hang out with peers, risking loneliness or engaging in problem behavior? Will some new form of supervised care emerge? The authors in this collection have spent time in community after-school programs and have learned what happens there. The authors suggest that after-school programs can be an important part of a system of childcare--as long as we can find ways to build programs for small and scattered populations as well as for densely packed ones, and as long as the money to fund programs can be found. The money is important. Many of the programs discussed in this book are specifically targeted to children from families with low incomes. These are the families least likely to be able to pay for care. A reader leaves this book with both anxiety and hope about the future of childcare in the United States.

Contents:

Introduction: Hanging Out / Ruth Garner vii

1. An Alternative to Self-Care in a Small Midwestern Town / Ruth Garner, Yong Zhao, Mark Gillingham 1

2. After-School Literacy Clubs: A Mix of Media, Books, and Desires / Donna E. Alvermann, Margaret C. Hagood, Alison Heron, Josephine Peyton Young, Beth Jones Ricks 19

3. University Students Promoting Science in the Community / Susan P. Bruce, Bertram C. Bruce 41

4. The Persistence of Vision: A Reflective Examination and Narrative of Sustainability and Fulfillment in a Small After-School Program / Dean J. Grosshandler, Elizabeth Niswander Grosshandler 59

5. Experiments with Design in an After-School Asian Literature Club / Sapna Vyas, Punyashloke Mishra 75

6. After-School Tutoring and Children at Risk / Barbara A. Wasik, Mary Alice Bond, Annemarie Hindman 93

7. Working at Play in Four Chicago Computer Clubs / Ellen Youniss, Mark Gillingham, Donna Nowatzki, Erin Roche 113

8. Cultural Practices in Fifth Dimension Sites Around the World / Margaret A. Gallego, William E. Blanton 137

9. Commentary: Ingredients of Successful After-School Programs

The Experience of KLICK / Yong Zhao, Mark Gillingham 149

10. Commentary: Crossing Lines / Patricia A. Alexander, Jonna M. Kulikowich 153

11. Commentary: After-School Programs and Structured Activities that Support Children's Development / Deborah Lowe Vandell, Kim M. Pierce 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0897898060

OCLC:

48140333