Children and youth speak for themselves / edited by Heather Beth Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Heather Beth, 1972-

Series:

Sociological studies of children and youth ; v. 13.

Sociological studies of children and youth ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children.

Physical Description:

xv, 453 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2010.

Contents:

Scholars giving voice so that children and youth can speak for themselves: an introduction to this special volume

"They don't wanna get their education": peers and collective dis-identity in a multiracial urban high school / Susan Rakosi Rosenbloom

"And no flowers grow there and stuff": young children's social representations of poverty / Carin Neitzel and Judith A. Chafel

"I like being intervieeeeeeewed!" kids' perspectives on participating in social research / Margaret Ann Hagerman

"You can't count on nobody in life": homeless youth and the transition to adulthood / Laura J. Napolitano

Child sexual abuse and embodiment / Heather R. Hlavka

How maltreatment matters: effects of child maltreatment on academic performance / Daniel Jason Potter

The importance of audience and agency for representation: a case study of an urban youth media community / Linda Charmaraman

From "He's too nice" to "Some day": using photography to understand what urban students want to learn in school / Kristien Zenkov

Middle school students' perceptions of character education: what they are doing when someone is looking / Suzanne S. Hudd

The value of volunteering: comparing youths' experiences to popular claims / Sandi Kawecka Nenga

Trophies, triumphs, and tears: children's experiences with competitive activities / Hilary Levey

"Into it" or "Going through the motions": exploring how college students understand their academic engagement / Jeff Lashbrook

Moving into line: the educational, occupational, and family ambitions of the youth of Gautreaux Two / Melody L. Boyd and Kimberly A. Goyette

Speaking the unspeakable: youth discourses on racial importance in school / R. L'Heureux Lewis

"I learn being Black from everywhere I go": color blindness, travel, and the formation of racial attitudes among African American adolescents / Erin N. Winkler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781849507349

1849507341

184950735X

9781849507356

OCLC:

477289294