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.

Community and school--United States.

Community and school.

After-school programs--United States.

After-school programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

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:

Contents; Introduction: Hanging Out; 1 An Alternative to Self-Care in a Small Midwestern Town; 2 After-School Literacy Clubs: A Mix of Media, Books, and Desires; 3 University Students Promoting Science in the Community; 4 The Persistence of Vision: A Reflective Examination and Narrative of Sustainability and Fulfillment in a Small After- School Program; 5 Experiments with Design in an After- School Asian Literature Club; 6 After-School Tutoring and Children at Risk; 7 Working at Play in Four Chicago Computer Clubs; 8 Cultural Practices in Fifth Dimension Sites Around the World

9 Commentary: Ingredients of Successful After- School Programs- The Experience of KLICK10 Commentary: Crossing Lines; 11 Commentary: After-School Programs and Structured Activities that Support Children's Development; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400661730

9786610908417

9781280908415

1280908416

9780313011412

0313011419

OCLC:

55490749