Working with children in care : European perspectives / Pat Petrie ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petrie, Pat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Institutional care--England.

Children.

Children--Institutional care--Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Written against the background of the gross social disadvantage suffered by most looked-after children in England. This book compares European policy and approaches - from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and the Netherlands - to the public care system in England. It focuses on the approach offered by social pedagogy.

Contents:

Front cover; Half title; Title; Copy right; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; PART 1 Pedagogy as education in the broadest sense; Chapter 2 What are pedagogy and social pedagogy?; Chapter 3 Looked-after children: national policies; PART 2 Residential care in Denmark, England and Germany; Chapter 4 Workforce issues in residential care; Chapter 5 Understandings and values: orientations to practice among staff; Chapter 6 A good start for young people?; Chapter 7 Looked-after lives; Chapter 8 Three English residential homes; PART 3 Conclusion; Chapter 9 Extending 'pedagogy'

Appendix: Design and methodsReferences; Index; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-12964-X

9786611129644

0-335-23014-8

OCLC:

519329630