Images of childhood / edited by Shirley Wyver and Peter Whiteman.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Wyver, Shirley R.

Whiteman, Peter.

Conference Name:

Children and Childhoods Symposium (2010 : Macquarie University, N.S.W.)

Series:

Children and childhoods ; 2.

Children and childhoods ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children.

Infants--Development.

Infants.

Early childhood education--Australia--Congresses.

Early childhood education.

Early childhood education--Activity programs--Congresses.

Early childhood education--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Decisions relating to children's lives, including formation of policies about children and young people, advocating for children's rights, educational instruction and parenting, all depend on images of children and childhoods. Nonetheless, prevailing images of childhood are not often subject to critique. Images of Childhood offers an examination of public images of childhood in the context of research findings. Authors from a wide range of disciplines, including early childhood, psychology, ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; PART I; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART II; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; PART III; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Contributions by Angela Crettenden, Kathy Cologon, Fred Ebbeck, Marjory Ebbeck, Robyne Garrett, Helen Little, Halla Malik, Andrew McGrath, Toan Nguyen, Berenice Nyland, Timothy Olds, Parimala Raghavendra, Kirrilly Thompson, Shiela Warrier, Peter Whiteman, Shirley Wyver.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4438-4638-4

OCLC:

830168173