The Future Of Childhood Studies

Author : Alan Prout
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134518668
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Childhood written by Alan Prout and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-10 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ground-breaking book, Alan Prout discusses the place of children and childhood in modern society. He critically examines 'the new social studies of childhood', reconsidering some of its key assumptions and positions and arguing that childhood is heterogeneous and complex. The study of childhood requires a broad set of intellectual resources and an interdisciplinary approach. Chapters include: the changing social and cultural character of contemporary childhood and the weakening boundary between adulthood and childhood a look back at the emergence of childhood studies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the nature/culture dichotomy the role of material artefacts and technologies in the construction of contemporary childhood. This book is essential reading for students and academics in the field of childhood studies, sociology and education.

Author : Alan Prout
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134518676
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Childhood written by Alan Prout and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Prout discusses the place of children and childhood in the late modernity. He argues that there appears to be a greater cultural confusion about the form that childhood should take.

Author : Rita Braches-Chyrek
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
ISBN 13 : 9783847424482
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Childhood Studies written by Rita Braches-Chyrek and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1990s, the emerging field of childhood studies has been a catalyst for empirical research, policy analysis, and the development of professional practice. Which concepts and theories are the most helpful in analyzing phenomena relevant to children's lives? The Future of Childhood Studies reflects on this debate and discusses current challenges of major disciplines within the social studies of childhood. The contributions approach the question of how childhood studies needs to and might develop in the future by focusing on: -the social and cultural character of childhood in relation to the generational order--change or continuity? -the social construction of childhood and children's agency--critical challenges or critiques? -the role of new technologies in the cultural and social construction of childhood--revolution or intensification? -interdisciplinarity--new knowledge or just more knowledge? -synthesizing social theory, social policy, and empirical findings of social science research--conformism or expansion? -participation and children's rights--technologies of the self or routes to (roots of) politicization? Finally, the book considers whether alternative conceptualizations of children and childhood are needed in late modernity/late capitalism.

Author : Spyros Spyrou
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350019232
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reimagining Childhood Studies written by Spyros Spyrou and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reimagining Childhood Studies incites, and provides a forum for, dialogue and debate about the direction and impetus for critical and global approaches to social-cultural studies of children and their childhoods. Set against the backdrop of a quarter century of research and theorising arising out of the “new” social studies of childhood, each of the 13 original contributions strives to extend the conceptual reach and relevance of the work being undertaken in the dynamic and expanding field of childhood studies in the 21st century. Internationally renowned contributors engage with contemporary scholarship from both the global north and south to address questions of power, inequity, reflexivity, subjectivities and representation from poststructuralist, posthumanist, postcolonial, feminist, queer studies and political economy perspectives. In so doing, the book provides a deconstructive and reconstructive dialogue, offering a renewed agenda for future scholarship. The book also moves the insights of childhood studies beyond the boundaries of this field, helping to mainstream insights about children's everyday lives from this burgeoning area of study and avoid the dangers of marginalizing both children and scholarship about childhood. This carefully curated collection extends beyond critiques of specified research arenas, traditions, concepts or approaches to serve as a bridge in the transformation of childhood studies at this important juncture in its history.

Author : J. Qvortrup
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230274684
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies written by J. Qvortrup and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark publication in the field, this state of the art reference work, with contributions from leading thinkers across a range of disciplines, is an essential guide to the study of children and childhood, and sets out future research agendas for the subject.

Author : Rita Braches-Chyrek
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
ISBN 13 : 3847415832
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Childhood Studies written by Rita Braches-Chyrek and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seit den 1990er Jahren ist das aufstrebende Feld der Kinderforschung ein Katalysator für empirische Forschung, für Politikanalyse und für die Entwicklung der beruflichen Praxis. Welche Konzepte und Theorien sind bei der Analyse von Phänomenen, die für das Leben von Kindern relevant sind, am hilfreichsten? Das Buch reflektiert diese Debatte und diskutiert aktuelle Herausforderungen der wichtigsten Disziplinen innerhalb der Soziologie der Kindheit.

Author : Mary Jane Kehily
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335236804
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Childhood Studies written by Mary Jane Kehily and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This thoughtful book provides expert overviews of historical, sociological, psychological, cultural, legal and rights-informed approaches to childhood. Through these well written, readable chapters, students will be engaged with important debates in childhood studies, and led towards many ideas and problems for further investigation. This second edition includes new chapters arguing strongly for interdisciplinarity and for measured responses to the current 'crisis' in UK childhoods." Berry Mayall, Institute of Education, University of London, UK An Introduction to Childhood Studies offers a wide-ranging and thought-provoking approach to the study of childhood, providing an important contribution to this burgeoning area of research and teaching. It brings together key themes in the area of Childhood Studies, providing a comprehensive and accessible introduction for students and practitioners, helping to answer questions such as: What is childhood and how can it be studied and understood? How is the idea of childhood shaped by the society we live in? The contributors - who are leading figures in their fields - examine childhood from historical, socio-cultural and policy perspectives. They explore aspects such as the construction of childhood, children's literature, childhood in the digital age and children's rights. Revised and updated throughout, the new edition includes: An expanded introductory chapter - Childhood Studies: past, present, future A new chapter on children's rights and educational provision A new concluding chapter - The future of childhood Revised and updated chapters Further reading suggestions for each chapter An Introduction to Childhood Studies is a key text for students on courses in childhood studies, child psychology, social policy and the sociology of youth and childhood.

Author : Allison James
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446289672
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Key Concepts in Childhood Studies written by Allison James and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Arranged alphabetically, core ideas about ′Agency′ and ′Development′ through to ′Socialisation′ and ′Youth′ are explained in straightforward language, with a concise introduction to key theoretical debates, as well as up to date references." - Martin Woodhead, The Open University "A challenging text that is recommended for all levels of the BA in Childhood Studies programme. The short, focussed chapters provide students with a comprehensive overview of a topic which they can then research in further depth." - Sharron Galley, Centre for Childhood Studies, Stockport College "This book gives a fantastic first look at many key concepts which are new to students in a way that is easily approachable and understandable. A great place to start further studies." - Kathryn Peckham, Chichester University This book has already proved itself as a market leader in Childhood Studies. All of the strengths of the First Edition have been retained. The book is comprehensive and judged with the needs of students in mind. It is a model of clarity and precision and has been acknowledged as such in reviews and course feedback. The new edition thoroughly revises old entries and adds new ones. The book is the most accessible, relevant student introduction to this expanding, interdisciplinary field. It is an indispensable teaching text and an ideal prompt for researchers.

Author : Anna Mae Duane
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820345598
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Children's Table written by Anna Mae Duane and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the occupants of the children's table at a family dinner, scholars working in childhood studies can seem sidelined from the "adult" labor of humanities scholarship. The Children's Table brings together scholars from architecture, philosophy, law, and literary and cultural criticism to provide an overview of the innovative work being done in childhood studies—a transcript of what is being said at the children's table. Together, these scholars argue for rethinking the academic seating arrangement in a way that acknowledges the centrality of childhood to the work of the humanities. The figure we now recognize as a child was created in tandem with forms of modernity that the Enlightenment generated and that the humanities are now working to rethink. Thus the growth of childhood studies allows for new approaches to some of the most important and provocative issues in humanities scholarship: the viability of the social contract, the definition of agency, the performance of identity, and the construction of gender, sexuality, and race. Because defining childhood is a means of defining and distributing power and obligation, studying childhood requires a radically altered approach to what constitutes knowledge about the human subject. The diverse essays in The Children's Table share a unifying premise: to include the child in any field of study realigns the shape of that field, changing the terms of inquiry and forcing a different set of questions. Taken as a whole, the essays argue that, at this key moment in the state of the humanities, rethinking the child is both necessary and revolutionary. Contributors: Annette Ruth Appell, Sophie Bell, Robin Bernstein, Sarah Chinn, Lesley Ginsberg, Lucia Hodgson, Susan Honeyman, Roy Kozlovsky, James Marten, Karen Sánchez-Eppler, Carol Singley, Lynne Vallone, John Wall.

Author : Children's Issues Coalition
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9766371288
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood written by Children's Issues Coalition and published by Ian Randle Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caribbean Childhoods: From Research to Action is an annual publication produced by the Children s Issues Coalition at the University of the West Indies, Mona. The series seeks to provide an avenue for the dissemination of research and experiences on children s health, development, behaviour and education, and to provide a forum for the discussion of these issues.