ISBN:
9789811903021
Language:
English
Pages:
xxv, 438 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Children: Global Posthumanist Perspectives and Materialist Theories
DDC:
305.231
Keywords:
Child & developmental psychology
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EDUCATION / Preschool & Kindergarten
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Entwicklungspsychologie
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Frühkindliche Pflege & Bildung
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PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General
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Pre-school & kindergarten
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SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
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Sociology
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Soziologie
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Spielbasiertes Lernen
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Stadt- und Gemeindeplanung und -politik
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Städte, Stadtgemeinden
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Urban & municipal planning
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Urban communities
Abstract:
This book presents an interplay of imaginative memoir-telling, action research data and future projection that reminds and inspires experiences academics, researchers, professionals, as well as a wider public to recognize the fundamental importance and the impellent need for more and better work in favour of true political and societal recognition of the needs and rights of children to play freely, to participate, to live fully and enjoy their neighbourhoods and cities, and to imagine and construct alternative futures, together with adults. The book's abundant spoken dialogue is, in effect, storytelling between children (and youth) on their own and with adults (especially the elderly). It conveys an appreciation of children's special capacities to think critically about their everyday places-and the greater world around them-and to develop solutions (or 'projects') for the problems they identify. This book serves an effective catalyst for stimulating rich discussion of the theoretical and practical bases of the many themes, or areas of study, which are treated in the story
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface by Karen Malone Author's Introduction Introductory notes from the (fictional) curator Prologue as Epilogue (May, 2046) Part 1. A New Home ... awakening Chapter 1. The Little Child - Microcosm in Expansion ... asking why Chapter 2. The Old Man - Getting grounded ... remembering why Part 2. A New Street ... exploring and bonding Chapter 3. The Child - Free play, friendship and learning Chapter 4. The Old Man - Getting around ... recovering commitment Part 3. A New Community ... encountering, reflecting and taking part Chapter 5. The Boy - Growing up and out into 'a world beyond the hood' Part 4. A New World ... investigating, visioning, engaging and creating Chapter 7. The Young Man walking in the Shadows Chapter 8. The Old Man reaching for the Light Brief concluding 'notes' from the real author. Postscript by XXX?? General Bibliography Subject Index (keywords)
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