ISBN:
1843102501
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9781846420993
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (271 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Children in charge 12
Parallel Title:
Print version Children Taken Seriously : In Theory, Policy and Practice
DDC:
305.23/0994
Keywords:
Child welfare Congresses
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Children's rights Congresses
;
Children Congresses
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Children and adults Congresses
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Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
In Children Taken Seriously , leading researchers and policy makers consider how children can be recognized as social actors rather than passive consumers or victims. Using children's own views and experiences as a starting point, they explore how children can be involved as partners in the decision-making processes that affect them, in social work, education, health care and broader social policies. Chapters on the theoretical background draw parallels between developments in children's and women's rights, and discuss communication issues and social and sexual constructions of children. Other
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Children Taken Seriously: In Theory, Policy and Practice; Contents; Foreword; Working Seriously Towards New Partnerships: An Introduction; Part 1 Theory; 1. Women's Studies/Childhood Studies: Parallels, Links and Perspectives; 2. Theorizing Representation ofand Engagement with Children:The Political Dimensionof Child-Oriented Communication; 3. Virtual Reality:Children as Constituents in Social Welfareand Social Policy Constructions; 4. Childhood and Sexuality:Adult Constructions and Silenced Children; Part 2 Policy
Description / Table of Contents:
5. The Social Conditionof UK Childhoods:Children's Understandingsand Their Implications6.Child Protection Policyand the Constructionof Childhood; 7.'To Know Them Is To Love Them',But Instead Fear and Loathing:Community Perceptions of Young People; 8. The Objectification ofthe Child through 'PhysicalDiscipline' and Language:The Debate on Children's Rights Continues; 9. Children's Democratic Rights: WhatWe Can Learn From Young Workers Organizing Themselves; Part 3 Practice; 10. Taking Young PeopleSeriously Means Giving ThemSerious Things to Do
Description / Table of Contents:
11. Negotiating CompetingVersions of 'The Child':A Preschool Child's Competencein Parent-Teacher Talk at the Preschool12. Using Computers at Home and at School: Children's Views and Perspectives; 13. Preschool Girls,Conflict and Repair; 14. Children's Perceptions of School; 15. Organizational Moralityand Children's Engagementin Early Childhood Programmes; 16. Today I Discovered…; 17. The Voice of the Childin the Family GroupConferencing Model; APPENDIX: TRANSCRIPT NOTATION; REFERENCES; THE CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX
Note:
Revised versions of papers originally presented at a national workshop held in 1999 in Sydney, Australia
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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