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Author Boushel, Margaret

Title Focus on Early Childhood : Principles and Realities
Published Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (226 pages)
Contents Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Historical Views of Childhood; 2 Fetal Development; 3 Infancy; 4 Early Development: Critical Perspectives; 5 Childrearing across Cultures; 6 Relationships; 7 Young Children's Rights and Needs; 8 Early Childhood Care and Education Services in Britain; 9 Child Agency and Primary Schooling; 10 Technologies and Environments: New Freedoms, New Constraints; 11 Family Stress and Family Support; 12 The Child as Citizen; Appendix; References; Web addresses; Index
Summary Focus on Early Childhood: Principles and Realities brings together a wealth of information from various academic and professional standpoints. The picture of early childhood that has emerged in recent years is broader and more complex than is commonly understood. In particular, it gives full recognition to the competencies of children and their role as active constructors of their own lives. The authors of this book are from a diverse range of professional and academic disciplines, including education, social work, social policy, psychology and law. They draw on recent research and theory to e
Notes Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Historical Views of Childhood; 2 Fetal Development; 3 Infancy; 4 Early Development: Critical Perspectives; 5 Childrearing across Cultures; 6 Relationships; 7 Young Children's Rights and Needs; 8 Early Childhood Care and Education Services in Britain; 9 Child Agency and Primary Schooling; 10 Technologies and Environments: New Freedoms, New Constraints; 11 Family Stress and Family Support; 12 The Child as Citizen; Appendix; References; Web addresses; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Child psychology -- Research
Child development -- Research.
Child rearing.
Child development -- Research
Child psychology -- Research
Child rearing
Form Electronic book
Author Fawcett, Mary
Selwyn, Julie
ISBN 9780470680063
0470680067