Children and childhood : : practices and perspectives / / edited Chandni Basu and Vicky Anderson-Patton.

• Superior document: Probing the boundaries
• TeilnehmendeR: Basu, Chandni,; Anderson-Patton, Vicky,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford, England : : Inter-Disciplinary Press,, [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Probing the boundaries.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

\'Concerns about children and childhood have emerged as part of public debate and discourse in the second half of the twentieth century. Theoretical discourse surrounding childhood has been complimented by various development initiatives taken in different parts of the world and research has emerged as an important component of this focus, which would carry forward the intellectual and other engagements concerning children and childhood. This volume brings together diverse theoretical and practical deliberations on children and childhood from various parts of the world. It explores conceptual understandings of childhood extending from historical perspectives to extreme expressions of negativity like childism. An historical perspective illuminates the image and imagination of the child in various art forms. The constructed connotation of childhood is portrayed through its cultural comparisons. The close connection of childhood and institutions is explored through the projection and presence of children in schools and legal structures.\'

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Chandni Basu and Vicky Anderson-Patton -- Concepts of Childhood: A Discussion of the Development, through History / Kay Bennett -- Autonomy, Gender and Intellectual Development in the Eighteenth Century: The Pedagogical Writings of Madame d’Épinay and Madame de Genlis / Karen L. Taylor -- Prudence or Madness? The History of Leicester’s Nursery Classes, 1927-1967 / Amy Palmer -- Nationality, Modern Art and the Child in Late-Nineteenth Century Painting / Emily C. Burns -- Prejudice against Children: A Psychodynamic Exploration of the Abandoned Child Archetype and Childism / Claude Barbre -- Becoming Human and Remaining a Child: Re-Thinking the Child/Adult Dichotomy / Philip Shields -- Respecting the Child/Introspecting Childhood: A Macro/Micro Interrogation of Childhood through the Ideas of Bachelard and Korczak / Wendy C. Turgeon -- When the Student is Ready, a Teacher is being Born / Maya Levanon -- Breaking Boundaries: Enhancing Student Intellectual Curiosity and Creative Expression in the Learning Process / Vicky Anderson-Patton -- The Early Years Professional: Holding a Mirror up to Policy Makers / Eunice Lumsden -- Feeling, Learning, Growing: Children’s Feelings about Their Teachers / Soraia Borralho , Abílio Oliveira and Alejandra Freitas -- War Children Claiming Reparations: Challenges for the International Criminal Court / Helen Beckmann-Hamzei -- Pitted against Each Other: Cases of Sexual Offence within the Juvenile Justice System in India / Chandni Basu -- Children in the Criminal Justice System in Lithuania: Problems and Solutions / Neringa Grigutytė -- Patterns of Socio-Economic Change and Child Development in Africa / Canice Chukwuma Nwosu -- Childhood in Working Class: Representations in Indian Street Theatre through a Study of Jan Natya Manch’s Plays Aurat and Woh Bol Uthi / Namrata Jain -- Concepts of Poverty and How They Influence Research, Policy and Intervention with Poor Children and Their Families / Vickii B. Jenvey -- Children’s Room as a Construction of a Child’s World in Three Generations: Case Study and Analysis in Latvia / Ilze Dinka -- Complexity Theory, Early Childhood Development and Social Justice: Creating a Space for Children’s Voices / Jacqueline Hayden , Zinnia Mevawalla , Clare Britt and Sanobia Palkhiwala -- Perceptions of Joy and Sadness in Childhood / Abílio Oliveira and Ana Leão -- Understanding Capacity and Competence in Children’s Rights / Mhairi Cowden and Joanne C. Lau -- Best Interests of the Child: Exploring Social Science and Jurisprudential Perspectives / Paul Clarke and Keith Walker.