Growing up in a changing society / edited by Martin Woodhead ... [et al.].
Contributor(s): Woodhead, Martin
| Light, Paul | Carr, Ronnie | Open University.
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BookSeries: Child development in social context ; 3.Publisher: London : Routledge in association with the Open University, 1991Description: xi, 361 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0415058260 (hbk); 0415058279 (pbk).Subject(s): Child psychology -- Cross-cultural studies | Child developmentDDC classification: 155.4 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 155.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070754 |
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Explores how the study of child development is inevitably bound up both in cultural ideas about the nature and needs of children, and in educational practices that arise from these ideas. There are additional contributions on social development in the classroom and playground.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part one: Concepts of childhood, concepts of parenthood -- Part two: Frameworks for child care -- Part three: Expectations in early education -- Part four: Pupil perspectives on classrooms and playgrounds -- Part five: Gender, 'race' and the experience of schooling.