Whose Childhood Is It? by Richard Eke
This is an important textbook that promotes thoughtful engagement with key issues and theories that inform an understanding of childhood development. The purpose of this book is to promote a thoughtful engagement with key issues and theories that inform our understanding of childhood. Readers of this book will enjoy, and be provoked by, a sophisticated analysis of the role and function of childhood in twenty-first century Britain. They will find themselves supported in discovering a discourse for early childhood which they will want to use as a springboard for further enquiry and exploration.There are two intertwined themes that permeate this text: children's sense of self and adult's temporal and cultural fabrications of childhood, and the articulation of these with policy and provision for young children and young children and representation: how they are represented, the sense they make of such representations and their own representational activity. The book intends to turn readers away from our collective tendency to simplify the experiences of young children and replace this with a fuller, more complex, more troubling and more realistic understanding of the social dynamic that constitutes childhood today.
"This book sets out key issues and theories that inform our understanding of childhood" Nursery World, November 2009
"...it provokes further key questions and evokes discussion around big issues...an academic text that strives for a user-friendly approach - it has key questions and reflection boxes throughout, chapter summaries and suggested further reading. With 10 highly qualified contributors, students of Early Childhood Studies, early years professionals and those training to be early years practitioners will find a thought provokingly informative text and a useful resource to add to their collection." EYE, December 2009
'I found this book interesting, readable and, at times, challenging. The authors have managed to thread the title question through each chapter...This book is well organised, with many techniques designed to engage the reader in reflection and in seeking further knowledge of the issues at stake...It could be a very useful learning and teaching tool.' -- Early Years Journal
'The text provides a clear and provocative introduction to a number of themes and issues that are central to the contemporary study of early childhood...The inclusion of activities, case studies and questions ensure that complex ideas are addressed in a lively and engaging way.' Professor Trisha Maynard, Swansea University -- Professor Trisha Maynard
‘This book offers an insightful and provocative analysis of the factors that shape contemporary childhoods and the role that children themselves play in this process. The authors challenge restrictive policy-making that is driven by economic and political concerns and instead emphasise the need to respect the voices and agency of children, as expressed through multimedia, multimodal meaning-making practices. This is a book that will be of great value to students and early years educators and will enable them to engage critically with some of the key issues currently informing early childhood policy and practice.' Professor Jackie Marsh, Sheffield University -- Professor Jackie Marsh
"The emphasis on policy and childhood representation made the book easily accessible and enabled effective links to be made with theory thereby supporting the reader in contextualising the information and relating it to their practice." Mrs Sandra Shaffi 4 August 2009 * ESCalate *
"...it provokes further key questions and evokes discussion around big issues...an academic text that strives for a user-friendly approach - it has key questions and reflection boxes throughout, chapter summaries and suggested further reading. With 10 highly qualified contributors, students of Early Childhood Studies, early years professionals and those training to be early years practitioners will find a thought provokingly informative text and a useful resource to add to their collection." EYE, December 2009
'I found this book interesting, readable and, at times, challenging. The authors have managed to thread the title question through each chapter...This book is well organised, with many techniques designed to engage the reader in reflection and in seeking further knowledge of the issues at stake...It could be a very useful learning and teaching tool.' -- Early Years Journal
'The text provides a clear and provocative introduction to a number of themes and issues that are central to the contemporary study of early childhood...The inclusion of activities, case studies and questions ensure that complex ideas are addressed in a lively and engaging way.' Professor Trisha Maynard, Swansea University -- Professor Trisha Maynard
‘This book offers an insightful and provocative analysis of the factors that shape contemporary childhoods and the role that children themselves play in this process. The authors challenge restrictive policy-making that is driven by economic and political concerns and instead emphasise the need to respect the voices and agency of children, as expressed through multimedia, multimodal meaning-making practices. This is a book that will be of great value to students and early years educators and will enable them to engage critically with some of the key issues currently informing early childhood policy and practice.' Professor Jackie Marsh, Sheffield University -- Professor Jackie Marsh
"The emphasis on policy and childhood representation made the book easily accessible and enabled effective links to be made with theory thereby supporting the reader in contextualising the information and relating it to their practice." Mrs Sandra Shaffi 4 August 2009 * ESCalate *
Richard Eke is Joint Head of Academic Development in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of the West of England Bristol. Helen Butcher is Leader in Early Childhood Provision and Developments at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Mandy Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Education specialising in children's engagement with contemporary media, at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780826499813 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826499813 |
| Title | Whose Childhood Is It? |
| Author | Richard Eke |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2009-06-02 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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