| Description |
xix, 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: Changes in Australian families -- Children in Australian families -- Diversity in Australian families -- Family functioning -- Circumstances of families in Australia -- Consequences -- Parenting -- Challenging family circumstances -- Implications for intervention -- Student exercises -- ch. 7 Interconnections among Family, Childcare, and Education / Elizabeth Murray -- Contexts -- Policy directions informing education and care -- Partnerships and interconnections with families -- Transitioning from prior-to-school settings to school -- Consequences -- The influence of government policies: quality assurance -- The influence of policies for preschool programs -- The influence of a strong start at school -- The influence of quantity of ECEC -- The influence of ECEC stability -- Student exercises -- ch. 8 Children, Media, and Technology / Kate Highfield -- Defining media, technology, and play -- Contexts -- You are what you eat -- |
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Contents note continued: Media and technology in the home -- Media and technology in educational settings -- Children's engagement with technology and media -- Consequences -- Positive impacts of media and screen-based technologies -- Negative impacts of media and screen-based technologies -- Implications for parents and educators -- Student exercises -- ch. 9 Changing Contexts of Play: Losses and Opportunities / Geraldine Naughton -- Contexts -- Western lifestyles -- Urban design -- Indoor and screen time -- Surplus safety -- Consequences -- Body composition and activity levels -- Outside-school activities -- Low-cost interventions in Australian schools -- Conclusion -- Student exercises -- ch. 10 Relationships with Peers: The Special Case of Bullying / Kay Bussey -- Contexts -- Factors predicting bullying and victimisation -- Consequences -- Consequences for children's development -- Approaches to intervention -- The role of teachers -- |
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Contents note continued: Promoting psychosocial wellbeing -- Emergency education -- Child-centred spaces -- Child and community participation -- Looking forward -- Student exercises -- ch. 16 Policy Support for Children, Families, and Communities / Kerry Hodge -- Poverty and disadvantage: reducing social exclusion -- Child protection system: reforming practice -- Quality reform in early childhood education -- Education and support for families -- Strengthening universal services for families and children -- Policy priorities and planning |
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Contents note continued: Student exercises -- ch. 4 Giftedness / Kerry Hodge -- Contexts -- Examining the characteristic of giftedness -- The role of contexts -- CONSEQUENCES -- Consequences for the gifted child -- Consequences for families -- Consequences for communities -- Student exercises -- ch. 5 Ethnicity: Finding a Cultural Home in Australia / Jacqueline J. Goodnow -- Contexts -- Australian diversity in population and opinions -- The nature of culture and cultural change -- The nature of change in individuals -- Understanding cultural ideology -- How does change in individuals come about? -- Consequences -- Cultural life in a multicultural society -- Negotiating multiple identities -- The benefits and burdens of bicultural identities -- Becoming comfortable with diversity and multicultural identities -- Student exercises -- pt. C Face-To-Face Contexts -- ch. 6 Family as the Primary Context of Children's Development / Wayne Warburton -- Contexts -- What is a family? -- |
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Contents note continued: The need for change in state response -- Student exercises -- ch. 13 The Stolen Generations / Rebekah Grace -- Contexts -- Child removal: early events and beliefs -- Development of government policy during the twentieth century -- Consequences -- The outcomes of child removal -- Legislation, policy, and saying ̀Sorry' -- Student exercises -- ch. 14 Early Childhood Education and Care Policy / Elizabeth Adamson -- Contexts -- Early kindergartens and day nurseries -- Child Care Act 1972 (Cth) -- The Hawke and Keating Labor governments -- Privatisation and the growth of corporate childcare -- A new start? Australia's early childhood agenda -- Consequences -- Implications of policy for children, families, and communities -- Student exercises -- ch. 15 Children in Emergencies: An International Perspective / Jacqueline Hayden -- Contexts -- Differing contexts of emergencies -- Consequences -- The impact of emergencies on young children -- |
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Contents note continued: The whole-school approach to intervention -- Student exercises -- ch. 11 Geographical and Social Isolation / Maureen Fegan -- Contexts -- Geographical isolation -- Social isolation -- Social change and isolation in Australia -- Social change in rural communities -- Consequences -- Developmental outcomes for children -- Interventions to break down geographical and social isolation -- Issues in service provision to isolated families -- Student exercises -- pt. D Beyond Face-To-Face Contexts -- ch. 12 Child Protection and Out-of-Home Care / Judy Cashmore -- Contexts -- Parental/state responsibility for children -- Defining child abuse and neglect -- Incidence of reported child abuse and neglect -- Risk factors for child abuse and neglect -- Response of the state to child abuse and neglect -- Children in out-of-home care -- Consequences -- Effects of abuse and neglect on children -- Effects of out-of-home care on children -- |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. A Approaches To Theory And Evidence -- ch. 1 The Role of Context in Children's Development / Alan Hayes -- Why study contexts of development? -- Children's development In Australia -- Introduction to theories of context in child development -- Risk and resilience -- Outline of this book -- Student exercises -- ch. 2 Research about and with Children, Families, and Communities / Sandie Wong -- Large-scale longitudinal research -- Ethnographic research in children's settings -- Collaborative research in early childhood settings -- Researching with children -- Ethical considerations -- Conclusion -- Student exercises -- pt. B Characteristics Of Children -- ch. 3 Developmental Disability / Rebekah Grace -- Contexts -- What kind of characteristic is disability? -- What role does context play? -- Consequences -- Consequences for children with disabilities -- Consequences for families -- Consequences for communities -- Conclusion -- |
| Summary |
Looks at the ways in which children, families and communities influence each other and how different contexts affect them all. There is a focus on research and theoretical grounding. Each chapter highlights both the contexts and consequences of the different subject areas |
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This book examines the factors that influence childrens development. These include the effects of disability, ethnicity, family, school, neighbourhood (including rural, urban and remote communities) and state interventions and policies. This new edition has been revised and updated to include the very latest research and topical issues, such as children and technology, and children and natural disasters in Australia |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Elementary education & schools |
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Social work |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2009 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate |
| Subject |
Child development -- Sociological aspects.
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Children and adults -- Australia -- Psychological aspects.
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Children and the environment -- Australia.
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Education, Primary.
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Parent and child -- Australia.
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Families -- Australia -- Psychological aspects.
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Social service.
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Socialization -- Australia.
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| Author |
Bowes, Jennifer, editor
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Grace, Rebekah, editor
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Hodge, Kerry, editor
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| LC no. |
2012537128 |
| ISBN |
9780195576740 (paperback) |
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