Children taken seriously [[electronic resource] ] : in theory, policy and practice / / edited by Jan Mason and Toby Fattore

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450294503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005
• ISBN: 1-283-90481-0; 1-84642-099-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: Children in charge ; ; 12
• Altri autori (Persone): FattoreToby; MasonJan
• Disciplina: 305.23/0994
• Soggetti: Child welfare - Australia; Children and adults - Australia; Children - Australia; Children's rights - Australia; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Revised versions of papers originally presented at a national workshop held in 1999 in Sydney, Australia.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Children Taken Seriously: In Theory, Policy and Practice; Contents; Foreword; Working Seriously Towards New Partnerships: An Introduction; Part 1 Theory; 1. Women's Studies/Childhood Studies: Parallels, Links and Perspectives; 2. Theorizing Representation of and Engagement with Children:The Political Dimension of Child-Oriented Communication; 3. Virtual Reality:Children as Constituents in Social Welfare and Social Policy Constructions; 4. Childhood and Sexuality:Adult Constructions and Silenced Children; Part 2 Policy; 5. The Social Condition of UK Childhoods:Children's Understandings and Their Implications 6.Child Protection Policy and the Construction of Childhood; 7.'To Know Them Is To Love Them',But Instead Fear and Loathing:Community Perceptions of Young People; 8. The Objectification of the Child through 'Physical Discipline' and Language:The Debate on Children's Rights Continues; 9. Children's Democratic Rights: What We Can Learn From Young Workers Organizing Themselves; Part 3 Practice; 10. Taking Young People Seriously Means ; Giving Them Serious Things to Do; 11. Negotiating Competing Versions of 'The Child':A Preschool Child's Competence in Parent-Teacher Talk at the Preschool 12. Using Computers at Home and at School: Children's Views and Perspectives; 13. Preschool Girls,Conflict and Repair; 14. Children's Perceptions of School; 15. Organizational Morality and Children's Engagement in Early Childhood Programmes; 16. Today I Discovered...; 17. The Voice of the Child in the Family Group Conferencing Model; APPENDIX: TRANSCRIPT NOTATION; REFERENCES; THE CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: In Children Taken Seriously, leading researchers and policy makers consider how children can be recognized as social actors rather than passive consumers or victims. Using children's own views and experiences as a starting point, they explore how children can be involved as partners in the decision-making processes that affect them.