Download or read book Young Children s Community Building in Action written by Louise Gwenneth Phillips and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking the concepts of citizenship and community in relation to young children, this groundbreaking text examines the ways in which indigenous understandings and practices applied in early childhood settings in Australia and New Zealand encourage young children to demonstrate their care and concern for others and so, in turn, perceive themselves as part of a larger community. Young Children’s Community Building in Action acknowledges global variations in the meanings of early childhood education, of citizenship and community building, and challenges widespread invisibility and disregard of Indigenous communities. Through close observation and examination of early years settings in Australia and New Zealand, chapters demonstrate how practices guided by Aboriginal and Māori values support and nurture children’s personal and social development as individuals, and as citizens in a wider community. Exploring what young children’s citizenship learning and action looks like in practice, and how this may vary within and across communities, the book provides a powerful account of effective pedagogical approaches which have been long excluded from mainstream dialogues. Written for researchers and students of early childhood education and care, this book provides insight into what citizenship can be for young children, and how Indigenous cultural values shape ways of knowing, being, doing and relating.
Download or read book Children in the City written by Pia Christensen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely and thought-provoking book explores children's lives in modern cities. At a time of intense debate about the quality of life in cities, this book examines how they can become good places for children to live in. Through contributions from childhood experts in Europe, Australia and America, the book shows the importance of studying children's lives in cities in a comparative and generational perspective. It also contains fascinating accounts of city living from children themselves, and offers practical design solutions. The authors consider the importance of the city as a social, material and cultural place for children, and explore the connections and boundaries between home, neighbourhood, community and city. Throughout, they stress the importance of engaging with how children see their city in order to reform it within a child-sensitive framework. This book is invaluable reading for students and academics in the field of anthropology, sociology, social policy and education. It will also be of interest to those working in the field of architecture, urban planning and design.
Download or read book My Community written by Raven Howell and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate diversity with this book about all the different people that makes up a young girl's neighborhood.
Download or read book Reaching Out to Children and Families written by Michelle R. Dunlap and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2000-11-08 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community service and learning experiences are booming as we enter the 21st century. This practical guide assists college students and other constituents as they psychologically prepare for volunteering, service-learning, practicums, fieldwork assignments, and internships in a diverse and ever-changing world. Though created with the novice community worker in mind, this book will also assist professors, teachers, administrators, and agency personnel in understanding and preparing workers for community service and learning in schools, child care centers, soup kitchens, and shelters for the homeless. Written in a practical, conversational style, this book offers the voices, issues, concerns, and resources of more than 200 previous community workers. This book includes their struggles with the initial adjustment process, as well as ongoing gender, race, and class issues encountered in various service learning environments. Topics range from choosing a community service site to appropriate methods of bringing closure to the experience when it is time to say good-bye. This book in essence, provides hundreds of role models, scenarios, and worker perspectives that will help less-inexperienced workers prepare for the real-life, hands-on experiences of community engagement.
Download or read book Children Learn by Observing and Contributing to Family and Community Endeavors A Cultural Paradigm written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children Learn by Observing and Contributing to Family and Community Endeavors, the latest in the Advances in Child Development and Behavior Series provides a major step forward in highlighting patterns and variability in the normative development of the everyday lives of children, expanding beyond the usual research populations that have extensive Western schooling in common. The book documents the organization of children’s learning and social lives, especially among children whose families have historical roots in the Americas (North, Central, and South), where children traditionally are included and contribute to the activities of their families and communities, and where Western schooling is a recent foreign influence. The findings and theoretical arguments highlight a coherent picture of the importance of the development of children’s participation in ongoing activity as presented by authors with extensive experience living and working in such communities. Contains contributions from leading authorities in the field of child development and behavior Presents a coherent picture of the importance of the development of children’s participation in ongoing activity Provides a major step forward in highlighting patterns and variability in the normative development of the everyday lives of children, expanding beyond the usual research populations that have extensive Western schooling in common Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field
Download or read book Children in Danger written by James Garbarino and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1998-09-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhood is ideally a time of safety, marked by freedom from the economic, sexual, and political demands that later become part of adult life. For many children, however, particularly those who live in our inner cities, childhood is increasingly a time of danger. In the urban war zones of Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., children grow up with firsthand knowledge of terror and violence. This book examines the threat to childhood development posed by living amid chronic community violence. Most importantly, it shows caregiving adults such as teachers, psychologists, social workers, and counselors how they can work together to help children while they are still children--before they become angry, aggressive adults.
Download or read book Where Do I Live written by Neil Chesanow and published by Barron's Educational Series. This book was released on 1995 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of being a child is wondering. This charming book uses easy words and color illustrations to explain to children exactly where they live. Crenshaw starts with a child's room, in his or her home, neighborhood, town, state, and county-then moves out to the planet Earth, the solar system, and the Milky Way. From there, children trace their way home again.
Download or read book The Shade of Cocoa written by Marquita B. and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bella is a happy and inquisitive five-year old girl who loves to play with her friends, go to school, and spend time with her family. Everyone tells her how beautiful she is, but she doesn't feel as beautiful as the faces she sees on TV and in the magazines. Join Bella as she navigates a very important life lesson and learns to love the skin she is in.This captivating story for young children provides a message of empowerment and acceptance that readers of all ages can understand and enjoy.
Download or read book Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth Through Age 8 Fourth Edition Fully Revised and Updated written by Naeyc and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited new edition of NAEYC's book Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs is here, fully revised and updated! Since the first edition in 1987, it has been an essential resource for the early childhood education field. Early childhood educators have a professional responsibility to plan and implement intentional, developmentally appropriate learning experiences that promote the social and emotional development, physical development and health, cognitive development, and general learning competencies of each child served. But what is developmentally appropriate practice (DAP)? DAP is a framework designed to promote young children's optimal learning and development through a strengths-based approach to joyful, engaged learning. As educators make decisions to support each child's learning and development, they consider what they know about (1) commonality in children's development and learning, (2) each child as an individual (within the context of their family and community), and (3) everything discernible about the social and cultural contexts for each child, each educator, and the program as a whole. This latest edition of the book is fully revised to underscore the critical role social and cultural contexts play in child development and learning, including new research about implicit bias and teachers' own context and consideration of advances in neuroscience. Educators implement developmentally appropriate practice by recognizing the many assets all young children bring to the early learning program as individuals and as members of families and communities. They also develop an awareness of their own context. Building on each child's strengths, educators design and implement learning settings to help each child achieve their full potential across all domains of development and across all content areas.
Download or read book Children Family and the Community written by Sandra Menagh and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What Is a Community written by Rebecca Rissman and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2009 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is in a community? What types of communities are there? Where can we find communities? Read What Is a Community? to find out! Through stunning photographs and simple text, books in the Our Global Community series introduce children to elements of our global community. In What Is a Community?, children learn about the clothing, families, games, homes, markets, schools, music and farming techniques in communities around the world.
Download or read book Reach Chronicles A Community Mental Health Model For Children And Adolescents In Singapore written by Daniel Shuen Sheng Fung and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy read with a “how-to” intent, this book provides the insights and process of a practical and viable community mental health team. The authors of the book have produced a book which is as close an account to the reality of making the REACH team a value add to the mental wellness of students. This is the first book in Singapore that details the synergy of the various levels of decision making to enable a child and adolescent community mental health team to take shape, allowing hospital staff to reach students and service providers in primary care.
Download or read book The Children s Television Community written by J. Alison Bryant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents an analysis of the children's television community--the organizations, major players, and approaches to programming--and offers an overview of the history, current state, and future of children's TV. The Children’s Television Community is highly informative for educators, industry professionals, and practitioners in media, developmental psychology, and education.
Download or read book Best of Communities VIII Children in Community written by Daniel Greenberg and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VIII. Children in Community Across the board, community is an amazing place to grow up. It's good for parents (who get considerable, caring help with a plethora of instant aunts, uncles, and surrogate grandparents), and good for kids (who get instant playmates, intriguing facilities and landscapes to explore without taking a car ride to get there, and role models beyond Mom and Dad). While intentional community is about making the purposeful choice to live cooperatively, the key word is "choice" when it comes to schooling community kids. Some are home schooled, some are unschooled, some go to private schools (including Waldorf and Montessori), and some go to public school. Some communities run their own schools, and some just leave it up to the parents.The best part is the range of options available to fit the opportunity to what that child needs to thrive. The 22 articles in this Children in Community bundle will help you understand what's being learned in community about children learning. This Digital Issue on Children in Community includes: 1. Children in Community: Fairyland or Fairy Tale? by Daniel Greenberg, Directory 2000 2. Raising and Educating Children in Community by Diana Leafe Christian, Directory 1995 3. Multiple Parenting in Community: The Advantages by Daniel Greenberg, #86 4. Multiple Parenting in Community: The Disadvantages by Daniel Greenberg, #87 5. Child-Adult Friendships, Part I by Daniel Greenberg, #90 6. Child-Adult Friendships, Part II by Daniel Greenberg 7. Keeping Our Children Safe by Daniel Greenberg, #107 8. My Tribal Childhood by Kristina Jansen, #114 9. Growing Up in the Miccosukee Land Co-op by Orenda Lyons, #86 10. The Person I Became by Simona Gabriel, #84 11. Who's the Meta Tonight? Communal Child Rearing at Twin Oaks by Hilke Kuhlmann interviewing Lee Ann Kinkade, #103 12. Family Dramas by Laird Schaub, Ina Meyer-Stoll, #146 13. Parenting in Community: The Voyage from Fantasy to Reality by Jesika Feather, #146 14. When an Ecovillage Is Raising Your Child by Kim Scheidt, #146 15. An Abundance of Dads by Skye Rios (with Melanie Rios), #146 16. Second Family by Arizona Nashoba, #146 17. Creating Family Where We Are Now: Building Sustainable Communities with the Next Generation Zane Hamm, #153 18. Growing Up in Ecovillage at Ithaca by Allegra Willet, #156 19. Reminiscences: Growing Up in Intentional Community by Karin Iona Sundberg, #160 20. Raising Superheroes: How Our Kids Are Learning to Use Their Power for Good by Alyson Ewald, #160 21. Esther and the Princess of the Fairies Brent Levin, #160 22. Community, Public School, and Culture Clash: Food for Thought from Rural Missouri by Sam Makita, #160
Download or read book Textbook of Community Children s Nursing E Book written by Anna Sidey and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2005-03-02 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new edition is again structured into four main sections: Organisational facets; Philosophical issues; Dimensions of practice; and Advancing practice, and has been expanded to include detailed guidance on the commissioning and resourcing of services. It provides essential information for implementing the requirements of the children's National Service Framework that will support the expansion of Community Children's Nursing and enable it to move forward and away from fragmented service delivery. Bringing together the work of some of the most distinguished experts in the field, there is comprehensive coverage of the key aspects of Community Children's Nursing, including multi-disciplinary/interagency planning; provision of nursing services to sick children and their families in a range of community setting; and the needs of both the recipients and providers of care within the trajectory of acute, life-limiting and terminal illness. The first - and only - book on this topic, addressed specifically at the Community Children's Nurse (CCN) An authoritative guide to the principles underpinning the development of the specialty, which puts into context the scope of the CCN's work and clearly describes his/her place in the community team) A balance of the theoretical and practical, presented by the key names in this field) Offers up-to-date "evidence" which supports the development of this rapidly expanding specialty) Foreword by Elizabeth Fradd, Independent Health Service Advisor, UK New chapters have been added on the topics of: Developing a national strategy and corporate identity for Community Children's Nursing Delivering and funding care for children with complex needs Strategic planning and commissioning of services Benchmarking Transitional care The following chapters have been rewritten and expanded: Young carers Complementary therapies Partnerships with the voluntary sector Health promotion Information management The role of the Community Children's Nurse Manager is also explored in depth.
Download or read book Children and the Environment in an Australian Indigenous Community written by Angela Kreutz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aboriginal children represent one of the fastest growing population segments in Australia, yet the lives of Aboriginal children in their environment has rarely been subjected to systematic and in-depth study. In this book, Angela Kreutz considers the relationship between the environment, attachment and development in indigenous children, examining theoretical constructs and conceptual models by empirically road testing these ideas within a distinct cultural community. The book presents the first empirical study on Australian Aboriginal children’s lives from within the field of child-environment studies, employing an environmental psychology perspective, combined with architectural and anthropological understandings. Chapters offer valuable insights into participatory planning and design solutions concerning Aboriginal children in their distinct community environment, and the cross-cultural character of the case study illuminates the commonalities of child development, as well as recognising the uniqueness that stems from specific histories in specific places. Children and the Environment in an Australian Indigenous Community makes significant theoretical, methodological and practical contributions to the international cross disciplinary field of child-environment studies. It will be of key interest to researchers from the fields of environmental, ecological, developmental and social psychology, as well as anthropologists, sociologists, and those studying the environment and planning.
Download or read book Families Schools and Communities Together for Young Children written by Donna Lee Couchenour and published by Delmar. This book was released on 2008 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Families, Schools, and Communities: Together for Young Children, 3e is a book geared to meet national standards relating to forming family and community partnerships in teacher preparation programs, and reflects current research and best practice in education. The book has two sections: Understanding Families and Application to Educational Settings covering current, and contemporary issues faced by families. The third edition adds a complete chapter on fostering family involvement in academic content areas including math, literacy, science, and social studies. This new chapter contains specific ideas and strategies for increasing family involvement in the community and in schools, as well as learning at home. New information is included about working with military families, addressing issues of childhood obesity, teaching children about financial literacy and managing money, and advocacy efforts for children and families.
