Child Perspectives and Children's Perspectives in Theory and Practice

Recent decades have seen a growing emphasis, in a number of professional contexts, on acknowledging and acting on the views of children. This trend was given added weight by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified in 1990. Today, seeking the perspective of the child has become an esse...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sommer, Dion. (Author), Pramling Samuelsson, Ingrid. (Author), Hundeide, Karsten. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Series:International perspectives on early childhood education and development ; 2
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3316-1
Table of Contents:
  • From the contents Preface
  • Introduction: Child Perspectives and Childrens Perspectives
  • Part I: In Search of Child Perspectives and Children's Perspectives in Childhood Sociology and Developmental Psychology
  • Part II: A Child Perspective to the Care for Children in Practice
  • Part III: In Search of the Role of Child Perspectives and Children's Perspectives in Early Childhood Education
  • Part IV: Child Perspectives and Childrens Perspectives in Theory and Practice  Summary, Discussion and Conclusion
  • Summary of Introduction: Child Perspectives and Children's Perspectives  the Scandinavian Context
  • Summary of Part I  in Search of Child Perspectives and Children's Perspectives in Childhood Sociology and Developmental Psychology
  • Summary of Part II  a Humanistic and Interpretative Approach
  • Summary of Part III  Early Childhood Education
  • Conclusion. References. Index
  • About the Authors.