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Understanding children : vol.1 ; state, education and economy / edited by Anne Cleary, Máire Nic Ghiolla Phádraig and Suzanne Quin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Cork] : Oak Tree, [2001]Description: xxxi, 278 p. ; 24 cm. ; pbkISBN:
  • 186076228X
  • 9781860762284 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.23
Contents:
[PART 1 Children and the State] "Cherishing all the children of the nation equally": state provision and responsibility for children in Ireland / Nóirín Hayes -- Legal and constitutional rights of children in Ireland / Valerie Richardson -- "Mercy unto thousands": constructing the institutional child / Eoin O'Sullivan -- Children out-of-home In Ireland / Frank Houghton, Patricia Kelleher & Carmel Kelleher -- Children and political violence: the Northern Ireland conflict / Ed Cairns and Frances McLernon.
[PART 2 Children in education] Some aspects of quality in early childhood education / Mary Horgan and Francis Douglas -- Locating the child's voice in Irish primary education / Dympna Devine -- Gender identity in the primary school playground / Anne Lodge and Marie Flynn -- "Bluebells, cockle shells": Irish children's skipping games and rhymes / Geraldine Lynch -- "In the land of youth" - Irish children and literature / Pat Donlon.
[PART 3 Children and the economy] Child poverty in Ireland / Brian Nolan -- Children as workers: a case study of child employment in Belfast / Madeleine Leonard.
Summary: Charts the changing nature of childhood and children's lives in Ireland over the past thirty years. Its aim is to provide a more comprehensive and positive profile of childhood and children in Ireland by bringing together recent research and analysis. The contributors are drawn from a range of disciplinary backgrounds in the social sciences but share a similar approach to the study of childhood. The emphasis is not on 'social problems affecting children' but on how children cope with, resist, or accommodate adversity of different kinds. Understanding Children will be of major interest to students and professional in the areas of sociology, child care, social work, education and psychology, and anyone interested in the subject of children in contemporary society.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 305.23 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 43836
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 305.23 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 43837
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 305.23 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 64602
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 305.23 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 43838

CW105

CW718

CW748

Includes bibliographical references.

[PART 1 Children and the State] "Cherishing all the children of the nation equally": state provision and responsibility for children in Ireland / Nóirín Hayes -- Legal and constitutional rights of children in Ireland / Valerie Richardson -- "Mercy unto thousands": constructing the institutional child / Eoin O'Sullivan -- Children out-of-home In Ireland / Frank Houghton, Patricia Kelleher & Carmel Kelleher -- Children and political violence: the Northern Ireland conflict / Ed Cairns and Frances McLernon.

[PART 2 Children in education] Some aspects of quality in early childhood education / Mary Horgan and Francis Douglas -- Locating the child's voice in Irish primary education / Dympna Devine -- Gender identity in the primary school playground / Anne Lodge and Marie Flynn -- "Bluebells, cockle shells": Irish children's skipping games and rhymes / Geraldine Lynch -- "In the land of youth" - Irish children and literature / Pat Donlon.

[PART 3 Children and the economy] Child poverty in Ireland / Brian Nolan -- Children as workers: a case study of child employment in Belfast / Madeleine Leonard.

Charts the changing nature of childhood and children's lives in Ireland over the past thirty years. Its aim is to provide a more comprehensive and positive profile of childhood and children in Ireland by bringing together recent research and analysis. The contributors are drawn from a range of disciplinary backgrounds in the social sciences but share a similar approach to the study of childhood. The emphasis is not on 'social problems affecting children' but on how children cope with, resist, or accommodate adversity of different kinds. Understanding Children will be of major interest to students and professional in the areas of sociology, child care, social work, education and psychology, and anyone interested in the subject of children in contemporary society.

CW105, CW120

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