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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Representation of Children"”.
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A Critical Analysis of the Print Media Representation of Children and Young People during Transition from Conflict in Northern Ireland
At a time of political, economic and social change in Northern Ireland, this thesis is concerned with how children and young people are represented in print media coverage and the implications of this coverage in a post-conflict transitioning society. Specifically it explores how children and young …
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A Gender-Informed Understanding of Children in the Care of Child Protection
The purpose of the present study was to explore the differential representation of children by gender in child protection services. The sample of children was drawn from a large child protection agency in south-western Ontario consisting of 1,041 cases. Child protection files were reviewed to …
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Place, life histories and the politics of relief: episodes in the life of Francesca Wilson, humanitarian educator activist
… approach to explore episodes in the life of the teacher, author and humanitarian activist Francesca Wilson (1888-1981). It is concerned with the process of researching and telling aspects of her life history as a means of contributing to the emerging historiography of women educator …
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An investigation of the literary portrayal of children as participants in the liberation struggle as illustrated in Ellen Namhila's The Price of Freedom and Lydia Shaketange's Walking the Boeing 707
This study investigates the literary portrayal of children as participants of the liberation struggle as illustrated in Ellen Namhila’s The Price of Freedom and Lydia Shaketange’sWalking the Boeing 707. The focus of the study was to investigate how the two Namibian autobiographical texts represent …
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The Child in Games: From the Meek, to the Mighty, to the Monstrous
… across game studies, childhood studies, and children’s literature studies, this thesis catalogues and critiques the representation of children in contemporary video games. It poses two questions: 1) How are children represented in contemporary video games? 2) In what ways do the …
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Towards an anthropology of childhood sickness : an ethnographic study of Danish schoolchildren
This thesis is an analytical ethnography of children, aged between six and twelve, who live in Vanlose, a local district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The data were produced during fourteen months of fieldwork in the children's homes, their local school and two after school centres. The methodological …
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Placing children in care at centre stage : exploring the experiences and perceptions of children in care about their pathways into offending behaviour
The disproportionate representation of children in care in the youth justice system remains a significant challenge to academics and policy makers. Despite this, there is an absence of research and literature concerning the relationship between care experiences and the onset of offending behaviour …
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Treatment Effectiveness in Preschool Education- A Look at Affective Variables
Autism now occurs in 1 out of 150 births in the United States (Centers for Disease Control, 2008). Increasing numbers and complexity of the disorder make the need for identifying effective interventions critical. DSM-IVTR identifies core characteristics of autism as significant deficits in …
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Gender identities and roles : the representation of women and children in South African films about HIV and AIDS
This dissertation examines representations of women and children in South African films about HIV and AIDS, paying particular attention to issues relating to the advancement and empowerment of the two groups. The dissertation focuses on two films: Yesterday (Darrell Roodt, 2004) and Life Above All …
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Representing Childhood: The Social, Historical, and Theatrical Significance of the Child on Stage
… social, historical, and theatrical significance of dramatic representations of childhood. In three case studies, one each on childhood in the Early Modern, Modern, and Contemporary periods, I focus on the relationship between larger social, industrial, and philosophical changes, real-world …
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Recalled to Life: Adaptations of Charles Dickens for Children and Young Adults
There exists a multitude of adaptations of Charles Dickens’s novels for children and young adults, but thus far this body of work has been paid little critical attention. This thesis proposes to change that by analysing a sample of these texts to explore what is ‘Dickensian’ about adaptations of …