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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Sociology of Childhood"”.
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Neoliberal agency, relational agency, and the representation of the agentic child in the Sociology of Childhood
… the regulations laid out by the University of Westminster as part of the submission for the award of PhD by Published Works. It accompanies nine published works that form the body of this submission and outlines their coherence, originality and contribution to knowledge. This body of work …
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Journey With Me: Wanderings and Wonderings Through Childhoods
Dominant assumptions and views of children and childhood inform and guide educational policy and practice and have worked to institutionalize meanings of children and childhood. Within the sociology of childhood, literature has challenged these assumptions by recognizing the lived realities of …
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Evolving notions of childhood: an example of Kazakhstan
… understanding versatile and evolving perceptions of childhood in Kazakhstan after the independence of the country. It draws on a variety of primary data including in-depth interviews and surveys with young people and representatives of non- governmental organisations working with young people. …
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A importância da ludicidade e da psicomotricidade para a educação infantil
… that have gained space, especially in early childhood education, because play, play and play are essential data of childhood. The use of these allows a pedagogical work that enables the construction of knowledge and child maturity. Luddicity is connected to psychomotor elements, which are …
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Children's participation in local government: The Makkala Panchayats of Kundapur, southern India.
The United Nations’ 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, is the most fundamental potentiality to affect children’s lives for the better, through the dynamic relationship between its provisions for child participation, protection and the best interests of the child. I investigate how the …
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Beyond the Headlines: Exploring Media Portrayal of Youth Climate Change Activists
… our planet today and youth will bear the brunt of this threat (Currie & Deschênes, 2016). Recently, we have seen youth stand up and become activists for climate. This qualitative study was conducted on media representations of youth climate change activists because of its usefulness for …
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Visual and textual representations of childhood by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 1999 to 2003
The objective of this paper is to investigate how UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) represents the notion of childhood. A content analysis of 690 photographs as well as an in-depth textual analysis of the most authoritative publications is conducted to decode childhood representations. …
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Helping at home and informal care: an examination of children's contribution to family life
Using a questionnaire sample of 980 eleven to sixteen year olds and a small number of interviews, this study explores what young people do to help at home. Research carried out over the last decade has provided considerable insight into the lives of children and young people involved in caring for …
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Children under three in Greek day-care relationships with adults, peers and environment
This thesis explores the experiences of ten children aged one year four months to two years eleven months old in two Greek day-care nurseries, with the aim of informing thinking about the future development of policy and practice in relation to Greek Early Childhood Education and Care (henceforth …
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Between Shadow and Solace: The Spiritual Lives of Street Children in Bukavu, The Democratic Republic of Congo
This thesis explores the role of spirituality in the everyday lives of street children and youth (aged 14-20) in Bukavu, The Democratic Republic of Congo. Despite growing scholarly attention to street children’s everyday lives and lived experiences, the topic of spirituality has remained …
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A Comprehensive Analysis of Child and Youth Experiences within Shaking the Movers Workshops: A Discourse Analysis of Canadian UNCRC Implementation Efforts
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC, 1989) has been ratified by 197 nations, aiming to protect and provide for the rights of all children and young people. However, signatories such as Canada known as State Parties have mostly failed to adequately implement children’s …
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Children's experiences of divorce in Botswana
… study explores children and mothers' perceptions of children's experiences of divorce in Botswana. To illuminate this complex topic, the study draws on two main overlapping theoretical perspectives. These are the social constructionist approach and the sociology of childhood approach. The concept …
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Teenagers' Experiences of Domestic Violence Refuges
… the 1970s. Early studies focused on the needs of adult women but increasingly, children and teenagers have also become the business of refuges. Much of the existing research regarding users’ experiences of refuges has, however, failed to distinguish the needs of teenagers (aged 13 to 18 years) …
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An examination of philosophy with children as a material discursive practice in a year 7 classroom
… teachers and students to bring their own ways of knowing to classroom practice. It began from my concern that dominant neo-liberal educational discourses and deficit models of the child limit students’ and teachers’ ability to be heard as knowers in schools. The research was set within the …
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Barns röster om växelvis boende. Vardagsliv, familjepraktiker och nära relationer
… across two households spending equal amounts of time with each parent, is particularly common in Sweden. Despite the dramatic increase in dual residence in Sweden, knowledge from children’s point of view is limited. This thesis aims, through children’s perspectives, to provide knowledge about …
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Toddlers’ Participation in Early Childhood Setting Experiences in Iran and New Zealand
… have been critically discussed in the field of Early Childhood Education (ECE). Yet, research on toddlers’ right to participate and the ways participation may occur in play and learning experiences remains underrepresented. Children’s participation takes shape in two ways. First, children’s …
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Experiences of the foster care process in the Republic of Ireland: retrospective accounts from biological children of foster carers
This thesis examines the experiences of the biological children of foster carers. In particular it explores their experiences in relation to inclusion, consultation and decision-making. The study also examines the support and training needs of birth children in foster families. Using a qualitative …
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Between Violence and Utopia: an ethnography of pedagogy, childhood, and spatial politics in urban Pakistan
Currently, a number of young people are attending schools in developing countries where there is substantial ethnic, religious, and political conflict and a striving towards social justice aims in education via the development project. There is an ongoing debate about the role of teachers in such …
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Childhood and Social Movements: A Case Study of the National Movement of Children and Youths Peace Managers in Colombia
The intersection between childhood and social movements was an unexplored field of research before 2019. However, over the last 5 years, it seems that scholars have “discovered” childhood in social movements, creating a vibrant new field of research that promises new understandings. The recent …