New approaches to early child development: rules, rituals, and realities

This book describes the findings of a five-year journey of inquiry of medicaland social scientists. Of particular interest and emphasis are issues of gender, poverty, Aboriginal status, and cultural factors that frame the lives of 'typical' and 'non-typical' young children and their families in urban, rural and remote communities. HILLEL GOELMAN is Full Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. JAYNE PIVIK is a Community Psychologist who examines community/neighborhood impacts on child and youth well-being, community asset mapping, human-environment interactions, and collaborative and participatory research processes involving children and youth. MARTIN GUHN is a Doctoral Candidate in Educational Psychology at the University of British Columbia, Canada. INDICE: Theory and background to the CHILD Project - Rules, Rituals and Realities: From Theory to Practice - What We Have Learned About Poverty and Vulnerability - What We Have Learned About Aboriginal Children and Families - WhatWe Have Learned About Early Identification and Screening Programs - What We Have Learned About Nurturant Environments for Children - What We Have Learned About Interdisciplinarity - What We Have Learned About University-Community Collaboration - The Graduate Student Experience - Conclusions and New Beginnings

• ISBN: 978-0-230-10543-0
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 274
• Fecha Publicación: 25/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés