Global Childhoods
Global Childhoods This up to date text is suitable for students on all early years courses that include a module on global childhoods. It begins by questioning the meaning of childhood and explores…
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Global Childhoods
This up to date text is suitable for students on all early years courses that include a module on global childhoods. It begins by questioning the meaning of childhood and explores the historical, cultural and social views of childhood and children, including the roles of race, class and gender. Taking an ecological approach, it examines how culture and society shape childhoods through considering the lived experiences of children internationally.
The role of research on and with children in informing these debates is fully explored. It considers families and parenting from a global perspective and progresses to examine the relationship between the state and children by evaluating international approaches to education, health and welfare and the ways inequalities between the minority and majority world impact on children. Most importantly the reader is challenged to reflect on how