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Centre, Research and Outreach.
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959.57050922
Publication Date
2012
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The political, economic and social changes that have occurred over the past 60 years have shaped and transformed the childhood of children in Singapore. This book explores this transformation through anecdotes and memories through interviews with individuals hailing from different races and age groups, together with related archived materials from different sources. The components of childhood - birth, home, play, school, health and welfare - are revisited so as to provide useful insights about the past to young readers and at the same time serve as a nostalgic read for older readers. Written i.
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Pufall, Peter B.
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305.23 22
Publication Date
2004
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In Rethinking Childhood, twenty contributors, coming from the disciplines of anthropology, government, law, psychology, education, religion, philosophy, and sociology, provide a multidisciplinary view of childhood by listening and understanding the ways children shape their own futures. Taken together, these essays develop a new paradigm for understanding childhood as children experience these years. This paradigm challenges readers to develop fresh ways of listening to children & amp;rsquo;s voices that enable both children and adults to cross the barriers of age, experience, and stereotypi.
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Bass, Loretta Elizabeth.
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302.23
Publication Date
2011
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These empirical studies include children's voices and experiences from four continents and highlight how structure and culture both limit and enable the life chances of children, how children interpret and construct their social relations and environments, and how children view themselves as well as how others view the rights of children.
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Owens, Timothy J. (Timothy Joseph)
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305.23 22
Publication Date
2001
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Produced under the auspices of the "Section on the Sociology of Children and Youth of the American Sociological Association", this volume provides a cohesive, wide-ranging source of information on the life courses of children and youths. Contributions reflect: demographic analyses and projections; dualitative aspects of children's lives; children and youth in historical and cross-cultural perspective; issues of development in social context; children and public policy; and social and psychological dynamics of childhood and adolescence.
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Brembeck, Helene, editor.
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305.230948 23
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2008
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Schneider, Dona, 1946-
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305.230973 20
Publication Date
1995
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Scraton, Phil.
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305.230941 21
Publication Date
1997
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Examining debates concerning children and young people, this text discusses the "politics of childhood", focusing on topics such as: the family, education and schooling, mental health, crime and justice, and sexuality.
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Conley, Dalton, 1969-
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305.2309747 21
Publication Date
2000
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Honky presents Dalton Conley's very personal account of his childhood as a white boy growing up in predominantly African American and Latino housing projects in New York's lower East Side in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Wyness, Michael G.
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305.23 21
Publication Date
2000
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Duane, Anna Mae, 1968-
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303.6083097309032 22
Publication Date
2011
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Harris, Yvette R.
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305.2308996
Publication Date
2014
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Praise for the First Edition:. ""This book argues convincingly that children's cultural differences need to be recognized for any accurate understanding of their development. Pointing out the need for additional and more effectively designed research, Harris and Graham provide a valuable foundation for further investigations. This nonpolemic book should be in all libraries, filling an unfortunate gap. Highly recommended."". --Choice. This is an evenhanded examination of the challenges affecting the lives of African American children that emphasizes their strengths and resiliency rather than de.
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Pebley, Anne R., 1953-
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305.230979494 21
Publication Date
2002
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Focused on the subtle interaction between children's well-being and the neighborhoods in which they grow up, this title consider the age of the community's residents, their incomes, and residential turnover in the neighborhood, all of which are thought to be important for children.
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