Product Description

This book explores the key institutional settings of home and school, and other educationally linked organised spaces, in children's lives, and the relationships between these.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #753196 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Review
..."this volume is a must read for researchers and graduate students interested in scholarship that pushes the boundaries of childhood studies. This is a solid first volume in a forthcoming series that, according to the editor, "takes important aspects of contemporary children's lives and through research about current practices and emergent trends poses questions about possible, and alternative, future directions" Anthropology and Education Quarterly, March 2003."

From the Back Cover
Home and school are two of the main settings in childrens lives, and home-school links have become a target for policy intervention and much topical debate.
While most discussion on this topic focuses on parents and teachers views, this book concentrates on childrens own activities at home and school and their understandings of the relationship between these areas. With an international list of contributors, this book presents research and case studies on children from a variety of nationalities, backgrounds and circumstances, and explores how children view their position as autonomous, regulated or connected.
This book reveals the many ways in which children negotiate and influence home-school relations, and shows how social divisions and issues play a significant role in these relations.
This important collection will be of interest to teachers, students, researchers and policy makers involved in issues of childhood, family, social policy and psychology.

About the Author
Ros Edwards is Professor in Social Policy at the Social Sciences Research Centre, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, South Bank University. She has published widely.