This fully revised and expanded second edition of Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies presents an informed and critical commentary on a range of key issues related to children and childhood, from birth to eighteen years.
Challenging current orthodoxies within the adult world on the nature of childhood, it is an essential text for students of childhood and youth studies as well as those studying relevant professional qualifications in social work, teaching and health. Exploring ideas from the historical development of childhood to the demonising of youth, it is divided into five clearly defined sections, each with their own editorial introduction which highlights the key themes: Creating Childhood The Developing Child Children at Risk The Politics of Childhood Bordered Childhood and International Perspectives
Containing 15 newly written chapters and three revised pieces, this invaluable textbook provides an overview of childhood and youth studies and encourages students to think about the issues discussed and to develop their own ideas. Each chapter contains student activities, key concept boxes, recommended further reading and a reflection exercise.
This fully revised and expanded second edition of Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies presents an informed and critical commentary on a range of key issues related to children and childhood, from birth to eighteen years.
Section One - Creating Childhood. 1.Notions of Children and Childhood.
2.The First 1001 Days and Child Development. 3.Children, Childhoods and
Childrens Literature. Section Two - The Developing Child. 4.The Psychology
of the disengaged. 5.Language Development. 6.Gender, Sexuality and
Education. Section Three - Children at Risk. 7.Childrens Mental Health.
8.The Importance of Communication with Children in Social Work and the
Lessons Learned. 9.When a parent goes to prison: Reflections from a
researcher-practitioner. 10.Care Experienced Children and Mental Health
Services: Fundamentals to reflect upon when connecting with children and
young people who have experienced the care system. 11.Access to Education for
Care Leavers: Is post-16 education accessible to those navigating the Care
Cliff? Section Four - Politics of Childhood. 12.Childhood: Testing to
Destruction. 13.Childrens Human Rights: Still a work in progress?
14.Intersectionality, Democracy and Education. 15.Secularism, Islamophobia,
and the Erasure of Muslim Identities in Education: Reflections on the
Michaela School Prayer Ban and the Trojan Horse Affair. Section Five -
Bordered Childhoods. 16.Dancing on the Fault-lines: A Lebanese Childhood.
17.Palestinian Youth Under Conditions of Occupation. 18.Undocumented:
Insecure immigration status and its impact on children and youth.
19.Working through the pandemic: local migration, childrens lives and
education in Nepal
Elizabeth Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Education, Childhood and Communities at Liverpool John Moores University. Liz has over 30 years of experience of advocating for and supporting children, both as a Primary School teacher and lecturer. She was an editor for Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies (2010). Her research interests include creative pedagogies such as drama for learning, childrens literature and home education.
Bee Hughes (they/them) is an interdisciplinary researcher and Senior Lecturer in Media, Culture, Communication at Liverpool John Moores University. Bees work spans contemporary art practice, art history, visual cultures and cultural studies. Theyve taught several subjects in Higher Education, including Graphic Design and Illustration, Fine Art, Art History, Education Studies, Sociology and Media & Cultural Studies. Their research examines how everyday visual cultures and fine arts represent and (re)construct menstrual norms.
