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Understanding children and childhood: a New Zealand perspective / Anne Smith.
| Title: | Understanding children and childhood: a New Zealand perspective / Anne Smith. |
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| Authors: | Smith, Anne |
| Subject Terms: | Child development., Child development -- New Zealand., Cognition in children -- New Zealand., Cognition in children., Social skills in children., Social skills in children -- New Zealand. |
| Publisher Information: | Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books Limited, 2014. |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Original Material: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Description: | "'Understanding Children and Childhood' examines how and why children develop, and how they interact with the people and events in their lives. Emphasising that children grow up in diverse cultural contexts, Anne Smith’s book builds an understanding of childhood in New Zealand based on childhood studies and sociocultural theory.The voices and experience of children are central to this book. The varied contexts within which children learn and come to understand the world are explored; case studies and examples reflect children’s experiences from their perspective. Use of the latest research and policy completes a rich introduction to the key stages, theories and debates of childhood development.Children’s rights and social justice issues are foregrounded early, embedded in a broad theoretical framework. Children’s development is then presented as driven by learning, supported by opportunities for reciprocal social interaction across diverse cultural contexts. This approach highlights the importance for children of working collaboratively and thinking flexibly, enabling them to cope with the new, challenging and uncertain futures of twenty-first century New Zealand."--Publisher description. Archived by the National Library of New Zealand in EPUB. |
| Original Identifier: | OCoLC: 987573850 |
| Document Type: | Monograph |
| File Description: | text; computer |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 978-1-927277-11-9 978-1-927277-12-6 978-1-927277-13-3 |
| Relation: | Print version: Understanding children and childhood 9781927131763 |
| Availability: | http://natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/NLNZ:NLNZ:NLNZ_ALMA11284410630002836 |
| Rights: | Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa and licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/) |
| Accession Number: | edsnzl.9918145470402836 |
| Database: | Publications New Zealand Metadata |
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