1st Edition

Child Observation Skills

By Phillip T. Slee Copyright 1987
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

Professionals working with children—whether in education, social work, or other child-focused fields—are increasingly recognizing the importance of developing child observation skills. At the time, systematic approaches to studying children were still undergoing significant development and refinement. First published in 1987,  Child Observation Skills  offers an engaging exploration of the... Read more

1. Seeing Children 2. Ethical Issues in Child Study 3. Research Designs 4. Methods of Direct Observation 5. The New Hermeneutic 6. Recording Behaviour 7. Observation Schemes 8. Assessing Children 9. Toward a Science of Child Observation

Biography

Phillip T. Slee is Professor in Human Development in the School of Education and is a trained teacher and registered psychologist. He is also Director of the Student Wellbeing & Prevention of Violence (SWAPv) Research Centre at Flinders. Professor Slee has published extensively in the field of child development, bullying, school violence and stress, and has produced educational resources in the form of videos and resource packages. He has presented his work nationally and internationally in workshops and lectures.

Review of the first publication:

‘…this is a valuable book, of use to students of child development or practitioners who wish to improve their observation skills.’

— Alan Russell, Flinders University