1st Edition
Contemporary Issues in Childhood A Bio-ecological Approach
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Preface
STEPHEN WARD
Foreword
MICHEAL REED AND ROSIE WALKER
Section one
Bronfenbrenner and his bio-ecological model
1 Bronfenbrenner’s ‘bio-ecological’ model and its application to understanding children’s development
TUNDE ROZSAHEGYI
Section two
Social, development and learning identities
2 Child and young person’s development: Biological, environmental and interpersonal influences
KAY BENNETT, ZETA BROWN AND TRACEY EDWARDS
3 The role of play in childhood
GRAHAM JONES AND HELEN LYNDON
4 The complexities of childhood resilience
ZETA BROWN AND JAYNE DALY
5 Being mentally healthy: children and young people navigating their mental well-being.
JOHN THAIN AND DEAN DAVID HOLYOAKE
Section three
Contributing factors to a child’s upbringing
6 Formation of partnerships: an ecological approach
IOANNA PALAIOLOGOU AND TREVOR MALE
7 Common vigilance: a perspective on the role of the community in safeguarding children.
CLAIRE M. RICHARDS AND STUART GALLAGHER
8 Child poverty and life chances
ALEX OWEN
9 How big is our society?
SARAH MANDER
Section four
Societal aspirations and expectations on children, young people and families
10 Power, inclusion and diversity
LYNN RICHARDS
11 Empowering communities: understanding policy contexts
CATHERINE A. SIMON
12 Growing up in the twenty-first century
GARY BEAUCHAMP, SUE WILKINSON, KIERAN HODGKIN, AND ANDREW PICKFORD
Biography
Zeta Brown is Lecturer in Childhood, Family and Community Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.
Stephen Ward is Emeritus Professor of Education at Bath Spa University, UK.
