1st Edition
Principles and Practice to Help Young Children Belong Therapeutic Approaches to Support Pupils in the Margins
Introduction: Living in Worrying Times
ESTELLE TARRY
PART I Tackling social inequality and social justice
1. Social Inequality and Social Justice
KATRINA PERKINS AND MOLLIE BELL
2. Anti-racism in Early Childhood Spaces: Transformative Activism
EMEL THOMAS
3. Religion, Belonging and Childhood in the Primary Classroom
MATTHEW VINCE
4. Unmasking Toxic Masculinity in Early Years and Primary Schools: Exploring the Impact on Children’s Socialisation and Development
ALISON MILNER
PART II Social interaction; social beings and relationships
5. Supporting Children’s Sense of Belonging and Feelings of Mattering Through Relationship-Rich Pedagogies
ELEONORA TESZENYI
6. (LGBT+) and Different Family Structures: What Is a Family?
HELEN HUGHES AND CATHIE BURGESS
7. Fostering Belonging Through Compassionate Care in Education
EUNICE LUMSDEN
8. The Modern Iliad: Asylum Seeker and Refugee Children’s Search for Belonging
ESTELLE TARRY
9. Ecology and Embodiment: Engaging Children and Young People with Nature
MARIE HALE
PART III All Schools and All Practitioners
10. Towards a Needs-Led Approach to Inclusion: Questions and Challenges for the Ideology of Inclusive Practice
CATHIE BURGESS
11. Developing a Mentally Healthy Culture for All in Schools: Issues and Possible Solutions
ANDY SMITH
12. Wellbeing in the Modern World
JODIE ROSSITER
Conclusion
ESTELLE TARRY
Biography
Estelle Tarry is presently an assistant professor in postgraduate teacher education in the Middle East. She was previously a lecturer at the South Devon University Centre, Plymouth University, UK, and authored Challenges in Early Years and Primary Education (2022) for Routledge.
