1st Edition
Young Children and Their Communities Understanding Collective Social Responsibility
Acknowledgements
About the Editors and Contributors
Foreword by Dr Eunice Lumsden
Introduction
Chapter 1: Constructing Future Communities around Collective Social Responsibility
Chapter 2: Building Communities in Early Years Settings and Schools
Chapter 3: Friendships in Children’s Communities
Chapter 4: Children’s Communities of Mixed-Ages
Chapter 5: Never Too Old - Mature Practitioners and Children’s Communities
Chapter 6: Intergenerational Communities - The Young and the Old Together
Chapter 7: Communities of Childminders - A Valuable Resource
Chapter 8: Communities of Children’s Centres: Decline and Fall
Chapter 9: Children’s Communities of Extended Families from Asian Backgrounds
Chapter 10: The Use of Technology to Build Digital Communities
Final thoughts from the editors
Biography
Gillian Sykes is Senior Lecturer in Early Years Education at the University of Northampton, UK.
Eleonora Teszenyi is Senior Lecturer in Early Years Education at the University of Northampton, UK.
"This book aims to raise questions about the value of community in children's lives. It raises the issues of citizenship and belonging, and of course, the frightening thought of 'the opposite of belonging'." —Neil Henty, EYE (Early Years Educator)
