Emphasising the voices and rights of children, international expert Anne Smith examines the
latest thinking on children's learning and development. Contemporary theories and research …

Childhood can only be understood in relation to the multitude of social factors which
surround it. This accessible text explores children's place within society through an …

How a community constructs the notion of childhood and the child is fundamentally
implicated in the practices and policies of that community. This article explores the …

What assumptions about children and childhood are held by government officials and
organisation representatives who are influential in policy formation in early childhood …

Childhood has become central to socio-political debates and policy initiatives both
nationally and globally. Despite the privileges afforded to children in the West, Western …

This special issue of Early Child Development and Care could not be more timely. In
focusing on the issues involved in researching the views and experiences of young children …

This paper provides an account of current ideas about English childhood that seem to
underpin policies 'for'children. New Labour values the future adulthood of children more …

THERE IS STILL RESISTANCE and hostility within some circles to the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention), but professionals working with …

This fully revised and updated edition of a fundamental New Zealand psychology text
examines how and why children develop and how they are influenced by the people and …

This book discusses how consultations with young children could signal a change of
thinking about how children might influence policy and shape the development of a child …