Developmental Pathways Through Middle Childhood : Rethinking Contexts and Diversity as Resources.

This volume looks at the study of successful pathways through middle childhood. The chapters look at how diverse environmental contexts (economic, culture, history, politics) influence child and family development.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2005.
Temas:
Child development.
Children > Social conditions.
School children.
Children with social disabilities.
Child Development
Enfants > Développement.
Enfants > Conditions sociales.
Élèves du primaire.
Enfants socialement défavorisés.
Child development
Children > Social conditions
Children with social disabilities
School children
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword: Contextualizing Middle Childhood
  • Acknowledgments
  • Editors' Introduction
  • THEME 1: HOW ADULTS AND CHILDREN, THROUGH THEIR PERCEPTIONS AND ACTIONS, CONNECT RESOURCES ACROSS FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY CONTEXTS
  • Chapter 1 Family Educational Involvement: Who Can Afford It and What Does It Afford?
  • Chapter 2 Family Socialization, Gender, and Participation in Sports and Instrumental Music
  • Chapter 3 Unpacking School Lunchtime: Structure, Practice, and the Negotiation of Differences
  • Chapter 4 The Contexts and Significance of Children's Everyday Experiences and Activities: A Commentary
  • THEME 2: HOW LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND THEIR TEACHERS INTERPRET AND USE CONTEXTS AS RESOURCES FOR CREATING PATHWAYS THROUGH CHILDHOOD
  • Chapter 5 Children As Unwitting Agents in Their Developmental Pathways
  • Chapter 6 Child-Care Instability and the Effort to Sustain a Working Daily Routine: Evidence From the New Hope Ethnographic Study of Low-Income Families
  • Chapter 7 School Engagement of Inner-City Students During Middle Childhood
  • Chapter 8 The Mediation of Contextual Resources
  • THEME 3: HOW IMMIGRATION AFFECTS CHILDREN'S EMERGING IDENTITIES IN THEIR FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY CONTEXTS
  • Chapter 9 Beyond Demographic Categories: How Immigration, Ethnicity, and "Race" Matter for Children's Identities and Pathways Through School
  • Chapter 10 Children of Dominican, Portuguese, and Cambodian Immigrant Families: Academic Attitudes and Pathways During Middle Childhood
  • Chapter 11 Soledad's Dream: How Immigrant Children Bridge Their Multiple Worlds and Build Pathways to College
  • Chapter 12 Family Obligation and the Academic Motivation of Young Children From Immigrant Families.
  • Chapter 13 Pathways to Academic Achievement Among Children From Immigrant Families: A Commentary
  • Chapter 14 Contexts, Diversity, Pathways: Advances and Next Steps
  • Chapter 15 Reflections on Childhood, Diversity, Pathways, and Context
  • Epilogue: Mapping Concepts of Contexts, Diversity, and Pathways Across Disciplines
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.

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