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Children and youth speak for themselves /

The theme of this volume is an outgrowth of one of the Section sponsored sessions at the 2006 ASA meetings in Montreal; "Children and Youth Speak for Themselves." The volume is a collection of articles from scholars who pay particular attention to children and/or adolescents' voices,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Johnson, Heather Beth, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2010.
Colección:Sociological studies of children and youth ; v. 13.
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  • Scholars giving voice so that children and youth can speak for themselves: an introduction to this special volume / Heather Beth Johnson
  • Section I: Children's Perspectives: Perceptions, Stigmas, and Stereotypes. "They don't wanna get their education" / Susan Rakosi Rosenbloom ; "And no flowers grow there and stuff": young children's social representations of poverty / Judith Chafel and Carin Neitzel ; "I like being intervieeeeeeewed!": kids' perspectives on participating in social research / Margaret Ann Hagerman ; You can't count on nobody in life: homeless youth and the transition to adulthood / Laura J. Napolitano ; Child sexual abuse and embodiment / Heather R. Hlavka ; How maltreatment matters: effects of childhood maltreatment on academic performance / Daniel Jason Potter
  • Section II: Exploring Children's Creative Processes. The importance of audience and agency for representation: a case study of an urban youth media community / Linda Charmaraman ; From "He's too nice" to "Some day": using photography to understand what urban students want to learn in school / Kristien Zenkov
  • Section III: Students' Perceptions on Education and Activities. Middle school students' perceptions of character education: what they are doing when someone is looking / Suzanne S. Hudd ; The value of volunteering: comparing youths' experiences to popular claims / Sandi Kawecka Nenga ; Trophies, tears, and triumphs: children's experiences in competitive activities / Hilary Levey ; "Into it" or "Going through the motions": exploring how college students' understand their academic engagement / Jeff Lashbrook ; Moving into line: the educational, occupational, and family ambitions of the youth of Gautreaux Two / Melody L. Boyd and Kimberly A. Goyette
  • Section IV: Racial Attitudes and Race Awareness among Children. Speaking the unspeakable: youth discourses on racial importance in school / R. L'Heureux Lewis ; "I learn being black from everywhere I go": color blindness, travel, and the formation of racial attitudes among African American adolescents / Erin N. Winkler.