Children and Young People's Spaces Developing Practice

by Foley, Pam; Leverett, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780230280090
• ISBN10: 0230280099
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This reader takes debates about children#x19;s services forward by drawing on ideas based in social pedagogy and arguing that the concept of #x18;space#x19; is crucial to relationships and practices with children and young people. It will stimulate students to question and rethink, and practitioners to innovate and challenge mainstream thinking.

Author Biography

Pam Foley is Senior Lecturer in Children and Families in the Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University UK. Her research interests include social policy affecting children and young people and children's agency. She has a practice background in women's and children's health. Stephen Leverett is Lecturer in Children and Young People in the Faculty of Health and social care, The Open University, UK. His practice background is in social care and social work in both the statutory and voluntary sectors.

Table of Contents

Introduction; P.Foley & S.Leverett
Children's Spaces; S.Leverett
Young People's Spaces; P.Hopkins
Spaces-in-the-making, Childhoods-on-the-move; J.Horton, P.Kraftl & F.Tucker
Researching Children's and Young People's Perspectives Places and Belonging; V.Morrow
Play in an Adult World: Designing Spaces with Children and Young People; M.Dudek
Democratic Spaces; P.Foley
Out of the Way: Children, Young People and Outdoor Spaces; S.Elsley
Growing Up: Moving through Time, Place and Space from Babyhood to Adolescence; L.Arai
Children's Associative Spaces and Social Pedagogy; P.Petrie
Young Europeans; S.G.Lund
Spaces for Care and Learning: a Social Pedagogical Approach; L.O'Dell
Reflective Spaces; S.Leverett & A.Rixon