Working With Children and Young People

by Campbell, Anne; Broadhead, Pat

• ISBN13: 9783034301213
• ISBN10: 3034301219
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-20
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc

Summary

This book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on working with young people, focusing on education, health and social work, and draws on projects and perspectives from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia. The volume highlights the ethical challenges and dilemmas as these and other services are integrated and addresses how ethical practices are confronted and shared across disciplines. The first section looks at professional practice; the second foregrounds children's and young people's voices and is especially concerned with children and young people as co-researchers. Subjects addressed within the text include sex education, health education, custodial care, confidentiality and gaining consent, ethical issues around ICT and researching with vulnerable populations. The book is intended for both scholars and practitioners. It places examples in clearly articulated theoretical frameworks as well as considering professional principles and practice.

Author Biography

Anne Campbell is Professor of Professional Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University. Her research interests are in practitioner research, professional learning and ethics. Pat Broadhead is Professor of Playful Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University. Her research interests are in practitioner research, playful pedagogies and ethics.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Striving to be ethical: ProfessionalsÆ perspectives	p. 13
Are we doing it by the book? Professional ethics for teachers and librarians in the early years	p. 15
Every Child Matters: New ethical challenges arising in schools	p. 37
Research with vulnerable people: The importance of sensitivity	p. 59
Pedagogy as an ethical encounter: How does it look in our professional practice?	p. 79
Maintaining professional ethics during a æmoral panicÆ over sex education: A case study	p. 103
Valuing the human in the design and use of technology in education: An ethical approach to the digital age of learning	p. 123
Striving to be ethical: Engaging with children and young people	p. 141
The dilemmas we face: Designing a curriculum for vulnerable children in short-term care	p. 143
Shifting perspectives, representations and dilemmas in work with young people	p. 159
Children as active agents in gaining and giving assent: Involving children as co-researchers	p. 179
Their life, their choice: Ethical challenges for supporting children and young people in the self-management of Type 1 diabetes	p. 197
Promoting ethical understandings in child co-researchers	p. 215
Ref lecting on ethical considerations around young childrenÆs engagement when researching childrenÆs perspectives	p. 237
Developing an ethic of care with children and young people: Opportunities and challenges	p. 259
New ethical horizons: Lessons learned for changing practices	p. 283
Notes on contributors	p. 293
Index	p. 299
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This book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on working with young people, focusing on education, health and social work, and draws on projects and perspectives from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia. The volume highlights the ethical challenges and dilemmas as these and other services are integrated and addresses how ethical practices are confronted and shared across disciplines. The first section looks at professional practice; the second foregrounds children's and young people's voices and is especially concerned with children and young people as co-researchers. Subjects addressed within the text include sex education, health education, custodial care, confidentiality and gaining consent, ethical issues around ICT and researching with vulnerable populations. The book is intended for both scholars and practitioners. It places examples in clearly articulated theoretical frameworks as well as considering professional principles and practice.