PART 1: APPROACHES TO THEORY AND EVIDENCE 1. The Role of Context in
Children’s Development 2. Research About and with Children,
Families, and Communities
PART 2: CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN 3. Developmental Disability 4.
Giftedness 5. Ethnicity: Finding a Cultural Home in Australia
PART 3: FACE-TO-FACE CONTEXTS 6. Families as the Primary Context
for Children 7. Interconnections Among Family, Childcare and
Educational Settings 8. Children, Technology, and Media 9. Changing
Contexts of Play: Losses and Opportunities 10. The Special Case of
Bullying 11. Geographical and Social Isolation
PART 4: BEYOND FACE-TO-FACE CONTEXTS 12. Responsibilities in Child
Protection and Out-of-home Care 13. Strong State Intervention: The
Stolen Generations 14. Early Childhood Education and Care Policy in
Australia 15. Children in Emergency Situations: An International
Perspective 16. Policy Support for Children, Families and
Communities 17. Bibliography 18. Index
Jennifer Bowes is Professor of Early Childhood at the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University, and founding Director of the Children and Families Research Centre, Macquarie University. Kerry Hodge is an Honorary Associate in the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University. Rebekah Grace is a Senior Research Fellow and the Program Manager for Early Childhood Research in the Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE), University of New South Wales.
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