{"product_id":"whose-childhood-is-it-richard-eke-9780826499813","title":"Whose Childhood Is It?: The Roles of Children, Adults and Policy Makers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe purpose of this book is to promote a thoughtful engagement with key issues and theories that inform our understanding of childhood. Readers will enjoy, and be provoked by, a sophisticated analysis of the role and function of childhood in twenty-first century Britain, which can be used as a springboard for further enquiry and exploration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo intertwined themes permeate the text: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Children's sense of self and adults' temporal and cultural fabrications of childhood, and the articulation of these with policy and provision for young children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Young children and representation: how they are represented, the sense they make of such representations and their own representational activity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhose Childhood Is It? intends to turn readers away from our collective tendency to simplify the experiences of young children and replace this with a fuller, more complex, and more realistic understanding of the social dynamic that constitutes childhood today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book takes a user-friendly approach, with key questions and reflection boxes throughout as well as chapter summaries and suggested further reading. It will provide a rich resource for students of Early Childhood Studies, and for Early Years professionals and those training to be Early Years practitioners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Eke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826499813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826499813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continuum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Richard Eke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48587657150719,"sku":"9780826499813","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whose-childhood-is-it-richard-eke-9780826499813","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}