An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology

Name: An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781032415932
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An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology offers an interdisciplinary exploration of children and young people’s lives from infancy to young adulthood. Combining insights from psychology, education, sociology, and cultural studies, it addresses key contemporary themes such as digital childhood, diverse families, race and ethnicity, global childhoods, health and disability, and children’s rights and agency. Featuring global case studies and children’s perspectives, this book provides a holistic understanding that is both accessible and comprehensive.
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This book is ideal for students studying childhood, youth, psychology, and education. It also serves as a valuable introduction for practitioners working with young people, as well as parents and policymakers interested in current perspectives on children and youth.

This exciting new book provides a novel interdisciplinary introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology. Its accessible approach illuminates holistic understandings of children and young people’s lives by drawing from multiple theoretical frameworks and wide-ranging research examples including case studies from around the world.

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This exciting new book provides a novel interdisciplinary introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology. Its accessible approach illuminates holistic understandings of children and young people’s lives by drawing from multiple disciplines and theoretical frameworks. It includes wide-ranging research examples, featuring case studies from around the world and perspectives from children and young people throughout.

Weaving insights from education and cultural studies, social anthropology, and sociology with social, cultural, and developmental psychology, the book covers experiences and development from infancy to young adulthood (0–23 years), as well as their rights. The chapters explore key contemporary topics such as:

Digital childhood and youth
Children’s embodied experiences
The social and cultural origins of selves
Diverse families
Race and ethnicity
Global childhoods
Models for understanding health and disability
Children’s rights and agency
Gender in childhood and youth

This book is essential reading for students in childhood and youth, psychology, and education courses. An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology also serves as a valuable introductory resource for practitioners working with children and young people, as well as for parents and policy makers interested in understanding children and young people’s lives today.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781032415932

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 August 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 2 Tables, black and white; 16 Line drawings, color; 35 Halftones, color; 51 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Edited by Victoria Cooper
Edited by Mimi Tatlow-Golden

Audience: Tertiary education, Adult education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 640g

Pages: 248

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology

About the Author

Victoria Cooper is Senior Lecturer at The Open University who specialises in research focused on marginalised children and young people’s experiences. She is co-author of Parenting the First Twelve Years: What the Evidence Tells Us (2018) and co-editor of Exploring Childhood and Youth (2021).

Mimi Tatlow-Golden is Senior Lecturer of Developmental Psychology and Childhood at The Open University. She co-directs the Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing and the RUMPUS Group researching fun. Her transdisciplinary research argues for dialogue between Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology and showcases its benefits.