Sheila Greene, Elizabeth Nixon

Children as Agents in Their Worlds

A Psychological-Relational Perspective

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Is children's development determined by their genes and their neurons, or do they have the capacity to think about and influence their own lives and the world around them? Children as Agents in Their Worlds aims to answer these questions through a critical psychological approach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781138649231
• ISBN-10: 1138649236
• Artikelnr.: 58950540

Autorenporträt

Sheila Greene is a developmental psychologist, former Professor of Childhood Research at Trinity College Dublin, and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Dublin. Elizabeth Nixon is Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology at the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Concept of Agency in Childhood Studies
Chapter 3. Theorising Agency
Chapter 4. The Development of Children's Agency
Chapter 5. Children's Agency Within Families
Chapter 6. Children's Agency in School and with Peers
Chapter 7. Children's Agency in the Public Sphere: Rights and Participation
Chapter 8. Agency and Diversity: Variation in the Expression of Agency by
Children
Chapter 9. A Theoretical Synthesis
References
Index