Sociological Studies of Child Development
Published on 14. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-78441-307-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is the fifth volume in a series which endeavours to organize, centralize and present current ideas and research in the field of child development, viewed with a sociological perspective. It contains three main sections: early childhood care; children's peer groups; and, family influence. Papers examine early childhood care; non-parental child care environments; differences in preschool cognitive skills by type of care; quality of centre care and cognitive outcomes: differences by family income; parent involvement in early childhood education and day care; negotiations of norms and sanctions among children; the attainment of peer status: gender and power relationships in the elementary school; social status and interactional competence in families; family and friend relationships of only children: a study of Chinese adults; women and money: cultural contrasts.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
343 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78441-307-1 (9781784413071)
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Content
Part 1 Early childhood care: early intervention - a field moving toward a sociological perspective, Rosalyn Benjamin Darling and Jon Darling; non-parental child care environments - differences in preschool cognitive skills by type of care, Marlena Studer; quality of centre care and cognitive outcomes - differences by family income, Marlena Studer; parent involvement in early childhood education and day care, Rena Shimoni. Part 2 Children's peer groups: negotiations of norms and sanctions among children, Hans Oswald; the attainment of peer status - gender and power relationships in the elementary school, Steven Kless. Part 3 Family influence: social status and interactional competence in families, Scott Pimley; family and friend relationships of only children - a study of Chinese adults, Gary Huang and Craig Howley; women and money - cultural contrasts, Jerome Rabow et al.