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PART ONE: HISTORY AND THEORIES OF CHILDHOOD

1. History of Childhood 

• Bruce Bellingham, ‘The History of Childhood Since the "Invention of Childhood" Some Issues in the  Eighties’ Journal of Family History March 1988 vol. 13 no. 1 347-358
  http://jfh.sagepub.com/content/13/1/347.abstract
•  S. Ryan Johansson,  ‘Centuries of Childhood/ Centuries of Parenting: Philippe Ariès and the Modernization of Privileged Infancy’, Journal of Family History 1987 12: 343
  http://jfh.sagepub.com/content/12/1/343.full.pdf+html
• Pratap Bhanu Mehta  ‘Rousseau, Education and the Quest for Dignity’ Contemporary Education Dialogue 2004 2: 85
  http://ced.sagepub.com/content/2/1/85.short
• DAVID KENNEDY, “Empathic Childrearing and the Adult Construction of Childhood”, Childhood 1998 5: 9
  http://chd.sagepub.com/content/5/1/9.full.pdf+html

2. Modern Childhoods

• Jo Moran-Ellis ‘Reflections on the Sociology of Childhood in the UK’ Current Sociology 2010 58: 186 
  http://csi.sagepub.com/cgi/content/long/58/2/186
• Gerry Redmond “Children’s agency and the welfare state: Policy priorities and contradictions in Australia and the UK” Childhood, November 2010; vol. 17, 4: pp. 470-484.
  http://chd.sagepub.com/content/17/4/470.full.pdf+html
• Affrica Taylor, “Reconceptualizing the 'nature' of childhood” Childhood 2011 18: 420
  http://chd.sagepub.com/content/18/4/420.full.pdf+html

3. International Perspectives

• Peter McLaren ‘A Pedagogy of Possibility: Reflecting Upon Paulo Freire's Politics of Education’ EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER 1999 28: 49
  http://edr.sagepub.com/content/28/2/49.full.pdf+html
• John Bennett, ‘Starting Strong : The Persistent Division Between Care and Education’ Journal of Early Childhood Research 2003 1: 21
  http://ecr.sagepub.com/content/1/1/21.full.pdf+html
• Angus H. Macfarlane, Ted Glynn, Waiariki Grace, Wally Penetito and Sonja Bateman, ‘Indigenous epistemology in a national curriculum framework?’ Ethnicities 2008 8: 102
  http://etn.sagepub.com/content/8/1/102.full.pdf+html
• Moncrieff Cochran, “International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education” Educational Policy 2011 25: 65
  http://epx.sagepub.com/content/25/1/65.full.pdf+html

 

PART TWO: INCLUSION & DIVERSITY

4. Children’s Rights to Participation

• Kwong-Leung Tang ‘Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: The Canadian Experience.’ International Social Work 2003 46: 277
  http://isw.sagepub.com/content/46/3/277.full.pdf+html
• Rachael Burr, ‘Global and Local Approaches to Children's Rights in Vietnam’ Childhood 2002 9: 49
  http://chd.sagepub.com/content/9/1/49.full.pdf+html
• Nigel Thomas, “Love, rights and solidarity: Studying children’s participation using Honneth’s theory of recognition” Childhood 2012 19: 453
  http://chd.sagepub.com/content/19/4/453.full.pdf+html

5. Understanding Diversity

• Park, C (2011) Young Children making sense of Racial and Ethnic differences: A socio-cultural approach.. American Educational Research Journal. Vol 48  No 2  387-420
• Glenda MacNaughton and Patrick Hughes, “Teaching respect for cultural diversity in Australian early childhood programs” Journal of Early Childhood Research 2007 5: 189
  http://ecr.sagepub.com/content/5/2/189.full.pdf+html

6. Inclusive Practice for Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

• Peter Clough and Cathy Nutbrown , “Special Educational Needs and Inclusion : Multiple Perspectives of Preschool Educators in the UK” Journal of Early Childhood Research 2004 2: 191 http://ecr.sagepub.com/content/2/2/191.full.pdf+html
• Regina Stoutjesdijk, Evert M. Scholte and Hanna Swaab , “Special Needs Characteristics of Children With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders That Affect Inclusion in Regular Education” Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 2012 20: 92
  http://ebx.sagepub.com/content/20/2/92
• Jo Lebeer, Noémi Birta-Székely  et al. “Re-assessing the current assessment practice of children with special education needs in Europe” School Psychology International 2012 33: 69
  http://spi.sagepub.com/content/33/1/69.full.pdf+html

 

PART THREE: LEARNING & PLAY

7.  Play & Creativity  

• Will Parnell ‘Revealing the experience of children and teachers even in their absence: Documenting in the early childhood studio’ Journal of Early Childhood Research 2011 9: 291
  http://ecr.sagepub.com/content/9/3/291
• Nicole M Glenn, Camilla J Knight, Nicholas L Holt and John C Spence , ‘Meanings of play among children’ Childhood 2013 20: 185
  http://chd.sagepub.com/content/20/2/185
• Ki-Soon Han and Christine Marvin, “Multiple Creativities? Investigating Domain Specificity of Creativity in Young Children” Gifted Child Quarterly 2002 46: 98
  http://gcq.sagepub.com/content/46/2/98.full.pdf+html

8. Outdoor Play and Learning

• Marianne B. Staempfli , “Reintroducing Adventure Into Children's Outdoor Play Environments” Environment and Behavior 2009 41: 268
  http://eab.sagepub.com/content/41/2/268
• Craig H. Hart and Robert Sheehan “Preschoolers’ Play Behavior in Outdoor Environments: Effects of Traditional and Contemporary Playgrounds” Am Educ Res J 1986 23: 668
  http://aer.sagepub.com/content/23/4/668.full.pdf+html
• Andrew Foran “The Experience of Pedagogic Intensity in Outdoor Education” Journal of Experiential Education 2005 28: 147
  http://jee.sagepub.com/content/28/2/147.full.pdf+html

9. Children and Media 

• Sachiko Kaneko ‘Japan’s ‘Socially Withdrawn Youths’ and Time Constraints in Japanese Society: Management and conceptualization of time in a support group for ‘hikikomori’’ Time Society 2006 15: 233
  http://tas.sagepub.com/content/15/2-3/233
• Pål André Aarsand , “COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES IN FAMILY LIFE: The digital divide as a resource in intergenerational interactions” Childhood 2007 14: 235
  http://chd.sagepub.com/content/14/2/235
• Usha Abrol, N. Khan and Parul Shrivastva, “Five-Year-Olds' Fascination for Television : A Comparative Study” Childhood 1993 1: 212
  http://chd.sagepub.com/content/1/4/212.full.pdf+html

 

PART FOUR: HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND PROTECTION

10. Child Health

• Karyn E Alexander, Bianca Brijnath and Danielle Mazza, 'Can they really identify mental health problems at the age of three?' Parent and practitioner views about screening young children's social and emotional development’ Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2013 47: 538
  http://anp.sagepub.com/content/47/6/538
• Jane Barlow and Angela Underdown, ‘Promoting the social and emotional health of children: where to now?’ The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health 2005 125: 64
  http://rsh.sagepub.com/content/125/2/64
• Jennifer Woolfe and Lynn Stockley  ‘Nutrition Health Promotion in Schools in the UK: Learning from Food Standards Agency Funded Schools Research’ Health Education Journal 2005 64: 229
  http://hej.sagepub.com/content/64/3/229.full.pdf

11. Well-Being

• Kristin Anderson Moore, Laura Lippman and Brett Brown  ‘Indicators of Child Well-Being: the Promise for Positive Youth Development’ The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 2004 591: 125
  http://ann.sagepub.com/content/591/1/125
• Ben-Arieh, A. And Frønes, I. (2011) “Taxonomy for child well-being indicators: A framework for the analysis of the well-being of children” Childhood 18 (4) 460-476
  http://chd.sagepub.com/content/18/4/460
• Joy Swanson Ernst, “Culture and child welfare : Insights from New Zealand”, International Social Work 2001 44: 163
  http://isw.sagepub.com/content/44/2/163.full.pdf+html

12. Protecting and Safeguarding Children

• Sylvia Boulton and Debbie Hindle  “Emotional Abuse: The Work of a Multidisciplinary Consultation Group in a Child Psychiatric Service” Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 2000 5: 439
  http://ccp.sagepub.com/content/5/3/439
• Lisa M. Jones, David Finkelhor and Stephanie Halter , ‘Child Maltreatment Trends in the 1990s: Why Does Neglect Differ From Sexual and Physical Abuse?’, Child Maltreatment 2006 11: 107
  http://www.sagepub.com/juvenilejustice6study/articles/Chapter11_Article02.pdf

13. Working with Families

• Nombasa Williams ‘Establishing the boundaries and building bridges: A literature review on ecological theory: implications for research into the refugee parenting experience.’ J Child Health Care 2010 14: 35
  http://chc.sagepub.com/content/14/1/35.full.pdf
• Michael Little, ‘In the Shadows: Children's Social Policy during the Blair Years’ Adoption & Fostering 2012 36: 52
  http://aaf.sagepub.com/content/36/1/52
• Mary Daly, ‘Shifts in family policy in the UK under New Labour’ Journal of European Social Policy 2010 20: 433
  http://esp.sagepub.com/content/20/5/433

PART FIVE: PROFESSIONAL WORKING

14. Professional Work in Early Childhood

• Donald Simpson “Becoming professional? Exploring Early Years Professional Status and its implications for workforce reform in England” Journal of Early Childhood Research 2010 8: 269
  http://ecr.sagepub.com/content/8/3/269.full.pdf+html
• Malini Mistry and Krishan Sood , “Challenges of Early Years leadership preparation: a comparison between early and experienced Early Years practitioners in England” Management in Education 2012 26: 28
  http://mie.sagepub.com/content/26/1/28.full.pdf+html
• Avril Brock, “Building a model of early years professionalism from practitioners' perspectives” Journal of Early Childhood Research 2013 11: 27
  http://ecr.sagepub.com/content/11/1/27.full.pdf+html

15. Joined-up Thinking in Practice: An Exploration of Professional Collaboration

• Adrian L. James , “Competition or integration? The next step in childhood studies?” Childhood 2010 17: 485
  http://chd.sagepub.com/content/17/4/485.full.pdf+html
• Fiona Williams, “What matters is who works: why every child matters to New Labour. Commentary on the DfES Green Paper Every Child Matters” Critical Social Policy 2004 24: 406
  http://csp.sagepub.com/content/24/3/406.full.pdf+html

16. Leadership and Management in Early Childhood 

• Rosemary Webb “Leading Teaching and Learning in the Primary School From ‘Educative Leadership’ to ‘Pedagogical Leadership’” Educational Management Administration & Leadership 2005 33: 69
  http://ema.sagepub.com/content/33/1/69
• Carol Aubrey, Ray Godfrey and Alma Harris “How Do They Manage? An Investigation of Early Childhood Leadership” Educational Management Administration & Leadership 2013 41: 5
  http://ema.sagepub.com/content/41/1/5
• Lynn Ang  “Leading and Managing in the Early Years: A Study of the Impact of a NCSL Programme on Children’s Centre Leaders’ Perceptions of Leadership and Practice” Educational Management Administration & Leadership 2012 40: 289
  http://ema.sagepub.com/content/40/3/289

PART SIX: RESEARCH AND REFLECTION

17. Researching Young Children

• Zeng, E.J. and Silverstein, L.B. (2011) China Earthquake Relief: Participatory action work with children. School Psychology International 32(5): 498–511.
• LIISA HORELLI, “Creating Child-Friendly Environments: Case Studies on Children's Participation in Three European Countries” Childhood 1998 5: 225
  http://chd.sagepub.com/content/5/2/225

18. Reflective Practice 

• Loughran, J.J. Effective reflective practice: in search of meaning in learning about teaching, Journal of Teacher Education, 53 (1):33-43.
• Parnell, W. (2011) Experiences of teacher reflection: Reggio inspired practices in the studio.  Journal of Early Childhood Research. 10 (2) pp117-133.
• Judith Z. Ellsworth, “Using Student Portfolios to Increase Reflective Practice among Elementary Teachers” Journal of Teacher Education 2002 53: 342
  http://jte.sagepub.com/content/53/4/342