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Young Children's Rights

Exploring Beliefs, Principles and Practice Second Edition

By: Priscilla Alderson

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Young Children's Rights

Exploring Beliefs, Principles and Practice Second Edition

By: Priscilla Alderson

Published in association with Save the Children Priscilla Alderson examines the often overlooked issue of the rights of young children, starting with the question of how the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to the youngest children, from birth to eight years of age. The question of finding a balance between young children's rights to protection, to provision (resources and services) and to participation (expressing their views, being responsible) is discussed. The author suggests that, in the belief we are looking after their best interests, we have become overprotective of children and deny them the freedom to be expressive, creative and active, and that improving the way adults and children communicate is the best way of redressing that balance. This second edition has been updated and expanded to include the relevance of UNCRC rights of premature babies, international examples such as the Chinese one-child policy, children's influence on regional policies, and the influence on young children's lives of policies such as Every Child Matters and those of the World Bank, IMF, OECD and UNICEF. This readable, informative and thought-provoking book is a compelling invitation to rethink our attitudes to young children's rights in the light of new theories, research and practical evidence about children's daily lives. It will be of interest to anyone who works with young children.

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The Politics of Childhoods Real and Imagined

Practical Application of Critical Realism and Childhood Studies

By: Priscilla Alderson

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The Politics of Childhoods Real and Imagined

Practical Application of Critical Realism and Childhood Studies

By: Priscilla Alderson

The second volume of Priscilla Alderson’s popular and renowned book Childhoods Real and Imagined relates dialectical critical realism to childhood. By demonstrating their relevance and value to each other, Alderson presents a practical introductory guide for applying critical realism to research about children and young people. Each chapter summarises key themes from several academic disciplines and policy areas, ranging from climate change and social justice between generations, to neoliberalism, social reform and imagining utopias. Children’s and adults’ views and experiences are reviewed, and whereas the first volume deals with more personal and local aspects of childhood, this volume widens the scope into debates about global politics, which so seldom mention children. Each chapter demonstrates how children and young people are an integral part of the whole of society and are often especially affected by policies and events. This book is written for everyone who is researching, studying or teaching about childhood, or who cares for and works with children and young people, as well as those interested in critical realist approaches.

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1317363949

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The Ethics of Research with Children and Young People

A Practical Handbook

By: Priscilla Alderson,Virginia Morrow

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The Ethics of Research with Children and Young People

A Practical Handbook

By: Priscilla Alderson,Virginia Morrow

Ethical questions are at the centre of research with children and young people. This clear and practical text informs students and researchers about the relevant laws and guidelines and current debates in research ethics. Priscilla Alderson and Virginia Morrow cover ethics at every stage of research, and with all kinds of young research participants, particularly those who are vulnerable or neglected. They break down the process of research into ten stages, each with its own set of related questions and problems, and they show how these need to be addressed. This practical book is essential reading for anyone who conducts or reviews research with children or young people. Priscilla Alderson is Emerita Professor of Childhood Studies at the Institute of Education University of London. Virginia Morrow is Senior Research Officer in the Department of International Development, University of Oxford.

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1446209385

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Childhoods Real and Imagined

Volume 1: An introduction to critical realism and childhood studies

By: Priscilla Alderson

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Childhoods Real and Imagined

Volume 1: An introduction to critical realism and childhood studies

By: Priscilla Alderson

This book is unusually rewarding in that its author has pulled off the rare trick of providing deep philosophical and theoretical underpinnings to a comprehensive reconsideration of childhood. Priscilla Alderson deploys Bhaskar's 'dialectical critical realism' to excellent effect, illuminating not only our understanding of the presence, and absence, of children in our lives and discourses, but also the field of childhood studies. It is rare that such an integrated text is accomplished and I look forward to the planned second volume. This is a work that should facilitate a rethinking of childhood for the new century." Graham Scrambler, Professor of Medical Sociology at University College London. Childhoods Real and Imagined explores and charts the relation of dialectical critical realist concepts to many aspects of childhood. By demonstrating their relevance and value to each other, Alderson presents an introductory guide to applied critical realism for researchers, lecturers and students. Each chapter summarises key themes from several academic disciplines and policy areas, combining adults’ and children’s reported views and experiences and filtering these through a critical realist analysis. The four main chapters deal with the more personal aspects of childhood in relation to the body, interpersonal relations, social structures, and the person, soul or self. The second volume will widen the scope to include the impact on children and young people of present policies relating to ecology, economics, ideas of social evolution or progress, and ethics. Each chapter demonstrates how children are an integral part of the whole of society and are often especially affected by policies and events. Through developing the dialectical critical realist analysis of childhood and youth Childhoods Real and Imagined will be of great interest to critical realists and childhood researchers and policy advisers.

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1136647503

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Institutional Rites and Rights

A Century of Childhood

By: Priscilla Alderson

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Institutional Rites and Rights

A Century of Childhood

By: Priscilla Alderson

An Inaugural Professorial Lecture Over the past century in Britain, adults' rights have completely changed so that, at least in theory, all adults are respected choice-makers and not submissive dependents. Yet children and young people are still excluded from many areas of society - as women used to be. They are seldom seen as real, thinking, competent people, but rather as pre-persons, puppets twitched by nature or nurture, needing firm adult control while their minds grow as slowly as their bodies. The Institute of Education has played a leading part in inventing, testing and trying to organise this supposedly gradual growth. Newer research methods of working with young children are re-discovering how highly competent, organised and motivated they can be. In this millennium, it is time to adopt up-to-date research methods, theories, and findings to inform all its work in order to promote every person's rights to respect for their worth and dignity.

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Inst of Education

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0854736778

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The Politics of Childhoods Real and Imagined

Practical Application of Critical Realism and Childhood Studies

By: Priscilla Alderson

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Practical Application of Critical Realism and Childhood Studies

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The Ethics of Research with Children and Young People

A Practical Handbook

By: Priscilla Alderson,Virginia Morrow

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A Practical Handbook

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1446245616

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Choosing for Children

Parents' Consent to Surgery

By: Priscilla Alderson

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Choosing for Children

Parents' Consent to Surgery

By: Priscilla Alderson

One mother described part of the complications of consenting to her one-week-old child’s high-risk heart surgery. ‘I can’t imagine her being any more precious to me than she is now. I can hardly bear feeling so close to her as it is...I can’t wait until I see her again. It’s worse than being in love.’ Can emotional parents be rational enough to give informed proxy consent? Research observations and interviews with many parents and practitioners in the wards, clinics and medical meetings in two London hospitals show how parents’ moral emotions of fear and hope are central to their informed decision-making and voluntary consent. This record from the 1980s offers useful historical comparisons with today’s paediatric cardiac services in both the remarkable progress over nearly 40 years and the continuing concerns.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000852911

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Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research

A Practical Introduction

By: Priscilla Alderson

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Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research

A Practical Introduction

By: Priscilla Alderson

Winner of the 2022 Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize. Critical realism, as a toolkit of practical ideas, helps researchers to extend and clarify their analyses. It resolves problems arising from splits between different research approaches, builds on the strengths of different methods and overcomes their individual limitations. This original text draws on international examples of health and illness research across the life course, from small studies to large trials, to show how versatile critical realism can be in validating research and connecting it to policy and practice. To meet growing demand from students and researchers, this book is based on the course at UCL, first taught by Roy Bhaskar, the founder of critical realism.

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Policy Press

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1447354591

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Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research

A Practical Introduction

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A Practical Introduction

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American Culture Transformed

Dialing 9/11

By: Bruce Tucker,Priscilla Walton

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American Culture Transformed

Dialing 9/11

By: Bruce Tucker,Priscilla Walton

The bombing of the Twin Towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, marked a major turning point in modern American culture. Priscilla Walton and Bruce Tucker examine critical moments in the aftermath of 9/11 – the Enron scandal, the trial of Martha Stewart, the capture and rescue of Jessica Lynch, the torture at Abu Ghraib prison, the widespread popularity of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and Tim LeHaye's "Left Behind" series, Michael Moore's movie Fahrenheit 9/11, and former president Ronald Reagan's funeral. The authors argue that commentators on the American scene abandoned complexity, seeking to reduce events to their simplest signification. They ask how the singularity of meaning came to dominate American cultural consciousness, and they seek to theorize the critical cultural and political movements of the post 9/11 period.

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Springer

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1137033495

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Working With Sample Data

Exploration and Inference

By: Priscilla Chaffe-Stengel

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Working With Sample Data

Exploration and Inference

By: Priscilla Chaffe-Stengel

Managers and analysts routinely collect and examine key performance measures to better understand their operations and make good decisions. Being able to render the complexity of operations data into a coherent account of significant events requires an understanding of how to work well with raw data and to make appropriate inferences. Although some statistical techniques for analyzing data and making inferences are sophisticated and require specialized expertise, there are methods that are understandable and applicable by anyone with basic algebra skills and the support of a spreadsheet package. By applying these fundamental methods themselves rather than turning over both the data and the responsibility for analysis and interpretation to an expert, managers will develop a richer understanding and potentially gain better control over their environment. This text is intended to describe these fundamental statistical techniques to managers, data analysts, and students. Statistical analysis of sample data is enhanced by the use of computers. Spreadsheet software is well suited for the methods discussed in this text. Examples in the text apply Microsoft Excel. Readers will have access to the example workbooks and Adobe Flash videos illustrating key steps using Microsoft Excel from the Business Expert Press website.

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1606492144

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Divine Disruption

Holding on to Faith When Life Breaks Your Heart

By: Dr. Tony Evans,Chrystal Evans Hurst,Priscilla Shirer,Anthony Evans,Jonathan Evans

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Divine Disruption

Holding on to Faith When Life Breaks Your Heart

By: Dr. Tony Evans,Chrystal Evans Hurst,Priscilla Shirer,Anthony Evans,Jonathan Evans

USA Today Bestseller Learn how to work your way through life’s unexpected challenges with grace and find a deeper faith while on your journey. In this biblical and conversational book by Dr. Tony Evans and his four adult children—Chrystal Evans Hurst, Priscilla Shirer, Anthony Evans, and Jonathan Evans—you will hear five insightful perspectives on what it means to hold on to faith when life breaks your heart. We have all been through difficult seasons and times in life when it seems like the hits keep coming and you can barely catch your breath. The Evans family knows what this is like, as they’ve experienced the deep grief of losing eight loved ones in less than two years’ time, including the devastating passing of Lois Evans, the matriarch of the family. In Divine Disruption, Dr. Tony Evans and his children pull back the curtain on their faith-shaking experiences, in order to provide biblical wisdom and practical encouragement for how to deal with the hard, unexpected things we all inevitably face. You’ll walk away with insights on: Why bad things happen despite a good and powerful God Persevering in difficult times and experiencing God’s peace What causes distress in your life—and how to move past it How to keep your faith from being damaged during tough times Join the Evans Family in this unique Kingdom Legacy partnership as they candidly share honest questions they’ve asked, raw emotions they’ve felt, and solutions they’ve learned. Your life may have been interrupted, but you can use that to grow closer to God—and find peace.

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Thomas Nelson

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0785241167

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Children's Consent to Surgery

By: Priscilla Alderson

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Children's Consent to Surgery

By: Priscilla Alderson

When are children old enough to understand medical information? When are they mature enough to make wise decisions in their best interests? This book explores these questions through detailed qualitative research. It is based on in-depth interviews with children undergoing surgery, their parents and many of the staff caring for them in four city hospitals. In their own words, the child patients challenge many of the accepted ideas about their rights, interests and abilities.

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0335157327

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Young Children's Rights

Exploring Beliefs, Principles and Practice Second Edition

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Exploring Beliefs, Principles and Practice Second Edition

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Learning and Inclusion (Routledge Revivals)

The Cleves School Experience

By: Priscilla Alderson

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Learning and Inclusion (Routledge Revivals)

The Cleves School Experience

By: Priscilla Alderson

Mainstream schools are consistently faced with numerous and often contradictory requirements, both to achieve high results and to be inclusive and incorporate children of every ability. This title, first published in 1999, describes how one renowned inclusive community school, Cleves School, responds to the challenges faced by themselves and other schools. Specifically, Priscilla Alderson shows how methods of inclusive learning can be incorporated with those designed to improve standards of achievement for every child. Practical and comprehensive, this title remains applicable to the challenges currently faced within the British education system.

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1317936078

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Ethics, Social Research and Consulting with Children and Young People

By: Priscilla Alderson,Virginia Morrow

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Ethics, Social Research and Consulting with Children and Young People

By: Priscilla Alderson,Virginia Morrow

Examining the ethical questions raised throughout each project, this text looks at issues that affect planning, reporting, and disseminating the findings of consultations with children.

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