Author: Olga N. ClymirePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biotic communities
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
A Child's Place in the Environment: Achieving a sustainable community
Author: Olga N. ClymirePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biotic communities
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Children in the City
Author: Pia ChristensenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134512643
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
This timely and thought-provoking book explores children's lives in modern cities. At a time of intense debate about the quality of life in cities, this book examines how they can become good places for children to live in. Through contributions from childhood experts in Europe, Australia and America, the book shows the importance of studying children's lives in cities in a comparative and generational perspective. It also contains fascinating accounts of city living from children themselves, and offers practical design solutions. The authors consider the importance of the city as a social, material and cultural place for children, and explore the connections and boundaries between home, neighbourhood, community and city. Throughout, they stress the importance of engaging with how children see their city in order to reform it within a child-sensitive framework. This book is invaluable reading for students and academics in the field of anthropology, sociology, social policy and education. It will also be of interest to those working in the field of architecture, urban planning and design.
Places We Go
Author: Rachelle KreismanPublisher: Red Chair Press
ISBN: 1937529363
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Urban communities have many tall buildings while rural communities have smaller and fewer buildings. But all have some places in common. These provide goods or services that make communities livable.
A Child's Place
Author: Richard G. BoehmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communities
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
My Community
Author: Lee AucoinPublisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1433393123
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Children will be inspired to tell their own stories with this wordless reader, filled with engaging, colorful images that show the people and places that are commonly part of a young child's community.
A Child's Place in the Environment, Unit 6
Author: Olga N. ClymirePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
School and Community
Author: Report
Author: New York (State). Department of Social WelfarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Reports for 1943-1966 include report of the New York State Board of Social Welfare.
A Child's Place in the City
Author: Linda Danni WenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture and children
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Recent travels around the world has revealed cities of vast differences, some ethereal, rising into the stars, others humble and earthy. Their visible inhabitants that share these too, can have great differences. Conspicuously absent from many of these cities, is that of children seen using and enjoying streets and public places. Although this is seen to be true to a greater extent in certain cities over others, my general observation has become the underlying motivation to develop a thesis dedicated to children in modern cities. So where can the children be found within these cities? not surprisingly behind the gates and walls of schools, child-care centres and fenced playgrounds away from the public's eye. Children, like all social groups deserve to live, learn, play and generally have access to their city. However, currently these activities are confined within child-specific spaces which are regimented, institutionalized and generally disconnected from the wider urban community. These spaces may be seen as 'safe' for children away from traffic, pollution and general parental fears of modern cities but has resulted in the isolation, segregation and the general disappearance of children among public life. As a result, children seem to be the marginalized social group within modern cities who do not have a sense of place or belonging in modern cities, as their presence cannot be seen and felt. With these factors in mind, the aim of this thesis is to: Examine the current state of children's lives in modern cities; Challenge the existing spaces available to children for learning and play; Explore different ways in which children learn; Offer an alternative, more integrative solution to the current learning and play spaces which isolates children from the wider urban community In order to do so it is important to understand how children see their city, construct a sense of place and the ways in which children learn. This is done through research, a workshop with a group of children from Parnell school in Auckland, as well as explorations and experimentations of different forms of learning and play-spaces alternative to the existing. Using Auckland Central Business District as a site for intervention, these experiments and findings shall then be implemented within public spaces based on their existing physical, social and sensorial conditions which can potentially offer different types of learning opportunities. Without the intention of recreating a child-specific institution my aim is to explore potential for integration between children, the city, and the urban community using the medium of architecture and learning, ultimately by constructing a sense of place for children in modern cities, so their presence may be felt and will no longer be a marginalized social group within these cities.
Families, Schools and Communities
Author: Chandler BarbourPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
With a new co-author, this introductory book again explores the interconnectedness of children's "circles"-home, school, and community. The authors'unique vision of school improvement advocates teaching strategies and curricula that are not only developmentally and culturally appropriate, but which also enfold each child's family and community into his or her education as equal partners with the school, its teachers, and its administration. Extensive and current demographic information, along with numerous engaging real-life stories, support the authors'position regarding partnerships, by presenting a child's life as a rich panoply of experiences in which learning is constantly taking place, both within and outside of school.Thoroughly up-to-date coverage includes globalization issues, the explosion of media materials, new findings from brain research, and examination of the latest federal and state legislation, includingNo Child Left Behind.For teachers-especially at the elementary school grade levels, and for anyone who in any way educates and contributes to the educational experience and well-being of children.