Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology

This exciting new book provides a novel interdisciplinary introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology. Its accessible approach illuminates holistic understandings of children and young people's lives by drawing from multiple theoretical frameworks and wide-ranging research examples including case studies from around the world.

List of contents

Introduction: Understanding children and young people's lives
Chapter 1 What is Childhood and Youth Studies?
Chapter 2 The psychology of childhood and youth
Chapter 3 Children's bodies
Chapter 4 Making sense of the self
Chapter 5 Diverse Families
Chapter 6 Young people's mental health
Chapter 7 Education, schools, and learning
Chapter 8 Models of disability and their effects on children lives
Chapter 9 Race(ism) and ethnicity
Chapter 10 Global childhoods
Chapter 11 Gender in childhood and youth
Chapter 12 Digital childhood and youth: life with screens
Chapter 13 Adolescents, teenagers, and youth: A time of change
Chapter 14 Transitions to adulthood

About the author

Victoria Cooper is Senior Lecturer at The Open University who specialises in research focused on marginalised children and young people's experiences. She is co-author of Parenting the First Twelve Years: What the Evidence Tells Us (2018) and co-editor of Exploring Childhood and Youth (2021).
Mimi Tatlow-Golden is Senior Lecturer of Developmental Psychology and Childhood at The Open University. She co-directs the Centre for Children and Young People's Wellbeing and the RUMPUS Group researching fun. Her transdisciplinary research argues for dialogue between Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology and showcases its benefits.

Summary

This exciting new book provides a novel interdisciplinary introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology. Its accessible approach illuminates holistic understandings of children and young people’s lives by drawing from multiple theoretical frameworks and wide-ranging research examples including case studies from around the world.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Tatlow-Golden Cooper
• Assisted by: Victoria Cooper (Editor), Cooper Victoria (Editor), Mimi Tatlow-Golden (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9781032415932
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241593-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, Personal & public health, Educational psychology, Social Work, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Pre-school & kindergarten, Personal and public health / health education, Pre-school and kindergarten, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary