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"Critical and postmodern perspectives have been largely underexplored in the field of child and youth care. This book addresses the gap, showcasing cutting-edge approaches to policy, pedagogy, and practice from diverse perspectives and professional settings. The authors of Child and Youth Care challenge deep-seated assumptions about child and youth care by reinterpreting core concepts such as ethics and outcomes and raising questions about underlying goals and premises. Can the ends of practice be separated from the means? For whose benefit are interventions designed? By recognizing a range of social and political influences on children and youth, this volume bears witness to exciting developments in child and youth care. Chapters in Part 1 redefine the field by offering new theoretical frameworks which, in turn, raise questions about the underlying goal of care and its place in current political agendas. For instance, what unspoken understandings of child, youth, or family well-being are being privileged? To answer these questions, chapters in Part 2 explore underdeveloped issues such as gender, the experiences of girls, and the involvement of fathers, while those in Parts 3 and 4 question beliefs about northern communities, homeless youth, early childhood programs, and young offenders. By focusing on approaches that recognize a range of social and political influences on children and youth, this volume bears witness to new and exciting developments in child and youth care."--Publisher's website

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Seeing Like the Mainstream Media -- 1 Disassembling Media Representations 101 -- 2 Conceptualizing Media Gazes -- Part 2: Media Acting Badly -- 3 Racialized Media, Mediated Racism -- 4 A Gendered Media -- 5 Media, Classed -- 6 Sexuality in the Media -- 7 Engaging Age(ism) -- Part 3: The (Mis)Representational Processes -- 8 Racializing Immigrants/Refugees -- 9 Advertising Beauty -- 10 Reclaiming a Muscular Masculinity -- 11 Framing Religion -- Part 4: Gazing against the Grain -- 12 Social Media as Oppositional Gaze -- 13 Unsilencing Aboriginal Voices -- 14 Ethnic Media -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Not only does this book offer a great deal of insight into evaluating early childhood services, it also provides a focal point for those interested in establishing goals, objectives and evaluation criteria for their own early childhood programmes' - Early Years `Quality' has become a priority issue for all concerned with early childhood care and education services. Starting from the premise that `quality' is a relative and dynamic concept based on values and beliefs, Valuing Quality in Early Childhood Services examines how the definitions of quality are established and who is involved in th

Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge compiles the latest data and viewpoints on the state of Sub-Saharan Africa's children. Topics covered include the rationale for investing in young children, policy trends in early childhood development (ECD), historical perspectives of ECD in Sub-Saharan Africa including indigenous approaches, new threats from HIV/AIDS, and the importance of fathers in children's lives. The book also addresses policy development and ECD implementation issues; presents the ECD programming experience in several countries, highlighting best practices and challenges; and evaluat

Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Scope of Child and Youth Care in Canada -- 2 Residential Child and Youth Care -- 3 Child and Youth Care and the Canadian Youth Justice System -- 4 Canadian School-based Child and Youth Care -- 5 Child-Life Programs: Fostering Coping and Development of Children and Families in Health Settings -- 6 Child Day Care in Canada: A Child and Youth Care Perspective -- 7 Infant Development Programs -- 8 Child and Youth Care Work in the Community -- 9 Recreation Services -- 10 Children, Youth, and Disability: A Community Approach to Rehabilitation -- 11 Parent Education and Support: An Emerging Field for Child and Youth Care Work -- 12 The Future of Child and Youth Care in Canada -- Contributors -- Editorial Board -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.