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abstract |
Whether in their homes, schools, streets, parks, in children's centres or cyberspace,
children and young people live their lives in spaces which impact on their language
and concepts, and on their social worlds and relationships. This important and innovative
text provides a new framework for thinking about how relationships are developed with
children and young people in the spaces they inhabit.
Drawing on a wide range of perspectives, it analyses how spaces are negotiated, produced
and experienced by children and young people. It offers clear guidance on how practitioners
can use spaces productively to form and maintain working relationships with children
and young people. In particular the book:
■ assesses how places and spaces influence and are influenced by children and young
people
■ situates the development of work with children and young people within the thinking
and values associated with social pedagogy, an approach to practice favoured in Continental
Europe and attracting much interest in the UK
■ advocates democratic practice and includes methods for participatory practice-led
research.
An illuminating anthology of readings with a truly multidisciplinary and holistic
approach, this is an essential text for students and practitioners working or intending
to work with children, young people and their families. It also makes insightful reading
for those with broader theoretical interests in social science, psychology and human
geography. |