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Unseen Worlds: Looking Through the Lens of Childhood

  • ISBN-13: 9781849050517
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • By Kate Adams
  • Price: AUD $49.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/10/2010
  • Format: Paperback 176 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Child welfare [JKSB1]
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The child's world often revolves around dreams and fantasy. Imaginary friends, places and play can seem entirely real, and yet in dismissing these as 'just your imagination', many adults cut a tie that can be the key to understanding a child.Unseen Worlds explores the fantastical nature of children's imaginings, and demonstrates the negative adult tendency to trivialise them. The book breaks new ground by giving voice to children of various ages to express how they encounter these different worlds, examining the dark and frightening concept of nightmares in addition to happy and playful daydreams. Kate Adams emphasises that whilst many adults forget what it feels like to be a child, developing a little empathy and understanding can enhance relationships with children and lead to positive change, both in parenting and professional practice.This insightful book will be of great interest to educators, counsellors, youth and community workers, childcare providers, parents and anybody else who seeks to understand, nurture, and strengthen relationships with children of all ages.
CONTENTS: Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Living in Multiple Worlds. 2. Worlds of Play. 3. Seeing the Unseen. 4. The Worlds at Night. 5. The Darker Worlds. 6. It's Just Your Imagination. 7. Accepting Children's Worlds. 8. Affirming Children's Worlds. 9. Returning to Childhood. References. Index.
This is a book which supports the incontestable case for smaller classes and sufficient time and opportunities to really get to know the children we teach and to create an emotionally literate school... Kate Adams' book is warmly commended to all who wish to break with the immediate past and think of progress as the development of the whole child rather than the meeting of performance targets so often lost within a year. Incidentally, lest you are worried about Year 6 SATs, understanding the child of today and empathising with that child is one of the best ways we have of helping that child prepare for the future.
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