ABSTRACT
This book explores children's social relationships in and out of the classroom. Chapters focus on the growing importance of children's friendships and how these influence social participation and development later on in life. Issues such as peer rejection, bullying and adolescent development are analysed from both psychological and sociological perspectives. The book concludes with a re-examination of cultural concepts of childhood, child development and the nature of children's autonomy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|87 pages
A world apart?
part II|52 pages
Conflict and cooperation
part III|45 pages
Moral development in context
chapter 10|15 pages
Moral understanding in socio-cultural context
Lay social theory and a Vygotskian synthesis
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part IV|72 pages
Negotiating competence
chapter 12|17 pages
Discourses of adolescence
Young people's independence and autonomy within families
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