Children, research, and policy. (1996)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Essays for Barbara Tizard
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Basil Bernstein and Julia Brannen.
• Other Names: Tizard, Barbara; Bernstein, Basil; Brannen, Julia
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Research; Part II Research and Policy; Interview with Barbara Tizard; References; Interview with Barbara Tizard; Early career; Research at the Institute of Education and Thomas Coram Research Unit; Director of Thomas Coram Research Unit; References; Projects directed by Barbara Tizard 1967-94; Part I: Research; Chapter 1. Specificity of Brain-Behavioural Relationships Revisited: From Epileptic Personality to Behavioural Phenotypes; Psychiatric risk and neuro-epileptic disorders. Age effects on the sequelae of brain lesionsSpecific 'organic' behavioural syndromes; Behavioural phenotypes; Where should we go from here?; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. Varied Destinies: A Study of Unfulfilled Predictions; The extent of predictive failures; Personality development; Early attachment; Childhood sexual abuse; Intelligence; Discussion and conclusions; References; Chapter 3. The Natural History of Early Non-attachment; The nursery environment; Family placement and subsequent childhood development; the children at four and a half years old. The children's development at eight years oldDevelopment in mid-adolescence: family relationships; Development in mid-adolescence: relationships with peers and adults outside the family; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 4. Family Conversations and the Development of Social Understanding; Understanding other minds and emotions; Conversations and the development of understanding; Patterns over time; The emotional and pragmatic context of conversations; Conversations with whom? The significance of social partner; Social class and gender differences?; Acknowledgments; References. Chapter 5. Parents, Teachers and SchoolsIntroduction; Involving parents in nursery education; The home as a learning environment; The effect of parents on children's achievements at school; Home and school -- two separate worlds?; The changing policy context; Research on parents after the Education Reform Act; Teachers' responsiveness to parents' views; Changing practice in schools; Plus ça change?; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6. From Miscegenation to Hybridity: Mixed Relationships and Mixed-parentage in Profile; The construction of mixed-parentage as problematic; The terms of colour. Opposition to 'racial mixing'Demographic trends: an example of contestation in practice; Census; Mixed couples; Mixed parentage in the census; The Labour Force Survey; Age structure; Family structure; Insider accounts from young people of mixed-parentage; Transracial adoption: rehearsing the arguments; The Social Identities Study; Experiencing the legacy of 'one-drop' thinking; Both/and or either/or? Plural identities in practice; 1 'If you've got one black parent, you must be black'; 2 (Non- )dualist pluralism; 3 Resisting outsider definitions and advice; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgements.
• Publisher Details: London Bristol, PA : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 1996
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 275 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 305.23/072041; Children -- Research -- Great Britain; Children -- Research -- Great Britain; Tizard, Barbara; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Children -- Research; Jeugdhulpverlening; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781135347697; 1135347697; 9781135347628
• Related ISBNs: 113534762X; 0748404058; 9780748404056; 0748404066; 9780748404063
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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