Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 633 g
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 633 g
Reihe: Issues in Children's and Families' Lives
ISBN: 978-0-7619-0906-4
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
While "city life" can be exciting, its problems can be challenging for families and children, particularly when they are members of minority groups. An interdisciplinary team of researchers examines the positive and problematic circumstances that confront children and youth living in cities and identifies the best researched-based solutions for improving or enhancing those circumstances. Divided into three parts--families, schools, and health--this impressive array of scholars explore such topics as: factors that have influenced inner-city life, including migration patterns and middle-class flights from cities and ghettos; the role of coping, resources, and skills in an urban familyÆs successful management of stress; community-university partnerships that offer workable solutions to urban children and their families; the features of homes, schools, and communities that promote academic success and healthy psychological development in adverse circumstances; barriers to urban schoolingùsuch as under funding, dangerous environments, and teacher overload--and promising avenues of reform for effective schools; strategies for preventing violence and substance abuse among city youth; the use of cultural competency training for health care providers so as to overcome the geographic, language, and ethnic barriers to the urban poorÆs access to this care; and the development and implementation of the collaborative programs across disciplines to better serve city children and their families. Clearly written so as to be more accessible to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in the fields of developmental psychology, sociology, family studies, social work, counseling, human services, and nursing this book provides readers with the best interdisciplinary information available today on the problems with growing up in a city and ways to solve them.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
Weitere Infos & Material
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
Introduction and Overview - Herbert J Walberg, Olga Reyes and Roger P Weissberg
PART TWO: FAMILIES
The Role of Universities in Child Development - Sharon Landesman Ramey and Craig T Ramey
Youth and Families in the Inner City - Geraldine K Brookins, Anne C Petersen and Lisa M Brooks
Influencing Positive Outcomes
Families and the Development of Urban Children - Patrick H Tolan and Deborah Gorman-Smith
Urban Myth - Sam Redding
The Family in Hard Times
PART THREE: SCHOOLS
Fostering Educational Resilience in Inner-City Schools - Margaret C Wang, Geneva D Haertel and Herbert J Walberg
The Problems and Promise of Urban Schools - William Lowe Boyd and Roger C Shouse
Normative School Transitions among Urban Adolescents - Edward Seidman and Sabine E French
Understanding the School Performance of Urban Blacks - John U Ogbu
Some Essential Background Knowledge
Extended Day Programs for Urban Children and Youth - Donald R Hellison and Nicholas J Cutforth
From Theory to Practice
PART FOUR: HEALTH
A Public Health Perspective on Urban Adolescents - Kelli A Komro, Frank Bingchang Hu and Brian R Flay
Health Perspectives on Urban Children and Youth - Robert L Johnson
Families and Health in the Urban Environment - Suzanne Feetham
Implications for Programs, Research, and Policy
PART FIVE: CONCLUSIONS
Afterword - Herbert J Wallberg et al
Strengthening the Families, Education, and Health of Urban Children and Youth
