Young Child Observation: A Development in the Theory and Method of Infant Observation

Author:   Simonetta M.G. Adamo ,  Margaret Rustin
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780367329976


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   31 July 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Observing young children at play is an everyday and often fascinating and pleasurable experience for many of us. It also has a great pedigree in the development of psychoanalysis from Freud's observation of his grandson's game with the cotton-reel onwards. This book describes the practice of observing young children in home and nursery settings

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Author:   Simonetta M.G. Adamo ,  Margaret Rustin
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367329976


ISBN 10:   0367329972
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   31 July 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Preface -- Introduction -- Developmental issues -- The transition from home to nursery school -- The story of child development: a psychoanalytic account -- Oedipal anxieties, the birth of a second baby, and the role of the observer -- The Young Child Observation seminar: new steps in developing the observer role -- Observing in the home -- An observation of a young Asian child with feeding difficulties, conceived via assisted reproductive technology -- Laurie and his cars: a 3-year-old begins to separate -- The day Captain Antonio’s balloon burst -- The observed child, the observing child: the complexity of a child’s response to the stillbirth of a sibling -- Observing in a nursery -- The work of playing: a male observer gets to know a little boy whose father is absent -- Seeing beneath the surface: an observer’s encounter with a child’s struggle to find herself at nursery -- Thoughts on transitions between cultures: Jonathon moves from home to school and from class to class -- “The house is a boat”: a group of children face separation -- Applications -- Sewing on a shadow: acquiring dimensionality in a participant observation -- A participant observation with a boy suffering from a chronic illness -- Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends: familiar faces in an uncertain world -- Research -- Now we are two, going on three: triadic thinking and its link with development in the context of Young Child Observations -- Young Child Observation used as a research tool: investigating toddlers’ development in day care nurseries -- Young children’s relationships with staff and peers in nursery: observations of two girls aged 29 months and 25 months -- Epilogue

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