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1. Peter Berger and the Study of Religion

   Edited by Paul Heelas, David Martin, Linda Woodhead

   Peter Berger is the most influential contemporary sociologist of religion. This collection of essays is the first in-depth study of his contribution to the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to his work and to current thought in the study of religion. Themes addressed include: * Berger...

   Published April 25th 2001 by Routledge
2. Making Sense of Social Development

   Edited by Dorothy Faulkner, Karen Littleton, Martin Woodhead

   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...

   Published December 2nd 1998 by Routledge
3. Learning Relationships in the Classroom

   Edited by Dorothy Faulkner, Karen Littleton, Martin Woodhead

   This reader explores the nature of interactions between children and their teachers in the classroom. It emphasises the importance of such relationships for children's learning and for educational practice. Part 1 looks at different cultural conceptions of the teacher-learner relationship, and...

   Published September 23rd 1998 by Routledge
4. Cultural Worlds of Early Childhood

   Edited by Dorothy Faulkner, Karen Littleton, Martin Woodhead

   This reader contains source material for an up-to-date study of child development as it applies to major issues in child care and education. The emphasis is on studying early childhood in cultural contexts - in families and in preschool settings.Part 1 elaborates a socio-cultural approach to early...

   Published August 12th 1998 by Routledge
5. Learning to Think

   Edited by Paul Light, Sue Sheldon, Martin Woodhead

   Series: Child Development in Social Context

   Analyses the shift in thinking from seeing the child as a solitary thinker to one in which learning is seen as being embedded in social relationships. This can come through close cultural understandings with parents and teachers....

   Published January 2nd 1991 by Routledge
6. Growing Up in a Changing Society

   Edited by Ronnie Carr, Paul Light, Martin Woodhead

   Series: Child Development in Social Context

   Shows how the study of child development is inevitably bound up in more ephemeral cultural ideas about the nature and needs of children and in the educational practices that rise from these ideas....

   Published January 2nd 1991 by Routledge
7. Becoming A Person

   By Martin Woodhead

   Published January 2nd 1991 by Routledge