Beschreibung:
This book explores the problems involved in 'touching' children in an educational environment. It uses real-life examples taken from groundbreaking research into the mentality of today's risk culture, and highlights a maddening state of affairs in which ordinary well-meaning professionals feel they cannot offer even very young children basic levels of comforting or affection.
1. Problematics of Touching 2. Relationships: Ethics Committees and Research Catherine Scott 3. The Criminal Record Bureau: Policing Access to Children 4. Guidelines and Dangerous Bodies: The Half-closed Door 5. Saving Touch: Private Parts and Public Wholes 6. Case Study: Early Years' Settings 7. Case Study: Primary and Junior Schools Helen Lawson 8. Case Study: Secondary Schools Helen Bowen 9. Case Study: Considering Disability John Powell 10. Case Study: Summerhill School - an Exception to the Rule 12. Bonfire of the Inanities Heather Piper