Editorial: An ecological context of childhood

Title
Editorial: An ecological context of childhood
Publication Date
2009
Author(s)
Campbell, Steve
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Cambridge Publishing
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:8817
Abstract
There are some pieces of scholarly work that one comes across through one's academic and clinical career that are persuasive, clear and keep on having meaning. Such a piece of work is Brofenbrenner's Ecological Model of Childhood. The effect of being more senior as an academic and then an academic in Australia, is that I have realised that such work seems to have gone out of fashion and I find myself needing to explain it to colleagues, when before it was part of the common parlance. Scholars of various kinds keep citing him and being influenced by him, but since arriving here in Australia, my mentioning his name seems to meet the same look of lack of comprehension as when I mention England winning the Ashes. It might be a local thing, but younger colleagues in the UK gave me that similar look as well. Or perhaps they think I've finally gone GaGa or have a throat disease.
Link
Citation
Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 12(3), p. 1-2
ISSN
1441-6638
Start page
1
End page
2

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