Improving the Quality of Childhood in Europe 2013 (Volume 4)
This publication consists of talks given by a range of experts to the Working Group on the Quality of Childhood (QoC) at the European Parliament during 2011/2012.
Contributors include Michiel Matthes, Christopher Clouder, Dr Aric Sigman, Professor Dominique Haumont, Professor Luc Zimmermann, Silke Mader, Maria Kaisa Aula, Dr. Martine Delfos, Lea Pulkkinen, Jan van Gils & Jesper Juul. Edited by Belinda Heys, Michiel Matthes & Patrice Sullivan.
Editors: by B. Heys, M. Matthes, & P. Sullivan
Publisher: ECSWE (European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education), East Sussex, UK
(In collaboration with the Alliance for Childhood European Network Group)
Please see below for downloadable pdf's:
Introductory Pages; Front Cover, Introduction and Index
Introductory
Introductory
Chapter 1; Improving the Quality of Childhood in Europe: The social
organisation of a grass-roots initiative and its strategy
by Michiel Matthes, Secretary-General, Alliance for Childhood European Network
Introductory Chapter 2; Creative Awakenings: Enabling Transformation and Enchantment
by Christopher Clouder, Director, Botin Platform for Innovation in Education
Chapter 1: Preventing Alcohol Use Disorders Among Children and Adolescents in the EU
by Dr Aric
Sigman, Health Education Lecturer, Fellow of the Society of Biology,
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
Chapter 2: The
situation and challenges with regard to preterm birth in Europe – Why
reducing the incidence of preterm birth matters and the main components
needed to successfully address the challenges
by Professor Haumont, Professor Zimmerman and Silke Mader, European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants
Chapter 3: Improving the Quality of Childhood from the Perspective of the Ombudsman for Children in Finland
by Maria Kaisa Aula, Ombudsman for Children, Finland
Chapter 4: The virtual environment from a developmental perspective
by Dr Martine
Delfos, Em Professor TSE/HES The Netherlands, Visiting Professor,
International University of Sarajevo and Universidad Central, Quito,
Ecuador
Chapter 5: Goals for the Decade of Childhood 2012-2022, based on Ten Pillars of a Good Childhood: a Finnish Perspective
by Lea Pulkkinen, Professor Em. of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Chapter 6:
Introducing the child friendly city network: One of the most effective
programmes in the world today to transform our cities into places of
well-being
by Jan van Gils, Co-Founder of the European Network of Child Friendly Cities
Members of the Alliance for Childhood European Network Group