Thriving Across the Lifespan and Around the Globe: Day in the Life Visual Research Approach

Catherine Ann Cameron, Claudia Stella, Catherine Ann Cameron, Claudia Stella

• Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN: 9781681088822
• eBook ISBN: 9781681088808
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Developmental Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Thriving Across the Lifespan and Around the Globe: The Day in the Life Visual Research Approach is the result of several decades of international, pan-disciplinary research-team collaborations using quasi-ecological visual methodologies to investigate the psychosocial development of children in diverse communities. The initial studies highlighted in this work involved filming a 'Day in the Life' of toddlers and primary school children, their families, and schools in diverse communities in Asia, South and North America, and Europe. Filmed in their homes and communities for an entire day, the youngest participants were commonly seen to be thriving in diverse psychosocial domains, such as in their security strivings, emergent literacy and graphic representations, and musicality. Research shows that the nature of a child's development can vary in as many ways as there are diverse contexts. Thriving in the transition from home to primary school is a second developmental milestone investigated in the research. The book serves as an account of the lived experiences of thriving children, among their families, their schools and their communities. The contents give an invaluable insight into the psychology of early childhood while giving the reader an opportunity to understand the resilience of mobile early teenagers as well as independent older adults. The contributions in the book also provide an additional layer to our understanding of visual ethnography by covering such phenomena as agency and communitarianism, spirituality, and the place of humour in the context of challenges encountered across the lifespan. Through presenting quasi-ecological experimental approaches, this reference enhances the reader's insight into the texture and nature of thriving in situ, in natural contexts.

Table of contents

• Welcome
• Table of Content
• Title
• BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD.
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• List of Contributors
• Development of the Day in the Life Approach for Studying Participants Across the Lifespan and Around the Globe
• Brief History of the Changing Trends in Audio-Visual and Visual Research
• Importance of Video-Centred Ethnography in a Day in the Life Project: A Case of Beavers and Citizenship
• Behind the Scene: Reflections on Researchers' Experiences While Capturing Audio-Visual Data during a Day in the Life
• Touch as a Communicative and Exploratory Medium
• Family, School, and Transition: Importance of Family Support in this Process
• Home Work: Bridging the Worlds of Home and School
• Benefits of Cultural Transitions to Educational Success
• Success Among Peers: Social Skills in Adaptive Process
• Learning Through Imitation in Daily-Life at Home and School
• Musicality and Intergenerational Support for Thriving Children in Transition: Estela’s Case Study
• Successful Integration of New and Heritage Cultures
• “When you Laugh, the World is Again Beautiful”: Use of Humour by Thriving Older Adults
• Spirituality as Support for Thriving Elderly People at an Advanced Age: Ana’s Case Study
• Day in the Life Approach: History and Future Perspectives