Judith A Chafel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4370558 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judith A Chafel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judith A |
| FAMILY NAME | Chafel |
| SIGNATURE | CHAFEL J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Bloomington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
I Would Like to See How They Got Poor and See What It's Like to Be Poor”
Sixty-four 8-year-old children listened to a reading of a critical literacy text about poverty and then responded to interview questions about the story. The content on which the children focused their attention, the processes that they employed to engage with the text, and the particular stance(s) taken varied significantly by ecological setting or socioeconomic status for some categories of response. These findings are consistent with Rosenblat…
Young children's ideas about the nature, causes, justification, and alleviation of poverty
Societal Images of Poverty
One factor that has contributed to the persistence of poverty emanates from existing societal images that portray the economically deprived in negative ways and limit policy on their behalf. This article reviews literature on conceptions that adults and children have about poverty. What emerges from the review is a portrait of a society content with the status quo, in which a predisposition to 'blame the victim' provides moral justification for t…
Child Poverty and Public Policy
Child Poverty and Public Policy
To understand the complex nature of child poverty in the United States today, one must approach it from a variety of perspectives: case studies, demographics, human capital theory, and causal analysis. Chafel does this and takes the reader a step further, discussing the problems and opportunities involved in harnessing public support for policy action on behalf of poor children and analyzing the record of the 101st (children's) Congress and socia…
Funding Head Start
Despite its current popularity in Congress, budgetary constraints dictate that future appropriations for Head Start will inevitably fall short of the amount needed to provide increased access to the program and sufficient improvement of its services. Issues are examined, competing policy options are analyzed, and a hierarchy of needs for future funding is proposed
Social comparisons by children
Achieving knowledge about self and others through physical object and social fantasy play
Social comparisons by young children
Young children's ideas about the nature, causes, justification, and alleviation of poverty
Societal Images of Poverty
One factor that has contributed to the persistence of poverty emanates from existing societal images that portray the economically deprived in negative ways and limit policy on their behalf. This article reviews literature on conceptions that adults and children have about poverty. What emerges from the review is a portrait of a society content with the status quo, in which a predisposition to 'blame the victim' provides moral justification for t…
Social comparisons by young children
I Would Like to See How They Got Poor and See What It's Like to Be Poor”
Sixty-four 8-year-old children listened to a reading of a critical literacy text about poverty and then responded to interview questions about the story. The content on which the children focused their attention, the processes that they employed to engage with the text, and the particular stance(s) taken varied significantly by ecological setting or socioeconomic status for some categories of response. These findings are consistent with Rosenblat…
Child Poverty and Public Policy
Social comparisons by children
Social comparisons by young children
Achieving knowledge about self and others through physical object and social fantasy play
Social comparisons by children
Funding Head Start
Despite its current popularity in Congress, budgetary constraints dictate that future appropriations for Head Start will inevitably fall short of the amount needed to provide increased access to the program and sufficient improvement of its services. Issues are examined, competing policy options are analyzed, and a hierarchy of needs for future funding is proposed
Child Poverty and Public Policy
Child Poverty and Public Policy
To understand the complex nature of child poverty in the United States today, one must approach it from a variety of perspectives: case studies, demographics, human capital theory, and causal analysis. Chafel does this and takes the reader a step further, discussing the problems and opportunities involved in harnessing public support for policy action on behalf of poor children and analyzing the record of the 101st (children's) Congress and socia…
Societal Images of Poverty
One factor that has contributed to the persistence of poverty emanates from existing societal images that portray the economically deprived in negative ways and limit policy on their behalf. This article reviews literature on conceptions that adults and children have about poverty. What emerges from the review is a portrait of a society content with the status quo, in which a predisposition to 'blame the victim' provides moral justification for t…
Young children's ideas about the nature, causes, justification, and alleviation of poverty
I Would Like to See How They Got Poor and See What It's Like to Be Poor”
Sixty-four 8-year-old children listened to a reading of a critical literacy text about poverty and then responded to interview questions about the story. The content on which the children focused their attention, the processes that they employed to engage with the text, and the particular stance(s) taken varied significantly by ecological setting or socioeconomic status for some categories of response. These findings are consistent with Rosenblat…
Psychology (7 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Poverty (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (3 works)