French
Vocabulary
- Centre
De
Loisir- goverment funded child day care centers for children
2
and up for times when school is not in session
- Crèche-
government assisted public childcare centers for infants and toddlers
- Crèche Collective- public infant
care center
for children 2 months- 3 years old
- Crèche Familiale- public
childrcare
run from
private homes by licensed childcare provides
- Crèche Parentale- full-time infant
care like
United States daycare centers
- Écoles Maternelle- free public
preschools for
children ages 3-6
- Éducatrice De Jeunes Entants- an
assistant
to the puèricultrice who has a baccalaureate degree and special
traing in child care and has to watch the children's activities
- Haultes Garderies- part-time child
care that
offers a place for children to stay at short notice
- Garderie Pèriscolaire- part-time public day
care centers
that run before and after school
- Lycèe- a free public french school
- Mini-Crèche- small versions of crèche
collective
located in apartments or other places
- Puèricultrice- the director of the
crèche collective
who must be trained as a nurse and have at least 5 years of childcare
experience
- Relais-Parental- a
part-time
public day care center for children who are having family problems and
need a temporary place to stay
Sociology
Vocabulary
- Agency-
self-determination,
volition, or free will; it is the power of individuals to act independently
of the determining constraints of social structure.
- Conceptual Autonomy-conceptual autonomy refers to an
analytical focus on children and childhood as the center of analysis, not
linked to other categories such as adults, women, families, or schools.
- Diversity- diversity refers to the variety of traits,
experiences,
and cultures of children within and across societies.
- Social Structure- any relatively enduring pattern of social
arrangements
within a particular society, organization, or group
The purpose of this web
site is to provide web users with information on the social status of
children in France. This site was designed by Jill Ulicny, Kacie
Hovell,and Clare Harpham as part of a collaborative web project for the
fist year writing seminar Children and Society, at Tulane
University taught
by Professor Brayfield.
Updated December 13,
2002