1st Edition

Perspectives on School at Seven Years Old

Edited By Elizabeth Newson Copyright 1977
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

This volume looks at the social and intellectual forces which the child encounters in class-room and playground from the parent’s point of view. School and home are seen as the separate yet overlapping worlds of childhood – for some children more uncompromisingly separated than for others. In the social development of the child, school functions as a link between the kinds of demands (and... Read more
Acknowledgements. List of Tables. Introduction. 1 To Qualify Itself to Live in Society. 2 How Willingly to School? 3 The Prosthesis of Culture. 4 Both Intermediary and Beneficiary. 5 A Necessary Condition of Liberty. 6 The Tender Leaves of Hope. Further Reading. Appendix I: The Interview Schedule. Appendix II: Sampling. References. Index.

Biography

John Newson