1st Edition
Schooling the Child The Making of Students in Classrooms
220 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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What is a child? How is the concept of childhood defined? This book aims to explore these perennial and complex questions by looking at the way in which society constructs and understands childhood. The authors focus in particular on the school, a key location within which social and cultural notions of childhood are defined and performed. The book is divided into three major parts: Part 1... Read more
Section I 1. Framing Childhood 2. Rethinking Children and Childhood 3. Rethinking Schooling and Classrooms 4. Reconsidering Social Action and Social Structure Section II: Respecifying the Institutional Child 5. The School Child 6. The Classroom Child: Variations on a Theme 7. The Child of the Group Section III: The Materials of Education 8. The Materials of Education 9. Teaching the Category into Being 10. The Students' Writing Section IV 11. The Public Specification of the Child
Biography
Austin, Helena; Dwyer, Bronwyn; Freebody, Peter
'This is a fascinating, rich account, and one which should make the reader think again about some matters that are all too often taken for granted' - Educational Review
