David Blundell

Education and Constructions of Childhood

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Education and Constructions of Childhood considers the social construction of childhood through the institutions of education and schooling. Grounded in a strong conceptual, theoretical framework, this accessible text will guide the reader through this evolving area. Reflective exercises, chapter summaries and useful websites will encourage and support student learning and the application of new concepts. Education and Constructions of Childhood is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students on Education Studies and related courses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9781441178848
• ISBN-10: 1441178848
• Artikelnr.: 31180401

Autorenporträt

David Blundell is Principal Lecturer in Education Studies at London Metropolitan University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword \ Series Editors' Preface \ Acknowledgements \ Introduction \ Part
I: Education and the Construction of the Child \ 1. Lightening Our
Darkness: Renaissance, Reformation and Enlightenment \ 2. A Pastoral
Symphony: Pestalozzi, Froebel and Romanticism \ 3. Reclaiming Earthly
Paradise: Froebelians and the Invention of Progressive Education \ Part II:
Mass Schooling and Modern Childhood \ 4. Industry, Philanthropy and
Industrial Education Systems \ 5. 'Christian children all must be ...':
Moralists, Moral Panics and Empire \ 6. State Schooling and the
Construction of 'Public Childhoods' \ Part III: Schooling in the Century of
the Child and Beyond \ 7. Brave New Worlds and Rhapsody Renewed: New
Rationalities, New Institutions and Old Ideas \ 8. The Shape of Jazz to
Come: Plowden, Progressivism and Discourses of Difference \ 9. Can Things
Only Get Better? New Labour, Quality of Life and Beyond \ References and
Bibliography \ Index