Schooling the Child: The Making of Students in Classrooms

ISBN-13: 9780415263269 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 220 str.

Peter Freebody; Helena Austin; Helena Austin

Opis

What is a child? How is the concept of childhood defined? This text 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.

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Austin, Helena; Dwyer, Bronwyn; Freebody, Peter