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Author Blundell, David, author

Title Education and constructions of childhood : contemporary issues in education studies / David Blundell
Published New York : Continuum, [2012]
New York : Continuum, 2012
©2012
©2012

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Description xi, 205 pages ; 24 cm
Series Contemporary issues in education studies
Contemporary issues in education studies.
Contents Lightening our darkness: renaissance, reformation and enlightenment -- A pastoral symphony: Pestalozzi, Froebel and romanticism-- Reclaiming earthly paradise: Froebelians and the invention of progressive education -- Industry, philanthropy and industrial education systems -- 'Christian children all must be...': moralists, moral panics and empire -- State schooling and the construction of 'public childhoods' -- Brave new worlds and rhapsody renewed: new rationalities, new institutions and old ideas -- The shape of jazz to come: Plowden, progressivism and discourses of difference -- Can things only get better? New labour, quality of life and beyond
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Child development -- Social aspects.
Child development.
Critical pedagogy.
Early childhood education -- Social aspects.
Curriculum planning.
Education -- Philosophy.
Educational anthropology.
Popular culture.
LC no. 2011007243
ISBN 1441178848 (hbk.)
1847060250 (paperback)
9781441178848 (hbk.)
9781847060259