1979
DOI: 10.2307/3119825
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Childhood as Ideology: A Reinterpretation of the Common School

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“…Mandatory elementary education was intended to rescue children from the economic, moral and intellectual dangers of urban industrial society and from street life in particular (Baker, 1998). Its goal was not so much to impart skills and knowledge, as to protect children from perceived hazards and ensure that all young people had a childhood (Baker, 1998;Schnell, 1979). Interestingly, the public school was not the only new institution prompted by this mentality.…”
Section: Children Youth and The Disciplined Space Of Schoolsmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Mandatory elementary education was intended to rescue children from the economic, moral and intellectual dangers of urban industrial society and from street life in particular (Baker, 1998). Its goal was not so much to impart skills and knowledge, as to protect children from perceived hazards and ensure that all young people had a childhood (Baker, 1998;Schnell, 1979). Interestingly, the public school was not the only new institution prompted by this mentality.…”
Section: Children Youth and The Disciplined Space Of Schoolsmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…For all it meant by the late nineteenth century compulsory incarceration in schools, the primary and chief devise for guaranteeing childish dependence, segregation, protection and the appropriate surveillance. 34 And from 'childhood' grew 'adolescence'.…”
Section: From Childhood To Adolescencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pourtant tout comme l'idée d'adolescence, celle d'enfance avec tous ses attributs sociaux, politiques et juridiques est d'apparition relativement récente. Par enfance, nous faisons ici explicitement référence à la condition sociale objective des enfants ainsi qu'au support idéologique dont cette dernière s'accompagne; la protection, la ségrégation, la dépendance et la responsabilité retardée seraient selon Schnell (1979), les axes fondamentaux qui permettent la création du concept d'enfance. L'enfance ne peut néan-moins être réduite à une simple désignation idéelle ; elle est aussi un état spécifique, un statut dont les caractéristiques sociales, psychosociales, économiques et juridiques servent à le définir positivement mais qui d'autre part marquent bien l'ensemble des distinctions profondes qui sépa-rent l'enfance de l'état adulte.…”
Section: La Découverte De L'enfance : Quelques Hypothèsesunclassified