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C/PS/217. Does “childhood” represent a particular socially-constructed and historically references process by which the period of biological immaturity has been understood and rendered meaningful in the modern imagination?

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2011
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This paper aims to assess the statement “childhood represents a particular socially-constructed historically referenced process by which the period of biological immaturity has been understood and rendered meaningful in the modern imagination.” The paper examines social constructionist’s accounts of childhood, and defines the concept of childhood. The writer examines the way in which ideas about “the child” shaped their educational experience. Contemporary developments in the perceived state of childhood are also examined.

 

KEYWORDS: Childhood, society, vision, imagination, immaturity,