This was until education was introduced, and made compulsory. This education drove a wedge between childhood and adulthood, making the period of being a child more distinguishable. Children since then have become more and more of a protected demographic of society. Through new government policies such as The Child Protection Act [2004], based on the Children Act [1989], children are being protected against violence and sexual abuse. Alongside of this, compulsory education and restrictions on the amount of work a child can do have also protected and defined the period we
In addition to this, another state policy was the Factory Act which saw the removal of young children from work, strict hours placed upon adolescents and compulsory education put into place. This effected society by presenting and supporting the idea of separateness and children’s need of education. Furthermore, Phillips, a new Right theorist, argues that children are vulnerable and in need of protection. They are too immature to make decisions about their lives, particularly as they have become increasingly important over the past 50 years. Increases in eating disorders and suicide show this.
Charlotte Bronte depicts an accurate representation of childhood in Jane Eyre, and the social behaviour and relationships related to it, fitting with the social context of the time. Bronte uses the first section of the book to establish children receiving different treatments from different perspectives, i.e the class divide between the wealthy and poor. However, ultimately there are some recurring themes of childhood that seemed commonplace in the Victorian era, portrayed clearly in the novel. Throughout the first two parts of Jane's life, Bronte makes it clear that children were not particularly respected or valued as much by adults, in comparison to the like of adults treatment towards each other. Though Jane is quite clearly a bright and capable young girl, she rarely gets a chance to speak off her own will on many matters and is expected by Mrs Reed to keep quiet and stay obedient.
The pinnacle point of this essay will be to explore children’s experiences of family life and show what it is like for different types of families such as lone parents and step families. In addition, this essay will look at the ideas which shape the constructs of childhood in considering what role the family play in shaping a child’s experiences. Before childhood and the family at present can be examined, it is important to recognise when childhood was discovered and began. Before the 1600’s children were seen as miniature adults, and it is only through time and change of society that childhood has been recognised as a separate stage of life and development. The Aries thesis is studied as the discovery of childhood.
Children were not only viewed as adults but also portrayed as adults. Victorian paintings often showed children as looking much older, and letters and documents investigated by Philippe Aries confirmed that there was no concept of childhood in this era. The nineteenth century also saw the law change to compulsory education for children, making a distinct divide among adults and children. This gave children not only separate legal status but also a chance to be provided with an education. Laws were also put in place to rule out marriage for children under 12 – a law that had never been imposed before.
Question 1 How do Adults learn ? How is Andragogy different from Pedagogy? What is the role of appropriate climate setting in desired training outcomes ? Answer. Education has traditionally been associated with young children and youth but the twenty first century has turned the tables on the concept of education by incorporating a revolutionary term called “ Adult learning” .
Erik Erikson believed that crises during stages of life need to be resolved before moving on to the next stage in order for healthy development. Erikson claimed that before adolescence, the child establishes a sense of identity but that this is challenged by the physical and intellectual changes of adolescence. Erikson sees adolescence as the fifth stage of psychosocial development, where the adolescent experiences role confusion, for example about careers, religion and political beliefs. The adolescent is trying to work out who they really are, and how they are seen by other people. Erikson introduced the idea of a psychosocial moratorium which is a temporary suspension of activity.
More couples are choosing either to not get married, get divorced or even homosexual couples are raising children and are considered to be a family. The trend is now more non-traditional than what would have been the norm fifty years ago. This essay will attempt to look at how the changes in family structure impact our children and the different family structures that now do exist and their consequences to mankind. The most important issue at hand is how this is all affecting our children. The children are the ones that will carry on our society and it is our jobs to teach them morals and values.
In this type of environment children were continuously exposed to the adult world. Some children whose families are in the lower class were farmed out to middle class families to work as servants. However, during the 19th century European societies were rapidly industrializing and new attitudes towards children developed in conjunction with the new economic system. Children were no longer needed to work alongside adults and there was a new concern that all children received some education. The social construction of childhood is a phenomenon of the 20th century.
Aries reinforced this view by the study of medieval children’s clothing, which was simply a smaller version of what was fashionable for adults. Between the 15th and the 19th centuries the importance of childhood was heightened and manifested itself in a variety of ways; people started to believe in the importance of early education and that childhood was the best time of life and they believed in ensuring the salvation of the child’s soul. Each of this can be linked to the movements in European and American history, the Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment and Romanticism. In the Renaissance children were generally miniatures of their parents, and were expected to dress, talk, and act as adults. The only