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Theories about the socialization and development of childhood
Authors: Pechtelidis, Yannis
Reviewer: Kosma, Yvon Alexia
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Abstract:
The second chapter critically examines both classical and contemporary sociological theories of child socialization. It also critically discusses traditional developmental psychology, where the child has universal characteristics and is in a transitional learning process to become a ‘rational’ adult. According to classical socialization theories, the child is perceived as a passive being who lacks a full social substance and, therefore, is in need of adult care and guidance. The child is valued exclusively as a future adult and, by extension, childhood is defined and legitimised as a period of training and learning. Contemporary sociological theories, however, show that society's relationship with children is not unidirectional and unidirectional. Children are not passive products of the social education process but are active subjects who are actively involved in it. Viewing the child as an acting subject calls into question the dominant child model produced by classical socialisation theories, and thus the socialisation process itself.
Linguistic Editors: Saltidou, Theodora
Technical Editors: Zikos, Nikolaos
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/4747
Bibliographic Reference: Pechtelidis, Y. (2015). Theories about the socialization and development of childhood [Chapter]. In Pechtelidis, Y. 2015. Sociology of childhood [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/4747
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Sociology of childhood
Number of pages 28
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions