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A Historical Sociology of Childhood: Developmental Thinking, Categorization and Graphic Visualization | 
 enlarge | Author: Andre Turmel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1135874
Media: Paperback
Pages: 376
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0521705630
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.231091821
EAN: 9780521705639
ASIN: 0521705630
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Product Description
What constitutes a 'normal' child? Throughout the nineteenth century public health and paediatrics played a leading role in the image and conception of children. By the twentieth century psychology had moved to the forefront, transforming our thinking and understanding. Andre Turmel investigates these transformations both from the perspective of the scientific observation of children (public hygiene, paediatrics, psychology and education) and from a public policy standpoint (child welfare, health policy, education and compulsory schooling). Using detailed historical accounts from Britain, the USA and France, Turmel studies how historical sequential development and statistical reasoning have led to a concept of what constitutes a 'normal' child and resulted in a form of standardization by which we monitor children. He shows how western society has become a child-centred culture and asks whether we continue to base parenting and teaching on a view of children that is no longer appropriate.
Book Description
What constitutes a 'normal' child? Andre Turmel examines how sequential development and statistical reasoning have resulted in a form of standardization for monitoring children. Using detailed accounts from Britain, the USA and France, he examines developments in scientific observation and public policy and how these have transformed views of childhood.
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