EDUC247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Kindergarten, Mixed-Sex Education, Progressive Education
18 Feb 2018
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Chapter 7: what were the most pernicious aspects of child labor? women in the mill= low pay, long hours, abysmal working conditions, lack of educational opportunities, the noise, the routine. Child workers were disciplined by ridicule and taunting as well as by physical punishments, including slaps, ear boxing, and whippings. Philanthropists, were guilty of paternalism, class and racial bias, xenophobia, and double standards regarding gender. They often confused delinquency and neglect with the realities of life under poverty. Reformers proved far too eager to break up the families of the poor and neglected rural children: how does this chapter help you define the term progressive ? favoring or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas. Children"s books sought to entertain young children rather than instruct/shape them. Mark twain was a big children"s writer in this time. Came an awareness of adolescence as a distinct, conflict-riven stage characterized by intense passions, a penchant for risk taking, and widely fluctuating emotions.
