CHYS 1F90- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 98 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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Contextual way of viewing young people: critical lens: Reading between lines: you may feel like this , society. Gender, race", class, sexuality, age, religion, beliefs, nationality. Things that make you you": reading two ways. How do young people shape society and culture: key concepts. The 411": winks, context of the class. Gain perspective on their lives: take home message. Childhood did not exist in medieval times. Not considered a separate stage from adulthood: childhood as tabula rasa. Child as emerging adult future focused. Interventions to ensure success: childhood as innocence. Let her 9-year-old son ride the subway home alone in nyc! It"s safe to be a child: bubble wrapped: Free play has disappeared: childhood as knowing, media construct: These conceptualizations are based on western assumptions about ability, power, autonomy, and dependency (albanese, 2009, p. 4: perceptions of childhood in global north. Safe, free : over-protected, excessive lifestyle, unlimited choice, perceptions of childhood in the global south, victims, oppressed, unloved/uncared for.
