| Title: |
Children's proximal societal conditions: Analysed through a case of an exclusion process in elementary school |
| Authors: |
Stanek, Anja Hvidtfeldt |
| Contributors: |
Marvakis, Athanasios; Batur, Sertan; Kessi, Shose; Painter, Desmond; Schraube, Ernst; Strohm Bowler, Eva; Triliva, Sofia |
| Source: |
Stanek, A H 2019, Children's proximal societal conditions: Analysed through a case of an exclusion process in elementary school. in A Marvakis, S Batur, S Kessi, D Painter, E Schraube, E Strohm Bowler & S Triliva (eds), Annual Review of Critical Psychology : Special Issue: Kritische Psychologie. vol. 16, The critical institute - Critical knowledge in practice, pp. 849-872. < https://discourseunit.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/0849.pdf > |
| Publication Year: |
2019 |
| Collection: |
Aalborg University (AAU): Publications / Aalborg Universitet: Publikationer |
| Description: |
This article will argue for and unfold the conceptualization of children’s proximal societal conditions. Through out different research project in which children’s everyday life in different day care settings and in schools has been studied, it becomes clear that ‘the societal’ is not something that is above or outside the institutional setting or the children’s everyday life, but something that is represented through societal structures and actual persons participating (in political ways) within the institutional settings, in ways that has meaning to children’s possibilities to participate, learn and develop. Understanding school or kindergarten as (part of) the children’s proximal societal conditions for development and learning, means for instance that considerations about an inclusive agenda are no longer simply thoughts about the school – for economic reasons – having space for as many pupils as possible (schools for all). Such thoughts can be supplemented by reflections about which version of ‘the societal’ we wish to present our children with, and which version of ‘the societal’ we wish to set up as the condition for children’s participation and development. The point is to clarify or sharpen the dialectic relation between the subject and the societal conditions. |
| Document Type: |
book part |
| Language: |
English |
| Availability: |
https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/02dc4fff-7568-4bc7-b82a-16ecd9995c6e; https://discourseunit.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/0849.pdf |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.9D06196D |
| Database: |
BASE |