A infância enquanto categoria estrutural

In northern countries, a symbol of the consolidation of a knowledge area is the publication of a handbook - in Portuguese, manual or compendium - whose chapters give a state-of-the-art overview of their respective subjects. In 2009, The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies was published as recognition of the area of childhood studies. It is known that children were mainly investigated by psychology or by pedagogy and that social sciences have produced little about them, giving priority to studies on the family or the school. Just over twenty years, however, children become the focus of social studies of childhood, as social phenomenon. In this sense, there is the field that investigates children as social agents, producing culture, and childhood as category in the social structure, which increased significantly the production of knowledge about the social relations established between the children themselves (their peers) and with adults (intra and intergenerational relations) on their skills as actors in their lives, as social agents whose actions modify / transform the social worlds in which they are inserted. The text of Professor Jens Qvortrup, responsible for the foundation of the first research group in sociology of childhood (RC53) at the International Sociological Association (ISA), and one of the organizers of the Handbook, focuses childhood as a social structure. Published as first chapter of The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies, the study shows childhood as a segment in a social structure and the applications of a structural perspective, i.e. inserted in the theoretical studies of childhood, the chapter outlines an approach that differs from both research on socialization and studies on child development, providing evidence for the conduct of research that have as their object childhood as a social category, so diverse and complementary to other categories. The reading of the text directs to other important themes, presented by different authors in the other chapters of the Handbook, which makes Brazilian researchers expect the full translation of the book.Nos países do hemisfério norte, um dos símbolos da consolidação de uma área de conhecimento é a publicação de um handbook - em português, manual ou compêndio - cujos capítulos apresentam um breve estado da arte de seus respectivos temas. Em 2009, The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies foi publicado, indicando o reconhecimento da área dos estudos da infância. Sabe-se que as crianças foram principalmente investigadas pela psicologia ou pela pedagogia e que as ciências sociais pouco produziram sobre elas, priorizando estudos sobre a família ou sobre a escola. Há pouco mais de vinte anos, entretanto, começaram a tornar-se o foco dos estudos sociais da infância, que a tomaram como um fenômeno social. Nesse sentido, foi definido um campo que investiga as crianças como agentes sociais, produtoras de culturas, e a infância como categoria na estrutura social, o que ampliou de modo significativo a produção de conhecimento sobre as relações sociais estabelecidas entre as próprias crianças (seus pares) e com os adultos (relações intra e intergeracionais), sobre suas competências como protagonistas de suas vidas, como agentes sociais cuja ação modifica/transforma os mundos sociais nos quais estão inseridas. O texto do Prof. Jens Qvortrup, responsável pela constituição do primeiro grupo de pesquisa no campo da sociologia da infância (RC53) na Associação Internacional de Sociologia (ISA), e um dos organizadores do Handbook, trata da infância como estrutura social. Publicado como primeiro capítulo do The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies, o trabalho apresenta a infância como segmento na estrutura social e as aplicações de uma perspectiva estrutural, ou seja, inserido nos fundamentos teóricos dos estudos da infância, o capítulo define uma abordagem que difere tanto de pesquisas sobre socialização quanto de estudos sobre desenvolvimento infantil, oferecendo elementos para a realização de pesquisas que tenham como objeto a infância como categoria social, portanto diversa e complementar às outras categorias. A leitura do texto remete a outros temas, tratados por diferentes autores nos demais capítulos, o que faz os pesquisadores brasileiros almejarem a tradução integral do livro

Børns koloniserede arbejde

Jens Qvortrup: The colonization of children’s work This article develops both historical and theoretical arguments against the flawed logic of a conventional wisdom. This conventional wisdom is the notion that while children in pre-industrial society were actively taking part in work, the scholarised children in modern society are merely preparing themselves to become contributors to the social fabric. Combined with family ideology, this view has implications for low fertility rates and greater risk of poverty for children and their families. The modern schooling marathon should be understood as a continuation of children’s organic participation in activities deemed necessary by the mode of production, reflecting an historical shift from manual to mental child work. This understanding of children’s schoolwork logically implies that children are part of a societal division of labour, and therefore have legitimate claims to societal resources and public economic responsibility. Putting these insights into public practice would, on the one hand, alleviate the economic burdens of parents and the risk of child poverty, and, on the other, create incentives for increased fertility. In the long run this would contribute to the solution of the impending pension crisis. And too, it would help reestablish the intergenerational balance

Portfolio, refleksion og feedback

Denne leder definerer indledningsvist begrebet portfolio og gør rede for anvendelsesmuligheder i en uddannelseskontekst. Dernæst behandles portfoliometodens kvalitet og effekt for læring og undervisning og de centrale begreber refleksion, progression og feedback præsenteres og diskuteres. Herefter listes teknologier, der understøtter portfolioens opbygning og brug og implikationerne forbundet med valg af teknologi diskuteres kort. Afslutningsvist præsenteres temanummerets 5 artikler, der endvidere er inddraget undervejs i lederen som eksemplificering af de præsenterede begreber og teknologier

Childhood in Sociology and Society: The US Perspective

The field of childhood studies in the US is comprised of cross-disciplinary researchers who theorize and conduct research on both children and youth. US sociologists who study childhood largely draw on the childhood literature published in English. This article focuses on American sociological contributions, but notes relevant contributions from non-American scholars published in English that have shaped and fueled American research. This article also profiles the institutional support of childhood research in the US, specifically outlining the activities of the ‘Children and Youth’ Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA), and assesses the contributions of this area of study for sociology as well as the implications for an interdisciplinary field.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline