It is possible to question and deconstruct the roots of some educational conceptions of childhood through approaches that find different ways of thinking about children, childhood, and even to experience education. Philosophy has contributed to some of these approaches by deconstructing and reconstructing the Western dominant ideas of rationality and its uses in education. In this chapter, I will approach these critical movements through disruptive provocations grounded in three concepts: small, silent, and (in)signi fi cant. These concepts are commonly associated with descriptive and normative images of childhood: what it is and is expected of children. By retaking these concepts, I will problematize the impact of Western rationality on the ways education has been thought and practiced.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
