Childhood under the regard of medical expertise: 1930-1970

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  • Louise Hamelin Brabant Faculté des Sciences Infirmières, Université Laval

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https://doi.org/10.14244/1982719944

Abstract

Given the way the culture of industrial society has influenced professional expertise, we can ourselves ask how the rational intervention of specialist has contributed to the social construction of the child. The purpose of this paper   is outline the two medical models that defined childhood in Quebec, Canada between 1930-1970 as well to grasp their influence. The key point of his analysis is to show how scientific knowledge progressively became the reference in childhood education.
 
Key words: Childhood, social representation,   medical discourse, childhood education

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Author Biography

Louise Hamelin Brabant, Faculté des Sciences Infirmières, Université Laval

Professora agregada à Faculté des sciences  infirmières da Université Laval. Socióloga de formação, seus interesses de pesquisa recaem sobre a análise dos discursos sócio-sanitários e a construção da infância.

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2010-02-09

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BRABANT, Louise Hamelin. Childhood under the regard of medical expertise: 1930-1970. Electronic Journal of Education, [S. l.], v. 3, n. 2, p. 23–44, 2010. DOI: 10.14244/1982719944. Disponível em: https://reveduc.ufscar.br/index.php/reveduc/article/view/44. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2009)

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