several views on childhood as being primarily socially constructed have been thoroughly evidenced and explored by multiple individuals.
Should something be socially constructed we mean that it is not universal, many theorists and sociologists would actually argue that childhood is not of a fixed view, therefore meaning that views of it always change over time in many aspects. Gittins has expressed this key concept around childhood, and the social constructivism included in it "Because each and every one of us has been a child, we all believe we know what childhood is... [However] what we would like to think of as clear and rational ideas of what childhood is, and was, is actually a tangled web of ideas, often illusory...(Gittins, 2009, p.136)
Since I have began this course, my opinion has changed of childhood. This is because I have come to the understanding that there is not entirely one correct answer. Additionally, my idea has transferred in the interest of the tasks we have completed throughout the course, examples consist of a timeline, interviews, a reflective log, thought showers and art. …show more content…
This log is a really evident guide of how my opinions have changed since the start of the course. For this log I made 4 columns: The date, What did I learn? How did I think? and How do I think now? As matter of fact, I can clearly distinguish where my knowledge and opinions began to evolve, as on the first week I wrote how I learnt that childhood was defined by either 2 different groups; positive and negative, then i described that i thought there was a negative light on a lot of words that can be described as positive. Then for the 'how do I think now? ', I wrote that I can see that almost every word used to describe childhood has a positive, middle ground and a negative light on it therefore I had broaden my horizons in terms of my view and understanding for multiple
Should something be socially constructed we mean that it is not universal, many theorists and sociologists would actually argue that childhood is not of a fixed view, therefore meaning that views of it always change over time in many aspects. Gittins has expressed this key concept around childhood, and the social constructivism included in it "Because each and every one of us has been a child, we all believe we know what childhood is... [However] what we would like to think of as clear and rational ideas of what childhood is, and was, is actually a tangled web of ideas, often illusory...(Gittins, 2009, p.136)
Since I have began this course, my opinion has changed of childhood. This is because I have come to the understanding that there is not entirely one correct answer. Additionally, my idea has transferred in the interest of the tasks we have completed throughout the course, examples consist of a timeline, interviews, a reflective log, thought showers and art. …show more content…
This log is a really evident guide of how my opinions have changed since the start of the course. For this log I made 4 columns: The date, What did I learn? How did I think? and How do I think now? As matter of fact, I can clearly distinguish where my knowledge and opinions began to evolve, as on the first week I wrote how I learnt that childhood was defined by either 2 different groups; positive and negative, then i described that i thought there was a negative light on a lot of words that can be described as positive. Then for the 'how do I think now? ', I wrote that I can see that almost every word used to describe childhood has a positive, middle ground and a negative light on it therefore I had broaden my horizons in terms of my view and understanding for multiple