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- Title
Rethinking the "toxicity" debate: the vitality of contemporary childhood.
- Authors
Alexander, Patrick
- Abstract
Patrick Alexander argues that the current debate over the "toxicity" of childhood in contemporary Britain needs to be recontextualised if it is to provide helpful, positive discussion about the nature of childhood and education in the twenty-first century. He believes that "toxicity" suggests that we are dealing with a disease that needs to be cured: apparently, children are being poisoned by globalisation, new technology, and standardised testing, and we must seek the remedies to these ills. He argues that the framework of "toxicity" fails to appreciate the complexity of "childhood"; and also reinforces an image of the relationship between adults and children - or teachers and students - that is asymmetrical and alienating to the young people it presumes to help.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; CHILDREN; EDUCATION; GLOBALIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; STANDARDIZED tests
- Publication
Education Review, 2007, Vol 20, Issue 1, p57
- ISSN
1462-7272
- Publication type
Article