Abstract
“In the Service of Love:” The legitimacy of punishment in child rearing and educationThe article attempts to show that the Norwegian attitude towards punishment as a method of child rearing and education changed character during the last half of the nineteenth century. Legal sanctions regulating and prohibiting the use of physical punishment of children was introduced, primarily in schools but much later also in the family. The article suggests that this was the result of an ideological and political development towards valorising the integrity and humanity of children, but that it was controversial to impose restrictions on parents. It also outlines four models or perspectives on the nature of children and childhood that is discernible in handbooks and manuals for parents and educators, and how these models conveyed a particular understanding of the reasoning for and the consequences of punishing children as a part of rearing practices. This influenced both parents’ values and public and political debate.
Highlights
Abstract “In the Service of Love:” The legitimacy of punishment in child rearing and education The article attempts to show that the Norwegian attitude towards punishment as a method of child rearing and education changed character during the last half of the nineteenth century
The article suggests that this was the result of an ideological and political development towards valorising the integrity and humanity of children, but that it was controversial to impose restrictions on parents. It outlines four models or perspectives on the nature of children and childhood that is discernible in handbooks and manuals for parents and educators, and how these models conveyed a particular understanding of the reasoning for and the consequences of punishing children as a part of rearing practices
En lærerinstruks av 1834 for landsallmueskolen søkte å mildne straffebruken ved å oppfordre lærerne til å behandle elevene ved ”kjærlig Tale”, hjalp ikke det ble lærerne anmodet om først å prøve med irettesettelser, ”Hendsetten i en Krog” eller ”Udelukkelse fra at deltage i Fritiden og deslige”
Summary
Abstract “In the Service of Love:” The legitimacy of punishment in child rearing and education The article attempts to show that the Norwegian attitude towards punishment as a method of child rearing and education changed character during the last half of the nineteenth century. Barnets prosjekt i dette samfunnet går ut på å lære å ”forbli menneske på tross av skjebnen” – å leve et menneskeliv ved å være seg selv i det sosiale, eller som Rousseau sier det, adressert til Locke og rasjonalistene: ”At leve et menneskeliv er den bestilling jeg vil lære ham.
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