The Age of Enligthenment (1 janv. 1637 – 1 janv. 1718)
Description:
Time of the Scientific Revolution; changed ideas about child rearing and education.
Two significant philosophical thinkers influenced understandings of childhood at that time: Locke and Rousseau.
The idea of ‘Nature’ was influential in thinking about how children developed.
Childhood seen as a time of innocence and freedom.
Children needed educating but experiences seen as key in the formation of knowing and doing
A time of generating knowledge about what it meant to be a child.
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
1 janv. 1637
1 janv. 1718
~ 81 years