The Age of Enligthenment (1 jan 1637 ano – 1 jan 1718 ano)

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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.

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