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Grow up and survive : safety narrative in textbooks for the youngest children
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Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Place of publishing: Date issued/created: Date on-line publ.: Type of object: Subject and Keywords:education for safety ; early childhood education ; history of education ; textbooks
Abstract:
From the times of the National Education Commission to the present day (1785-2021), about 450 textbooks for the youngest children (usually from the age of six to ten) have been published. With the help of the analysis of the content of the textbooks and the illustrative materials contained therein, the process of evolution of the understanding of the concept of care for the safety of children will be approximated. The aim of the article is to present changes in the narrative, the way of talking about safety in the life and environment of a child in textbooks addressed to the youngest children. In addition, specific catalogs of threats and dangerous situations will be presented, recognized by the authors of the textbooks as dominant and particularly dangerous for the child in a given period. The analysis of the issues will be accompanied by a reflection on the problem of whether progress is noticeable in the concepts of education for safety and how to understand it, or on the contrary – regression and what potential effects it implies in the area of development, psyche, personality of the youngest student and his perception of the world, including the closest environment.
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Original in:Library of the Institute for the History of Science PAS
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