Question

Childhood as a modern construct;childhood in the context of poverty and globalization

Answer 1

• Concept of socialization: family and adult-child relationships; parenting, child rearing practices

•Separation from parents, children in crèches; children in orphanages •Schooling: peer influences, school culture, relationships with teachers, teacher expectations and school achievement; being out of school, overage learner

•Relationships with peers: friendships and gender; competition and cooperation, competition and conflict; aggression and bullying from early childhood to adolescence.

•Social, economic and cultural differences in socialization: implications for inclusion.