Pedagogiek - Volume 37, Issue 2, 2017

Abstract On puberty, adolescence and infantilisation In this paper adolescence is seen as a cultural historical phenomenon and not as a biological unavoidable developmental stage. It is demonstrated that in earlier centuries there was no such thing as adolescence; that since the 18th century adolescence as a developmental stage became longer and longer; and that adolescence does not exist within pre-industrial countries. It Read More

Abstract Childrearing: a private and public issue In the run-up to the transformation of youth and family care, the ‘educative civil society’ (ECS) – the joint efforts of citizens in the upbringing of children and adolescents – has increasingly received attention. Many municipalities have embraced the ECS and translated into policy plans and practice initiatives. At the same time, there is criticisms: is it feasible to expect that all pare Read More

Abstract English title: Support networks of immigrant parents: A blueprint for the educative community in the 21st century? How can educative communities -initiatives of citizens to organize collective support for child raising- be optimized given the changing social fabric of the 21st century? Using the idea of networked individualism as a prototype of how support is organized in our current era, the question is raised how colle Read More

Abstract Looking for connection in society; Lessons from eight years of research on The Peaceable Neighbourhood. Research among the Dutch population indicates an undesirable trend of increasing segregation. Scientific literature shows that a solution lies in the strengthening of relationships between (groups) of citizens. Therefore, in this essay, we explore how The Peaceable Neighbourhood contributed to streng Read More

Abstract Citizenship Education and National Identity On February 7, 2107, the Dutch minister and the state secretary of education sent a letter to the parliament about their proposed measures to improve citizenship education in primary and secondary schools. A new element in their plans was the concern for ‘national identity’. The main question this article raises is ‘Is it possible to promote national identity without promoti Read More

Abstract The Evidence ‘Beast’ and the Normativity of Child-Rearing In 2008 Micha de Winter warned people to watch out for, what he coined, ‘the Evidence Beast’, referring to a too narrow focus within the Dutch youth care system on evidence and effectivity. This concern was also the main instigator for my PhD research conducted under his (and Prof. Koops’) supervision. In this article I address some of the ‘beasts’ of a stric Read More

Abstract Different extreme ideals, the same radical quest? Several scholars have researched push- and pull factors that may lead to radicalization. However, most of these studies focused on radicalization towards a single extreme ideology; it has hardly been investigated if radicalization factors toward different ideologies are comparable. This article focuses on the question whether push- and pull factors are similar for radicalizat Read More

Abstract The paper discusses the evaluation of two community-based intervention projects that were evaluated using a methodology that appears to differ strongly from traditional quasi-experimental designs. The main reason for this deviation is that traditional designs do not match the way community projects develop over time. Moreover, these designs do not provide enough information to improve these intervention proje Read More