Education, Democracy and Childhood

The Rebirth of an Everlasting Conversation?

Authors

  • Catarina Tomás CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9220-964X
  • Elisabete X. Gomes CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Escola Superior de Educação de Setúbal, CIEF, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6635-6307
  • Carolina Gonçalves CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Faculté d'Éducation, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3176-2601
  • Juliana Gazzinelli CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8151-3948

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25749/sis.31165

Keywords:

democracy, education, common/s, childhood

Abstract

Building on a dialogue and an opportunity to open the conversation between Educational Theory and Philosophy and Sociology of Childhood, this paper departs from the emerging theories about common/s in education, proposing a new terrain (beyond public and private) where more collective educational experiences may emerge. We aim to contribute to revisit the field of education, democracy, and childhood. Considering Chantal Mouffe’s conception of agonistic democracy and Jacques Rancière’s plea for its eventful existence, we argue that education must embrace the tensions within democratic experiences, overcoming the modern and rational approaches that underlie its theory and policy. Our argument is strengthened when we bring forth the contribution of Sociology of Childhood to revise conceptions of childhood underneath the established theories of education and democracy. We argue for a view of education as a common good and a commoning experience that enhances children’s opportunities to participate in a common world.

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Author Biographies

Catarina Tomás, CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal

Sociologist. PhD in Child Studies, Sociology of Childhood (Universidade do Minho). Associate Professor at Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa, where she was coordinator of the Master in Pre-School Education and the Sociology of Education area. She is currently a member of the coordination of the Post Graduation in Education in Crèche, the master’s degree in Social Education and Community Intervention and in Educational Administration. Integrated researcher of CICS.NOVA - Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences. Author of several national and international publications in the areas of Sociology of Childhood, Children's Rights and Sociological Perspectives on Early Childhood Education.

Elisabete X. Gomes, CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Escola Superior de Educação de Setúbal, CIEF, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal

PhD in Educational Sciences in 2011 at Universidade Nova de Lisboa with the guidance of Mariana Gaio Alves, with the thesis "Perspetivando as cidades como espaços públicos de educação de crianças [Cities as Children’s Public Spaces of Education]". Assistant Professor of Pedagogy at Polytechnic University of Setúbal since September 2020, where she works as Professor and Supervisor in KinderGarten and Primary School practicum, as a member of the coordination of the Master in Pre-school and Primary School Teaching. Between 2014 and 2020, was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Escola Superior de Educadores de Infância Maria Ulrich.

Carolina Gonçalves, CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Faculté d'Éducation, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

PhD and Master in Sciences of Education from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Université de Nanterre. Currently, she is Associate Professor at Faculté d’Éducation, Université de Sherbrooke, she was Professor at Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa, where she was coordinator of the Master in Primary School and Portuguese, History and Geography of Portugal in the 2nd CBE. She is an integrated researcher of GRISE, Université de Sherbrooke. She is also an integrated researcher of CICS.NOVA of the NOVA University in Lisbon. Author of several national and international publications in the areas of Education, Teacher Training and Didactics.

Juliana Gazzinelli, CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

PhD in History, Politics and Cultural Heritage (Getulio Vargas Foundation- CPDOC, Brazil). Master in Built Environment and Sustainable Heritage from the School of Architecture at (UFMG, Brazil). Integrated researcher of CICS.NOVA - Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences with scholarship in the project SMOOTH - Educational Common Spaces. Passing through enclosures and reversing (H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS-2018). Member of the National Association of History, ANPUH; Brazilian Association of African Studies; and ZERO- Sustainable Terrestrial System Association.

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2023-10-31

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