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The Knowledge Society and Life Phase Dynamics

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The process of socialization is structured by the life course of childhood; the knowledge society transforms the life phases of childhood as well as their interplay. This chapter analyses the changes in the phases of childhood, from toddler to the young adult, as well as changes in the family and peer group. The emphasis on the first years of life is related to the need for a good start in the educational society.

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    (http://www.wired.com/2012/03/does-preschool-matter/).

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    http://www.oecd.org/edu/school/startingstrongiii-aqualitytoolboxforearlychildhoodeducationandcare.htm.

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    Basic trust (versus mistrust) is related to infancy, the first stage of Erikson’s eight stages. See e.g.: http://www.simplypsychology.org/Erik-Erikson.html.

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    http://www.ed.gov/early-learning.

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    http://www.hioa.no/asset/6560/1/6560_1.pdf).

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    Interested readers are referred to Marilyn French’s novel, The Women’s Room (New York: Jove Publications, 1977).

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    The position of the peer group varies with ethnic and social groups.

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Frønes, I. (2016). The Knowledge Society and Life Phase Dynamics. In: The Autonomous Child. SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25100-4_9

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