Dr. Hideharu Umehara, Institute for the History of Medicine, University of Düsseldorf (Germany) (Web); Dr. Rie Hogetsu, Ochanomizu University (Tokyo/Japan)

Time: 29.-31.10.2014
Venue: Düsseldorf
Deadline: 31.10.2013

In 1902 the Swedish author Ellen Key published her influential book „The Century of the Child“ (Barnets århundrade). She criticized the traditional school education and suggested a new concept of childhood in order to establish a different approach to education. Her book soon became a bestseller throughout Europe and coined the expression „The Century of the Child“, symbolizing the new form of education.

But the approach was not limited to school education. Since the late 19th century the social welfare in many European countries was beginning to focus its efforts primarily on infants, children and their families. Simultaneously, markets developed in European economies that specified on … weiterlesen und Quelle