”I kjærlighedens tjeneste”: Straffens legitimitet i oppdragelse og undervisning

Authors

  • Øystein Skundberg Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer, Norway
  • Harald Thuen Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer, Norway

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36368/njedh.v5i2.116

Keywords:

punishment, corporal punishment, upbringing, school, legislation, straff, fysisk straff, oppdragelse, skole, lover

Abstract

“In the Service of Love:” The legitimacy of punishment in child rearing and education
The article attempts to show that the Norwegian attitude towards punishment as a method of child rearing and education changed character during the last half of the nineteenth century. Legal sanctions regulating and prohibiting the use of physical punishment of children was introduced, primarily in schools but much later also in the family. The article suggests that this was the result of an ideological and political development towards valorising the integrity and humanity of children, but that it was controversial to impose restrictions on parents. It also outlines four models or perspectives on the nature of children and childhood that is discernible in handbooks and manuals for parents and educators, and how these models conveyed a particular understanding of the reasoning for and the consequences of punishing children as a part of rearing practices. This influenced both parents’ values and public and political debate.

Author Biographies

Øystein Skundberg, Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer, Norway

Senior Lecturer

Harald Thuen, Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer, Norway

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Published

2018-12-17

How to Cite

Skundberg, Øystein, and Harald Thuen. 2018. “”I kjærlighedens tjeneste”: Straffens Legitimitet I Oppdragelse Og Undervisning”. Nordic Journal of Educational History 5 (2):17-36. https://doi.org/10.36368/njedh.v5i2.116.

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2018): Special Issue: Education and Violence

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