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Assarsson, Liselott; Aarsand, Pal – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2011
Expectations of parenting are highly prescribed and the media is an important channel for adults learning what this role entails. The pedagogical role of the media involves making judgements on what counts as valid and desirable parenting practices and suggest goals to be(come) the "good parent"--a construct which appears to take no…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Mass Media, Adult Learning
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Aarsand, Liselott Assarsson – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2011
Parenting is a recurring topic in books, newspapers, magazines and TV shows in Western societies. Often it involves experts giving advice to adults. Hence, parenting is made visible, categorised, evaluated and corrected in public. Judgements on what is desirable are demonstrated, and objectives to be achieved are pointed out. In the present study,…
Descriptors: Expertise, Child Rearing, Lifelong Learning, Discourse Analysis