Articles. Adultism. An age restriction on operating a waffle baker independently Adultism has been defined as "the power adults have over children".[1] More narrowly, 'adultism is prejudice and accompanying systematic discrimination against young people'.[2] Etymology[edit] Coinage[edit] The word adultism was used by Patterson Du Bois in 1903,[3] and appears in French psychology literature in 1929, describing the influence of adults over children.
It was seen as a condition wherein a child possessed adult-like "physique and spirit", and was exemplified by, A boy of 12 and a girl of 13 who had the spirit and personality of adults.... This definition was superseded by a late 1970s journal article proposing that adultism is the abuse of the power that adults have over children.
Usage[edit] Similar terms[edit] At least one prominent organization describes discrimination against youth as ageism, which is any form of discrimination against anyone due to their age. Henry Giroux. Henry Giroux (born September 18, 1943), is an American scholar and cultural critic.
One of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the United States, he is best known for his pioneering work in public pedagogy, cultural studies, youth studies, higher education, media studies, and critical theory. In 2002 Routledge named Giroux as one of the top fifty educational thinkers of the modern period.[1] A high-school social studies teacher in Barrington, Rhode Island for six years,[2] Giroux has held positions at Boston University, Miami University, and Penn State University. In 2005, Giroux began serving as the Global TV Network Chair in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario[3][dead link][4] He has published more than 50 books and more than 300 academic articles, and is published widely throughout education and cultural studies literature.[5] Biography[edit] Henry Giroux was born in Providence, Rhode Island.
Theory[edit] Mike A. Males. Mike A.
Males (born 1950) is an American sociologist[1] who is senior researcher for the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, San Francisco, and content director for YouthFacts.org, the online information service on youth issues. He earlier taught for five years up to 2006 at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he taught "Sociology of Men" and "California Youth in Transition". Males wrote Scapegoat Generation, a book that analyzes statistics to dispel myths about young people in the 1990s. He is the author of: Teenage Sex and Pregnancy: Modern Myths, Unsexy Realities (Praeger, 2010),Kids and Guns (Common Courage Press, 2001),The Scapegoat Generation: America's War On Adolescents (1996),Framing Youth: 10 Myths About The Next Generation (Common Courage Press, 1999)Smoked: Why Joe Camel Is Still Smiling (Common Courage Press, 1999). Other publications include "What Do Student Drug Use Surveys Really Mean?
" References[edit] External links[edit] Barry Checkoway. Barry Checkoway is a Professor of Social Work and Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Michigan School of Social Work.
Checkoway is internationally renowned for his contributions to the field of youth studies, particularly focusing on community youth development. He is a past recipient of the University of Michigan's Regents' Award for Distinguished Public Service.[1] Biography[edit] Checkoway has taught at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania, and was a visiting scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2] He is also the founding director of the Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning.[3] At the beginning of the Clinton administration Checkoway worked closely with officials to develop the Corporation for National Service, particularly on the AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America programs.
Bibliography[edit] (2009) Community Change for Diverse Democracy.