Connect and Check
Core concept Improvement depends on criteria: protection, happiness, autonomy, opportunity, equality or security.
- March-of-progress arguments emphasise rights, welfare and education; conflict arguments highlight control and inequality.
- Learners make a judgement rather than listing advantages and disadvantages.
Study builder
March of progress
Childhood has become more protected through schooling, welfare and legal rights.
Gittins
Adult power can continue through age patriarchy even within child-centred families.
Postman
Argued that media may blur boundaries between adult and child knowledge.
Choose your route
Access
Access: identify criteria for improvement from examples.
Check: have you used one key concept accurately?
Core
Core: build a two-sided argument using evidence.
Check: have you explained the mechanism rather than just naming it?
Stretch
Stretch: develop a criterion-led judgement that changes by social group.
Check: have you qualified your judgement by evidence or social group?
Exam practice
Evaluate the view that childhood has improved in modern society. [20/30-mark planning]