Review of: Tim Rohrmann: Zwei Welten? Geschlechtertrennung in der Kindheit. Opladen u.a.: Budrich UniPress 2008 — Franz-Michael Konrad, Klaudia Schultheis: Kindheit. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer Verlag 2008

Abstract

In the first section of his book Rohrmann produces a very broad literary study of gender-typical themes, in particular for the primary level, and concludes by developing perspectives for research and pedagogical action. He is first and foremost interested in the question as to whether professionals should guide the gendered configuration of children’s groups and how they should approach the prevailing tendency of children to form separate groups divided along gender lines. The book by Konrad/Schultheis is, in contrast, a “general pedagogical introduction” to childhood that is surprising only in the final chapter when it approaches the actuality of children’s sexuality.