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Children as citizens : engaging with the child's voice in educational settings
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Title
Children as citizens : engaging with the child's voice in educational settings / Pauline Harris and Harry Manatakis.
ISBN
0415714001
1134685181
1306217776
1315883023
9780415714006
9781134685189
9781306217774
9781315883021
Publication
New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 149 pages)
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Summary
"This book discusses how consultations with young children could signal a change of thinking about how children might influence policy and shape the development of a child-friendly state. While the consultations in this study were germane to political decisions, they took place as multi-modal dialogue with children in their educational settings. Framed by Australia's national early years learning framework which focuses on children's belonging and identity, the consultations saw unique partnerships formed among children, educators, families and policy officers, providing ways in which children's voices may be engaged in educational spaces throughout the world. Using a qualitative case study approach, these consultations were documented through observations, interviews, artefact collection and document analyses, allowing the authors to construct a framework for engaging children as citizens that is transferable to a variety of settings. Chapters provide: - an insight into the various aspects involved in children's consultations from conceptualizing and planning consultations with young children, to implementation and documentation, through to the uptake and consequence of children's messages; - factors that contribute to the effectiveness of consultations, challenges that arise, and areas for improvement when engaging with children's voices; - implications for children's participation as valued citizens and a framework for considering young children's voices in decision-making processes. This book offers fresh ideas for working with young children in the decision making process and will appeal to early childhood researchers, educators, policymakers and practitioners across various sectors, agencies and disciplines"-- Provided by publisher
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Harris, Pauline. Children as citizens
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Series
Routledge research in early childhood education
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147) and index.
Contents
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the Children's Voices Project; Notes; 1. Engaging with children as valued active citizens; Child as citizen; Nurturing children's active citizenship; The South Australian Children's Voices Project; Stages in the Children's Voices Project; Notes; 2. The inquiry into the Children's Voices Project; Participants in the consultations; Sites where the consultations were conducted; Home learning partnership programme in the Eyre and Western Region.
3. Planning to engage with children as active citizensMoving beyond tokenism in children's participation; Identifying purpose of the Children's Voices Project; Engaging non-traditional partners; Formulating the core theme of the consultations; Consultation strategies; Providing professional development; Developing an induction package; The induction workshop; Documenting the learning journey; Guidance on ethical and legal matters; Post-induction professional development; Implementing the consultations; 4. Children make their voices visible through visual arts in Limestone Town.
Children's centre in the Northern Adelaide RegionChild-parent centre and Aboriginal school in the Yorke and Mid-North Region; Procedures for gathering and analysing data; Observations; Artefacts; Document analysis; Interviews with government personnel; Participant observation; Embedded case studies; Framing the consultations; Nature of the dialogic encounter in the consultations; Structures and modes that sustained dialogue and depth of meaning; Documenting children's voices and words; Empowerment and conscientisation; Documenting the case studies; Ensuring trustworthiness; Notes.
Contextual informationFraming purpose and problem for engagement; How the encounter unfolded; Structures and modes that sustained dialogue; Children's themes; Spending time at the beach; Playing in the sea; Going to the park; Eating out and buying food; Visiting extended family and friends; Enjoying nature; What children don't like; Reflecting on the Limestone Town case study; Notes; 5. Children see themselves in a new frame through photography in an Eyre and Western community; Contextual information; Framing purpose and problem for engagement; How the encounter unfolded.
Limestone Town kindergarten and rural care in the Limestone Coast RegionChildren's centre and out-of-school-hours care in the Western Adelaide Region; Family day care service in the Murray and Mallee Region; Out-of-school-hours care service in the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island Region; Community children's centre and outreach preschool in the Southern Adelaide Region; Out-of-school-hours care services in the Adelaide Hills Region; Special early learning centre in the Eastern Adelaide Region; Children's service for remote and isolated communities in the Far North Region.
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