Young Children's Rights and Public Policy: Practices and Possibilities for Citizenship in the Early Years

MacNaughton, Glenda; Hughes, Patrick; Smith, Kylie

doi:10.1111/j.1099-0860.2007.00096.x

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“…Many academics and practitioners of ECE often believe that social justice is not something to be introduced to young children. This understanding seems to be predicated on an assumption that children's cognitive development is insufficient to understand complex issues such as social justice (MacNaughton, Hughes, & Smith, 2007;Mallory & New, 1994).…”

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Kindergarten Teachers’ Understanding on Social Justice: Stories From Indonesia

Solehuddin

Adriany

2017

Sage Open

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The notion of social justice has often been overlooked in the field of early childhood education because many teachers think that it is too early to introduce the concept to young children. Using multicultural theories, this article attempts to explore kindergarten teachers' perceptions on the issue of social justice. The method adopted in this research is case study. Thirteen kindergarten teachers from five different schools in three different cities in West Java, Indonesia, are selected as participants. Data are collected through semistructured interviews and analyzed using a grounded approach. Findings of this study highlight the extent to which kindergarten teachers understand issues of social justice in terms of equality of treatment. The findings also illuminate complexities faced by the teachers in negotiating social justice in their teaching. The findings also indicate the need to reform curriculum for teacher training programs to include matters like social justice.

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Kindergarten Teachers’ Understanding on Social Justice: Stories From Indonesia

Solehuddin

Adriany

2017

Sage Open

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“…Other researchers have speculated on whether the pendulum has swung too far with children's voice seen as the most important perspective (MacNaughton, Hughes, & Smith, 2007;Mannion & I'Anson, 2004). Mannion (2007) suggested the need to reframe the field of children's participation and focus on child-adult relations instead.…”

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Special Issue: Listening to young children’s voices in research – changing perspectives/changing relationships

Schiller

Einarsdóttir

2009

Early Child Development and Care

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“…Even the UN CRC (1989) Article 12 (quoted above) emphasises that children's rights to express their views is dependent on them being "capable of forming his or her own views" and their views should be "given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child". Despite this frequent positioning as "not yet able" to engage, there is a growing body of research providing evidence that young children are capable of expressing views on issues affecting them and can meaningfully inform policy making, when provided with the appropriate opportunity (MacNaughton et al 2007). With their unique perspectives, knowledge and experiences, children are competent reporters of their own worlds (Dockett and Perry 2007;Smith et al 2008).…”

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Young Children as Active Citizens in Local Government: Possibilities and challenges from an Australian perspective

Bartholomaeus

Gregoric

Krieg

2016

IJEC

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Despite considerable research and discussion regarding children and young people's rights and citizenship, the participation of young children in community decision-making is still limited. In this exploratory research, a case study is reported on how ideas about young children as active citizens are interpreted within one local government context. Data were collected and analysed from nine local government staff who completed an online survey.The survey focused on issues with respect to: services and programs for young children; inclusion of young children in local government policies and plans; how local government defines active citizenship; how children could participate as active citizens; and an openended question regarding the avenues and possibilities for young children to express their opinions and be involved in local government decision-making. The findings suggested that while older children and adolescents may be involved in consultation processes, this local government did not have effective mechanisms for enabling young children to readily participate in their communities as active citizens. The conclusions offer some ideas about the possibilities for change. In particular, greater collaboration between local government and early childhood education programs is important if young children are to be equipped and involved in the local government decisions affecting them.

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Young Children's Rights and Public Policy: Practices and Possibilities for Citizenship in the Early Years

Cited by 92 publications

References 22 publications

Kindergarten Teachers’ Understanding on Social Justice: Stories From Indonesia

Kindergarten Teachers’ Understanding on Social Justice: Stories From Indonesia

Special Issue: Listening to young children’s voices in research – changing perspectives/changing relationships

Young Children as Active Citizens in Local Government: Possibilities and challenges from an Australian perspective

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