Young Children's Participation: Rhetoric or Growing Reality?

Volume 103 of Early Childhood Matters focuses on providing participative environments to children in which they can express themselves readily, knowing they will be listened to. It presents an overview of current thinking at an international level on how young children might effectively play a role in programming and in decisions that affect their lives.

The Early Childhood Matters journal looks at specific issues regarding the development of young children and is published twice per year. This edition presents a general overview of ideas and reflections as well as a number of examples of children's participation in practice.

Table of Contents

Focus on...

• Participation and young children

A commentary

• What does 'child development' tell us about early childhood programming and the participation of children?

In practice

• The school under the mango tree

Other perspectives

• Young children as actors in their own development

Effectiveness

• Criteria for the evaluation of children's participation in programming

Insights from the field

• Mexico: Pay attention to me!: Documentation and child participation
• Zimbabwe: On the way to child participation
• The Netherlands: Learning to let go
• South Africa: Hey mum, that’s me on the radio!
• Scotland: Beyond expected roles: Young children as social actors

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