Can You Hear Me? The Right of Young Children to Participate in Decisions Affecting Them. Working Papers in Early Childhood Development, No. 36

Autor/in	Lansdown, Gerison
Institution	Bernard Van Leer Foundation (Netherlands)
Titel	Can You Hear Me? The Right of Young Children to Participate in Decisions Affecting Them. Working Papers in Early Childhood Development, No. 36
Quelle	(2005), (56 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	1383-7907
ISBN	9-0619-5082-1
Schlagwörter	Childrens Rights; Young Children; Participative Decision Making; Child Development; Child Safety; Democracy; Early Childhood Education; Participation; Methods; Family Relationship; Student School Relationship; Health Services; Child Health; Evaluation; Standards; Foreign Countries; Asia; Colombia; Denmark; India; New Zealand; South Africa; Uganda; United Kingdom; United States; Vermont + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; Frühe Kindheit; Kindesentwicklung; Demokratie; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Teilnahme; Method; Methode; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Evaluierung; Standard; Ausland; Asien; Kolumbien; Dänemark; Indien; Neuseeland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	"Can You Hear Me? The Right of Young Children to Participate in Decisions Affecting Them" emphasises that participation enhances children's self-esteem and confidence, promotes their overall capacities, produces better outcomes, strengthens understanding of and commitment to democratic processes and protects children more effectively. Participation provides the opportunity for developing a sense of autonomy, independence, heightened social competence and resilience. The benefits are therefore significant, and adults with both direct and indirect responsibility for children need to acquire a greater humility in recognising that they have a great deal to learn from children. But the case for listening to young children goes beyond the beneficial outcomes. It is also a matter of social injustice and human rights. All people, however young, are entitled to be participants in their own lives, to influence what happens to them, to be involved in creating their own environments, to exercise choices and to have their views respected and valued. (Contains 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10