A Capability Approach to Children's Well-Being, Agency and Participatory Rights in Education

Autor/inn/en	Hart, Caroline Sarojini; Brando, Nicolás
Titel	A Capability Approach to Children's Well-Being, Agency and Participatory Rights in Education
Quelle	In: European Journal of Education, 53 (2018) 3, S.293-309 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211
DOI	10.1111/ejed.12284
Schlagwörter	Children; Well Being; Self Concept; Student Rights; Educational Quality; Educational Policy; Educational Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Selbstkonzept; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	This article applies a capability approach to examine how children's agency, well-being and participation rights can be developed and supported in educational settings. We introduce Amartya Sen's concepts of agency and well-being freedoms and achievements to highlight the tensions and trade-offs between risks to children's agency and well-being in and through educational processes. We draw upon selected empirical examples to illustrate this relationship further. By positioning the development of children's agency as an explicit and important goal of education, alongside well-being achievement, we aim to broaden the evaluative space for assessing what constitutes quality in children's education. We conclude with some reflections on implications for policy and practice going forward. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01