Children's Democratic Participation: The Case of Catalan Schools from the Principal's Point of View

Autor/inn/en	Torremorell, Maria-Carme Boqué; García-Raga, Laura; Alguacil de Nicolás, Montserrat
Titel	Children's Democratic Participation: The Case of Catalan Schools from the Principal's Point of View
Quelle	In: Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 43 (2021) 1, S.1-26 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Torremorell, Maria-Carme Boqué) ORCID (García-Raga, Laura) ORCID (Alguacil de Nicolás, Montserrat)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1071-4413
DOI	10.1080/10714413.2020.1796174
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Self Determination; Political Attitudes; Civil Rights; Voting; Teaching Methods; Student Participation; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Governance; Decision Making; Childrens Rights; Preschool Education; Elementary Schools; Foreign Countries; Treaties; International Law; Geographic Regions; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Principal; Schulleiter; Selbstbestimmung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Abstimmung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Ausland; Abkommen; Law of nations; Völkerrecht; Spanien
Abstract	The demand for a significant advance in democracy that allows greater civic participation takes place in different countries and historical times. In Catalonia, the process toward self-determination shakes the social and political debate from 2010 to the present day, when the population feels that their rights are being curtailed and begins to show their discomfort with massive and peaceful demonstrations that influence the political forces. Since late 2017, the struggle for self-government has intensified and schools have been involved in this process in a twofold way: by serving as polling stations in the referendum held on October 1, 2017, which was not approved by the Spanish government, and by being accused of childhood indoctrination due to pupil involvement. As representatives of the school, principals need to take a sensible position in controversial issues, which is not easy when antagonistic values are at stake. The question the authors would like to approach here is how Catalan schools currently undertake child participation, according to the principal's point of view, in order to discern what actions would be necessary to encourage children's governance both in school and in society. This examination offers a comprehensive framework for encouraging children's participation in the co-creation and governance of the society in which they live--since the decisions that are taken today affect them fully--the results of the survey for principals serve as the basis for further debate on the right of children as a group--generally invisible--to participate in the governance of the school and its impact on the democratic quality of our societies. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01