Children's Rights and Early Childhood Education Links to Theory and Advocacy

Autor/in	Smith, Anne B.
Titel	Children's Rights and Early Childhood Education Links to Theory and Advocacy
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 32 (2007) 3, S.1-8 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0312-5033
Schlagwörter	Strategic Planning; Early Childhood Education; Childrens Rights; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Child Advocacy; Developmental Psychology; Experimental Psychology; Educational Improvement; Curriculum Development; Student Rights; Student Participation; Educational Planning; Access to Education; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Kinder- und Jugendanwaltschaft; Entwicklungspsychologie; Experimentelle Psychologie; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Bildungsplanung; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Neuseeland
Abstract	There is still resistance and hostility within some circles to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention), but professionals working with children should be familiar with rights principles and their use in advocating for change. A rights perspective fits well with the new paradigm of Childhood Studies, which is critical of developmental psychology and recognises multiple childhoods, children's agency and competency, and the primacy of children's lived experience. The Convention has been used in advocating for reforms in early childhood services in New Zealand. One example is the development and implementation of our early childhood education curriculum, "Te Whariki." The second example is New Zealand's Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Education (Nga Huarahi Arataki), which is focused on improving early childhood education quality and participation. It is argued that child advocacy for better early childhood education policies can be strengthened by the use of the Convention. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10