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Conceptual Framework for the Participation of Children in Local Area Planning Decision-Making Processes through Primary Geography Education
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Joe Usher – Irish Educational Studies, 2023
According to Article 12 of the UNCRC, children have a legal right to have their views heard and acted upon as appropriate. In Ireland, this applies to local planning processes concerning children's localities whereby legislation was specifically enacted to recognise children as a group who were entitled to participate in the local planning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decision Making, Legislation, Geography Instruction
Child Rights as a Framework for Advancing Professional Standards for Practice, Ethics, and Professional Development in School Psychology
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Nastasi, Bonnie Kaul; Naser, Shereen – School Psychology International, 2014
The United Nations (1989) Convention on the Rights of the Child was designed to promote and protect the survival, development, and well-being of children, thus extending human rights to individuals from birth to age 18. This article examines the consistency of the Articles of the Convention with the professional standards for school psychology, as…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, School Psychologists, School Psychology, Ethics
What Is Best for the Child? Early Childhood Education and Care for Children under 3 Years of Age in Brazil and in Finland
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Rutanen, Niina; de Souza Amorim, Katia; Colus, Katia Miguel; Piattoeva, Nelli – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) policies and practices are local, historically and socially context-specific constructions. In addition to local ideals and policies, discursive practices concerning ECEC are influenced by universal ideals that are described and assigned by the member states of the United Nations Convention on the Rights…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Quality
Early Childhood Policy and Practice in England: Twenty Years of Change
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Faulkner, Dorothy; Coates, Elizabeth A. – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2013
This article offers a chronological account and critical appraisal of changes to early childhood education and care (ECEC) services in England over the past 20 years. It describes the policy initiatives, educational interventions and research programmes introduced by successive governments that have effected significant changes to ECEC since 1990.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Child Care, Educational Policy
Unreasonable Expectations: The Dilemma for Pedagogues in Delivering Policy Objectives
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Moloney, Mary – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
Internationally, early childhood care and education policy is increasingly informed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (1989). In the Republic of Ireland, the importance of this convention was reflected in the National Children's Strategy (2000), espousing a "whole child perspective". This strategy served…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Public Policy, Educational Strategies
A School for Children with Rights: The Significance of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child for Modern Education Policy. Innocenti Lectures: 1997 Lecture.
Hammarberg, Thomas – 1998
Noting that in both developing and developed nations schools may be found that do not reflect the vision of the United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child, this report examines the articles of the Convention dealing with education and discusses their implications for the development of educational policy. The report describes articles in the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Welfare, Children, Childrens Rights