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Warning--Television Viewing May Harm Your Child's Health: Parent Perceptions of Early Childhood Viewing Habits
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Garvis, Susanne; Pendergast, Donna – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2011
In 2009, the Australian Government introduced the Get Up and Grow (Commonwealth Government, 2009) guidelines for healthy eating and exercise in early childhood as one element of a range of initiatives aiming to curb childhood obesity, a problem affecting an increasing proportion of Australia children. Included in the policy recommendations are…
Descriptors: Television Viewing, Obesity, Exercise, Foreign Countries
Playing the Game: Examining Parental Engagement in Schooling in Post-Millennial Queensland
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Macfarlane, Kym – Journal of Education Policy, 2008
Parent engagement in schooling has long been held as a vital component of the successful navigation of the schooling process and, consequently, governments often invite such engagement via policy implementation. However, at times, contestation arises about parent engagement, with some parents seemingly "crossing the line" when attempting…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries, Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation
Proceedings of the International Conferences on Education Technologies (ICEduTech) and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE) (New Tapei City, Taiwan, December 10-12, 2014)
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Kommers, Piet, Ed.; Issa, Tomayess, Ed.; Issa, Theodora, Ed.; Chang, Dian-Fu, Ed.; Isias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conferences on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014), and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE 2014). The International Conference on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014) is the scientific conference addressing the real topics as seen by teachers, students, parents and…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Technology, Sustainability
Involving Children in Health and Social Research: "Human Becomings" or "Active Beings"?
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Balen, Rachel; Blyth, Eric; Calabretto, Helen; Fraser, Claire; Horrocks, Christine; Manby, Martin – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2006
This article draws on the authors' experiences of undertaking health and social research involving children in Australia and England and focuses on securing the informed consent of children to participate in such research. A clear trend within literature, service provision, legislation and international conventions recognizes children as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Participation, Social Science Research
Children's Rights: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. AECA Resource Book Series, No. 4.
Greenwood, Anne – 1993
This booklet discusses the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, focusing on the Convention's effects on the rights of children in Australia. It summarizes the main articles of the convention and explains the international legal structures by which the rights of children are protected. The booklet then examines human rights…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Civil Liberties
Citizen Child: Australian Law and Children's Rights.
Funder, Kathleen, Ed. – 1996
Ratification by Australia of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990 acted as a potent stimulus for a series of debates and controversies concerning the place of children in Australian society. The debate has largely taken place in relatively specialized forums involving lawyers, members of the judiciary, social…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Support, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights