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Seen and heard : children's rights in early childhood education / Ellen Lynn Hall, Jennifer Kofkin Rudkin ; foreword by Bonnie Neugebauer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press)Publisher: New York : Teachers College Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: x, 131 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 080775160X
  • 9780807751602
  • 0807751618
  • 9780807751619
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.3520978863 22
LOC classification:
  • LB1029.R35 H35 2010
Contents:
1. Turning adult ears to the voices of young children. Listening to young children -- Children's insights about children's rights -- 2. Children's rights in the United States: Learning from the social movements of the 1960s. Children's rights and new conversations: In praise of stuttering -- Dynamics of oppression: "Our similarities are different" -- 3. The special estate of children's rights: A movement like no other. Balancing protection and participation -- The unique status of children -- 4. Children as community protagonists. The social context of children's communal responsibilities: parents, teachers, and press -- The role of adults in supporting children as community protagonists: stepping in and stepping out -- 5. Children's exploration of rights through the construction of a hamster city. A city of crystal -- The importance of movement -- Balancing protection and participation -- The right to community-to care and be cared for -- 6. Children's places. A fort of one's own -- Characteristics of children's places.
Summary: This book summarizes research and theory pertaining to young children's rights in the United States, and offers strategies educators can use to ensure the inclusion of children's perspectives in everyday decisions.--[book cover].
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-126) and index.

1. Turning adult ears to the voices of young children. Listening to young children -- Children's insights about children's rights -- 2. Children's rights in the United States: Learning from the social movements of the 1960s. Children's rights and new conversations: In praise of stuttering -- Dynamics of oppression: "Our similarities are different" -- 3. The special estate of children's rights: A movement like no other. Balancing protection and participation -- The unique status of children -- 4. Children as community protagonists. The social context of children's communal responsibilities: parents, teachers, and press -- The role of adults in supporting children as community protagonists: stepping in and stepping out -- 5. Children's exploration of rights through the construction of a hamster city. A city of crystal -- The importance of movement -- Balancing protection and participation -- The right to community-to care and be cared for -- 6. Children's places. A fort of one's own -- Characteristics of children's places.

This book summarizes research and theory pertaining to young children's rights in the United States, and offers strategies educators can use to ensure the inclusion of children's perspectives in everyday decisions.--[book cover].

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