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What Are the Perspectives of Adolescents with Down Syndrome about Their Quality of Life? A Scoping Review
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Sheridan, Ciara; OMalley-Keighran, Mary-Pat; Carroll, Clare – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Background: There is a wealth of research on adolescents with Down syndrome (DS) covering a large range of topics such as obesity, speech and language, education and health-related quality of life. However, for quality of life, much of the available literature for adolescents with DS relies on parent proxy reporting. This results in more research…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Quality of Life, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents
Students' Perceptions of Their Rights in School: A Systematic Review of the International Literature
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Perry-Hazan, Lotem – Review of Educational Research, 2021
This review focuses on students' perceptions of their rights in elementary and secondary schools. The conceptual framework of rights consciousness was applied to understand how students' knowledge, experiences, and emotions shape their rights perceptions. The analysis is based on 38 empirical studies conducted in different countries. The findings…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Student Rights, Childrens Rights
Children's Rights: Television Programmes Aired in Singapore
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Warrier, Sheela; Ebbeck, Marjory – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
This article focuses on aspects of children's rights as portrayed in television. The results of a six-month research study show analyses of television content of Channel 5, which is the only free-to-air, 24-hour, English-language entertainment channel in Singapore. The results identify the role of television in assisting Singapore to meet its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Television, Childrens Rights, Television Research
Childhood in Europe: Changes in Paradigms in Politics for Children and in Educational Research.
Fthenakis, Wassilios E. – 1998
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, legal and sociopolitical sectors began to view children as a social group of their own, and European countries passed laws for the protection of children and introduced compulsory school attendance. This paper asserts that measures like these led to a far-reaching new definition of childhood on a…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Children, Childrens Rights, Educational Legislation
Research Connections Canada: Supporting Children and Families, Number 7.
Lowe, Elaine, Ed. – 2001
Serving as a vehicle for raising the profile of and thereby gaining recognition for the important research and development work being conducted in Canada in support of children and families, the "Research Connections Canada" series compiles research and/or development papers as well as background papers, analytical literature reviews,…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Care, Child Responsibility, Children
Outlooks on Children and Media: Child Rights, Media Trends, Media Research, Media Literacy, Child Participation, Declarations. Children and Media Violence Yearbook, 2001.
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von Feilitzen, Cecilia; Bucht, Catharina – 2001
Focusing on media literacy, this yearbook compiles information on recent and current trends in media effects, including research on children and media, declarations related to the area, and a selection of relevant organizations and Web sites. The report first delineates children's rights as stipulated in the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Childhood Attitudes, Children