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Lagerlöf, Pernilla; Wallerstedt, Cecilia; Pramling, Niklas – Oxford Review of Education, 2023
While children's rights "to" play is stated in the UNCRC, this study investigates children's rights "in" play through an analysis of narrative play in preschool. Play-responsive early childhood education and care (PRECEC) is a recently developed theory that provides analytical tools for investigating participants' communicative…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Play, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
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Huser, Carmen; Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
Participatory, rights-based methodologies in childhood studies have explored conditions that realise children's rights to participation. One avenue of investigation has been to explore assent procedures that respect children's rights to make informed decisions about participation. Less attention has been directed towards the ways in which children…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Informed Consent, Children, Childrens Rights
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Goodhall, Natasha; Atkinson, Cathy – Educational & Child Psychology, 2020
Aim: Underpinned by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), this research aimed to explore children's views around accessing their Article 31 right to play in two schools in England and Wales and to promote their Article 12 right to be heard. Methods: Views of 16 children were sought using child-centred methods. Child-led…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Play, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
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Martin, Shirley; Buckley, Lynn – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This article will explore the use of visual participatory research methods with young children. These methods have been utilized to add young children's voices to research on the impact of a quality improvement strategy in an early years' settings involved in a community-based prevention and early intervention programme. The main objective of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participatory Research, Photography, Social Action
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Finney, Rebecca; Atkinson, Cathy; Barclay, Mike; Tawil, Ben – Educational & Child Psychology, 2020
Aim: This study gathered views of 10 to 12-years-old pupils about their play experiences before and after transition to secondary school, comparing access to their right to play. Method: A multiple-case study design was used to gather views of six Year 6 primary pupils and six Year 7 secondary pupils living in the same community in the United…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Play, Family Environment, Permissive Environment
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Goodhall, Natasha; Atkinson, Cathy – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
From a sociology of childhood and children's rights agenda, this review explores how children define 'play' and 'work' in the classroom, and the contextual influences on the development and reinforcement of these perceptions. Twelve studies were identified, analysed and reported using PRISMA guidelines. These studies strived to understand…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Childrens Attitudes, Knowledge Level