Early childhood policies and practices are shaped by competing images and discourses of
the young child. This paper reviews four core perspectives that have been most influential. 1 …

Many young people today experience marginalization and exclusion. In particular, youth
living with challenging conditions such as poverty, homelessness, abusive/addictive …

Positive education blends academic learning and student well-being. Although research
and application in positive education is growing, most has involved psychologists and …

The extent to which young people are involved in legal decision‐making depends on
assumptions and perceptions about their ability to participate in decision‐making in general …

The paper outlines a new orientation towards constructing childhood arising out of children's
rights discourse, sociology of childhood and sociocultural theory. Children have traditionally …

Children's participation in early childhood education has raised concern and discussion in
the international researches lately. Young children have been considered to have lack of …

What is childhood? In recent years, a cluster of critical and complex ideas have emerged
around the nature of biological, social and psychological growth in the early years, reflecting …

Engaging young people in organisational leadership offers opportunities for them to
contribute and make a positive difference to their communities, benefitting both the young …

In recent years a discursive voice-based form of children's participation has become a global
standard. This has rendered more material children's practices particularly in less-affluent …

In 1992, Ireland committed to the right of children to participate in decision-making that
impacts on their lives. The extent to which this right is upheld for young people in the care of …