Embedding Children's Participative Rights in Practice
European Early Childhood Education Research Association
Posted by: Admin | Date: 05/09/23
The Children’s Particiption in Schools project has recently presented at the 2023 European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) conference in Lisbon, Portugal.
Dr Jennie Clement and Dr Jacky Tyrie shared some initial findings looking at ‘Pedagogical constructions of young children’s participative rights across Initial Teacher Education in Wales’. The presentation considered how Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes in Wales support the Welsh Government’s vision and rhetoric for participatory pedagogies for young children within early education. Sharing these initial findings sparked some interesting conversations and reflections with colleagues from across the world and these will feed into our project moving forward.
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Conference poster
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A conference poster showcasing highlights from the team's September 2025 conference attendance
New Infographic: The Cycle of Meaningful Children's Participation
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Building upon data from an upcoming academic paper, this infographic 'The Cycle of Meaningful Children's Participation' proposes a new model to enable children's participation in educational practice
EECERA Conference 2025 Guest Blog: -“The teacher has to choose”
03/09/25
This new blog written by co-investigator Dr Jacky Tyrie and published as part of EECERA's 'Guest blog' series ahead of their 2025 conference serves as a precursor to academic articles set to be published later this year!
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This website was designed for the Children’s Participation in Schools research project; a collaborative project among the University of the West of England, Swansea University, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Cardiff Metropolitan University, funded by the Education Research Programme at the Economic Social Research Council.
