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ERIC Number: EJ921307
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Mar
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0258-2236
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Theorising Children's Participation: Trans-Disciplinary Perspectives from South Africa
Henderson, Patricia; Pendlebury, Shirley; Tisdall, E. Kay M.
Perspectives in Education, v29 n1 p1-5 Mar 2011
Children's participation is a popular rallying cry among child rights activists and community development groups, backed by the recognition of children's participatory rights in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Participation is both a guiding principle of the UNCRC and an explicit right. Article 12 establishes the right of children (who are capable of forming their own views) to express them freely in all matters affecting the children, and for their views to be given due weight, in accordance with age and maturity. In South Africa, children's participatory rights are recognised in the Children's Act, the Child Justice Act and, in a more circumscribed way, the South African Schools Act.
Perspectives in Education. Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa. Fax: +27-51-401-7044; e-mail: pie@ufs.ac.za; Web site: http://search.sabinet.co.za/pie
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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