Child Perspectives and Children's Perspectives in Theory and Practice

• Main Authors: Sommer, Dion (Author), Pramling Samuelsson, Ingrid (Author), Hundeide, Karsten (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: International perspectives on early childhood education and development ; 2
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Child development.; Social groups.; Family.; Youth.; Social Sciences.; Sociology of Familiy, Youth and Aging.; Childhood Education.

Recent decades have seen a growing emphasis, in a number of professional contexts, on acknowledging and acting on the views of children. This trend was given added weight by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified in 1990. Today, seeking the perspective of the child has become an esse...