Young Children’s Participation: Exploring Practice in Early Education and Care

Jacky Tyrie is a senior lecturer in Early Childhood Studies and programme director on the MA Childhood Studies at Swansea University, UK.Jane Waters is an Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK.

• 1. Introduction Section 1: Children's rights and participation 2. The history, development and intent of the United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child 3. The United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child, participative rights, and the law 4. Models of Participation 5. Children's participative rights across the UK: policy context Section 2: Participative rights: tensions for practice 6. Voice and Being Heard 7. Practitioner mindset: The Construction of the Child 8. Spaces for Participation in School 9. Embracing Children's Agency in Early Childhood Education and Care 10. Measuring Participation in Early Childhood Education and Care Section 3: Participative rights in practice: learning from research 11. Recognising Young Children's Capacity for Participation in Early Childhood Education and Care 12. Babies Participating in Early Childhood Education and Care 13. Two-and Three-year-olds Participating in Early Childhood Education and Care 14. Participation in Early Education at School 15. Participation in Practice, Views from International Contexts

"In recent years the issue of children’s rights in education, including the right to be heard, has, rightly, been acknowledged as of great importance. This timely book provides a wealth of practical examples of innovative ways in which young children can be supported to make their voices heard and theories that justify the approaches that are taken. In doing so, the book offers a rich resource for those looking for ways to ensure that young children are engaged and interested in their learning from the beginning, those both starting out in the field of early years education, as well as the more experienced."Janice Wearmouth, Professor of Education, University of Bedfordshire, UK