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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Child participation"”.
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"Time for Teletubbies": Childhood, Child Participation, and the Struggle for Meaning
The children's television program Teletubbies and its concomitant controversies are analyzed along with the media attention surrounding the program. A textual analysis is presented, including the methodologies of narrative theory, semiotics/structuralism, and poststructuralism. The context is also …
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Balancing child participation rights, parental responsibility and state intervention in medical and reproductive decision-making under South African law
Throughout history, the boundaries between children’s rights, parental responsibility and state intervention have been regularly redrawn. At the heart of this process is the need to recognise the separate personhood of the child and the important role played by parental guidance in the proper …
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An analysis of maternal questions to young deaf children during storybook reading
… between frequency and type of questions and child Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) measurements, between questions and maternal signing skill, and between questions and child responding, were also explored. Results indicated that the mothers used fewer questions than that used by mothers of …
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Children's participation in local government: The Makkala Panchayats of Kundapur, southern India.
… Nations’ 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, is the most fundamental potentiality to affect children’s lives for the better, through the dynamic relationship between its provisions for child participation, protection and the best interests of the child. I investigate how the Convention …
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The limitations of the legal framework in addressing the problem of child labour in artisanal and small-scale mining in Zimbabwe
Whilst the rights of children are protected in various legal instruments both at domestic and international level, reality stands in stark contrast to the aspirations for children expressed in these legal instruments. The socio-economic conditions people in developing countries, particularly those …
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Involving children in the design of healthcare technology
Although children are potential end users of healthcare technology, very little research has investigated their role in its design. Subsequently, very little guidance and few research methods are available for designers of healthcare technology to use in practice. Given that research involving …
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An investigation into inequalities in parent-child involvement in active play
This thesis is concerned with parent-child involvement in active play and, in particular, social inequalities which may exist for mother-child and father-child participation and facilitation. Following a literature review which pointed to a lack of quantitative evidence, interview data from a …
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Parent-child interactions with ADHD children: Parental empathy as a predictor of child adjustment.
Parent-child interactions tend to be problematic among families of children diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Although much attention has been paid in research and therapy to negative cycles of interaction between parent and child, it is equally important to consider …
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Actualising children’s ideas for health-promoting neighbourhoods through impactful co-design: insights from children and adult decision-makers
Children’s health and wellbeing is influenced by their local neighbourhood environments and children hold the right to participate in matters affecting them, such as neighbourhood design. Co-design is a participatory process being utilised to engage children in collective decision-making about …
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Documentação pedagógica no cotidiano da Educação Infantil.
ABSTRACT In the last few decades, Children’s Education reached undeniable advances, specially visible in conceptions and orientations present in guiding documents for this Elementary Education’s step policies. Among these advances, must be highlighted the recognition of children as social subject …
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Children’s perspectives on child well-being : a pathway to sustainable futures
Child well-being is defined as a multidimensional concept as it measures the quality of a child’s life by looking at the physical, mental, social, and material domains of well-being. Children’s well-being can contribute to sustainable futures, thus futures that are free from adversities such as …
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ADIPOSITY IN BRITISH PAKISTANI AND WHITE BRITISH SCHOOL CHILDREN AGED 7-11 YEARS LIVING IN MIDDLESBROUGH, UK: ASSOCIATIONS WITH ETHNICITY, GENERATION, AND BIRTH WEIGHT
… adiposity in British Pakistanis in middle childhood. Based on previous research, it was predicted that British Pakistani children would be more adipose and have lower birth weights compared to white British children. It was also predicted that second generation British Pakistani children …
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A sustainable journey to school: global issues, local places, children's lives
… is located in the fields of the geographies of childhood, social and environmental policy and urban transport studies. It adds to geographical thinking about children’s choices in their everyday mobilities. My thesis makes an original contribution by filling in large gaps in knowledge about the …
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Children's perspectives on child well-being : a pathway to a sustainable futures
Child well-being is a multi-dimensional concept that includes physical, mental, social, cognitive, material, and environmental domains, which are interrelated. Children’s well-being influences their quality of life during childhood and later as adults, and is influenced by the social, economic, and …
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Children’s perspectives on child well-being : a pathway to sustainable futures
Child well-being, which refers to aspects such as children’s physical, cognitive, social, emotional, spiritual and environmental well-being, is important for their current development and future outcomes. Children’s well-being is influenced by the economic, social and environmental contexts in …
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Children’s perceptions of the natural environment: creating child and environmentally friendly cities
A child friendly city (CFC) is the embodiment of the rights of the child manifested in the policies, programs, and laws of a city. A critical aspect in the creation of a CFC is the consideration of the natural environment (NE). Premised upon a child participatory perspective, this study explored …
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Van Calvyn na Zwingli : die vraagstuk van die kindernagmaal in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (Afrikaans)
… The so-called "simple" confession through which children should qualify in order for them to participate in communion within the framework of the Dutch Reformed Church, originates from the Zwinglian confession concerning the presence of the Lord in communion. What the Dutch Reformed Church …
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Advancing the best interests of the child in South African family-related legal disputes
… in protecting the best interests of the child in family-related legal disputes. The thesis applies a doctrinal methodology, drawing on primary sources such as international treaties, South African legislation, and case law, as well as secondary sources, including academic literature and …
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Advancing the best interests of the child in South African family-related legal disputes
… in protecting the best interests of the child in family-related legal disputes. The thesis applies a doctrinal methodology, drawing on primary sources such as international treaties, South African legislation, and case law, as well as secondary sources, including academic literature and …