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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Voice of the child"”.
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How can I use Student Voice to Enhance my Understanding of the Learning Experiences of the Child?
… project investigated: How can I use student voice to enhance my understanding of the learning experiences of the child? This study was inspired by the growing interest and research surrounding the need for schools to incorporate the voice of the child in relation to their learning and …
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Investigating the factors associated with emotionally-based non-attendance at school from young people’s perspective.
… 1) and a small scale empirical study (Part 2) on the topic of ‘emotionally-based non-attendance’ at school. Part one of the volume critically reviews the existing research on ‘school refusal’, in terms of conceptualisation, prevalence, and associated risk and protective factors. This review argues …
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Exploring opportunities for children’s creativity and imagination in ‘real world’ and ‘fantasy’ play in the Reception setting.
… within a pragmatic paradigm. It aims to explore the practices of early educators and children in role play areas in the Reception setting within a local context in Wales. The overarching research question is: To what extent does ‘real world’ or ‘fantasy’ play allow children opportunities for …
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Precarity and Resilience: An Ecofeminist Reading of the African Child in Fiction by Contemporary Women Writers
This dissertation responds to, and redresses, the neglect of the figure of the child, specifically the African child, in ecofeminist theory by focusing on recent fiction by women writers from the continent in which the child’s experience of precarity is foregrounded in relation to the slow violence …
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Using a mosaic-based approach to construct children's understanding of safe space in school
… creative research aimed to explore the meaning of ‘safe space’ at school, defined as areas which children could access when emotionally dysregulated. This conceptually confused term, originating in 1960’s civil rights movements and popularised through psychotherapy, has recently been …
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"Are they ready? Will they cope?" An exploration of the journey from pre-school to school for children with additional support needs who had their school entry delayed
From the author’s work as an educational psychologist in a Scottish local authority and her initial literature review, concerns were raised by her colleagues and local education authority about delaying school entry of children with additional support needs. This study aimed to: explore how the …
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Policing Incidents of Domestic Abuse Involving Children: Children’s and Police Officers’ Experiences
… (Goleman, 1996); and how EI may mediate police-child interactions at incidents of domestic abuse (DA). <br/><br/>Background: It is now widely accepted that very few children and young people (CYP) living with DA remain unaffected, the effects of which may be carried into adulthood …
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Heritage As Process: Constructing The Historical Child’s Voice Through Art Practice
… a ‘process’ that is not inert and takes place in the present (2010). In heritage practices there are opposing discourses and positions. Artists add another voice to the discourses of heritage and have been described as ‘critical figure[s] in the heritage process’ (Howard, 1998) because they …
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The experience of children and young people in long term foster care
Many children and young people who enter foster care have experienced neglect and/or abuse. They display a very wide range of urgent needs and many record poor outcomes of foster care across various domains. Developmental harm poses significant risk for the emergence of problems across the life …
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Advancing the best interests of the child in South African family-related legal disputes
This thesis examines the extent to which South Africa complies with international standards 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 …
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Advancing the best interests of the child in South African family-related legal disputes
This thesis examines the extent to which South Africa complies with international standards 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 …