Children’s Participation: From Tokenism to Citizenship
A nation is democratic to the extent that its citizens are involved, particularly at the community level. The confi- dence and competence to be involved …
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Action Research: The Critical Role of Children’s Environmental Education in Community-based Sustainable Development
The question of how children become concerned about the environment is a very important one for anyone who believes that a concerned and informed citizen …
Learning Through Gardening
This publication includes two brief essay, one by Roger Hart, and the other by Louise Chawla. In each the authors address the role of gardening …
The Roots of Environmental Concern
This paper is a fist stage in the construction of a model of the development of children’s concern for the physical environment. To explore this …
Children as the Makers of a New Geography
We cannot rely upon the traditional approach of social science which observes children’s live and reports it to policy makes in the hope that they …
Affection for Nature and the Promotion of Stewardship in Childhood
The environmental education of children is being promoted as essential to the establishment of a citizenry which is more caring toward the environment. But education …
Child and Youth Development Through Community Participation: A Review of Psychological Literature on the Benefits of Community Participation and Children’s Developing Capacities to Participate
Very instructive for this Initiative was the review of the psychological literature on Children’s developing capacities to participate, and on the benefits of participation. This …
Interpreting the Participation Articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. La Convencion de los Derechos
SUMMARY NEEDED Click here to download [PDF] Title: Interpreting the Participation Articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Author(s): Roger Hart Publication Date: 1996 …
Poverty and exclusion among urban children
This Digest addresses the reality of these children. It highlights the chronic poverty and mar- ginalisation they face: many spend their days digging in rubbish …
Building better cities with children and youth
Although in Environment & Urbanization have focused on children, the last issue that dealt exclusively with children’s concerns came out in 1990. This focused primarily …
