CRN Curriculum & Pedagogy: Young Children’s Participative Rights in Schools

Join us for an online CRN seminar sharing findings from a three-year project, Children’s Participation in Schools, a research collaboration between UWE, Bristol (Sarah Chicken) Swansea University (Jacky Tyrie and Prof Jane Williams), University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Jane Waters-Davies and Alison Murphy) and Cardiff Metropolitan University (Jennie Clement).

This project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and involves working with children, student teachers, in service teachers and teacher-educators within the Welsh policy context. We are focusing upon the education of children between the ages of 3 and 7 as there is currently a gap within the research literature related to the enactment of participative rights for children within this age group.

The webinar presents emerging findings focusing on the second phase of the project where the team worked closely with two groups of teachers to explore understandings of ‘participation’ in the classroom which were often associated with ‘children’s voice.’ Through a series of presentations, we highlight some enablers and barriers to pedagogical practice and also share views from children themselves.