Participation - paper based
Welcome to the Participation section.
- Children, Family and the State : Decision-Making and Child Participation (Hardcover) [E/NI/S/W]
This study of children’s participation in decisions about their care draws on recent work in sociology and anthropology, psychology and legal philosophy in order to understand this challenging area of social life. It also reports on original and groundbreaking research into children’s views of decision-making processes. The book has important theoretical implications and important lessons for social welfare policy and practice.
- Children: rights, participation and citizenship [E/NI/S/W]
This article considers the possibility of rethinking citizenship so as to include children.
- Childrens Rights in the EU: report 16/03/06 [E/NI/S/W]
A report from Euronet What about us? Children’s Rights in the European Union: next steps includes a comprehensive analysis of existing EU policy and legislation on child rights as well as key issues concerning children.
- Circus Skills[E]
This is the first ever survey which looks at training, support and developmental needs of Participation Workers in England.
- Consulting Young People: a review of the literature 03/07 [E]
A Creative Partnerships commissioned literature review that highlights some of the reasons why young learners should be listened to, and explains how to go about it in a way that generates genuine dialogue and collaboration.
- Creating Better Cities with Children and Youth: A Manual for Participation[E/NI/S/W]
A practical manual written by David Driskell, on how to conceptualise, structure and facilitate the participation of young people in the community development process.
- Democratic Civic Practice: A Training Curriculum 02/05/07 [NI]
The report entitled Democratic Civic Practice: Building Democratic Communities Together – A Training Curriculum stems from an action research project which sought to discover how best to carry out civic action projects with young people. Civic action projects support young people to respond to public issues that they care about, thus enhancing citizenship education.
- Educable: No Choice – No Chance [NI]
‘Educable’, a project involving nine young people with various disabilities, Save the Children and Disability Action was established to examine the educational experiences of young people with disabilities.
- EDUCATION - Participation, happiness and achievement 01/02/07 [NI]
In collaboration with Ark Social and Political Archive at Queens University Belfast, Save the Children has produced this short research summary: Participation, happiness and achievement: the impact of poverty on the school experiences of 16-year olds, based on a Young Life & Times Survey we helped carry out last August.
- EDUCATION – DENI Report: E-consultation with Pupils – Pilot Study 02/08 [NI]
The aim of this research was to pilot a range of methods for e-consultation with young people with a view to providing an evidence base for the development of an effective e-consultation strategy for the Department of Education and other educational policy makers.
