Children’s Participation: Questioning Competence and Competencies?

While Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child has encouraged children’s participation in collective decision-making, the literature is replete with the challenges as well as successes of such participation. One challenge is adults’ perceptions of children’s competence and competencie...

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Authors: Le Borgne, Carine (Author) ; Tisdall, E. Kay M. 1968- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cogitatio Press 2017
In: Social Inclusion
Year: 2017, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 122-130
Further subjects:B Participation
B School
B Competence
B Competencies
B Family
B social competence
B Adults
B Children
B Community
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