scholarly journals Respect for Nature – A Prescription for Developing Environmental Awareness in Preschool

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
Eva Ärlemalm–Hagsér
Keyword(s):  
Natural World ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Education For Sustainability ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
National Agency ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation ◽  
The Relationship

Embedded in the notion of sustainability lies a striving for an environmentally sustainable world and respect and care for the non-human world, as well as efforts to establish social, economic and political justice or all people. This paper deals with education for sustainability in Swedish pre-schools from two perspectives: first, the views held concerning the relationship between human beings and nature; second, young children’s participation and agency. The theoretical underpinning is informed by critical theory with a case study approach. The empirical material is derived from 21 applications, which were from Swedish preschools to be certified with »The Diploma of Excellence in Sustainable Development« (Swedish National Agency for Education). The main findings show that few critical questions are raised about the human-nature relationship in the applications, even though views concerning the connectedness with, and care and respect for the natural world are emphasised. Children’s participation and agency are neglected in a structure of ready-made views, activities and working methods already imbedded in the current pedagogical practices. Implications for research and practice would be to further explore how the understandings of the relationship between humans and nature are constructed within early childhood education. 

scholarly journals Assessment of Language and Literacy in Children Who Are d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianna Pizzo ◽  
Amanda Chilvers
Keyword(s):  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
Theoretical Orientations ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation ◽  
The Relationship

This article presents theoretical orientations and practical applications for the assessment of d/Deaf and hard of hearing (d/Dhh) children. It discusses current approaches to assessment and the factors affecting d/Dhh children’s participation in assessments using those approaches. Gaps in the field around access to appropriate assessments are discussed. This review also shares information on the relationship between the purpose of the assessment and the approach selected. Basic considerations for both d/Deaf and hard of hearing multilingual learners (d/DMLs) and d/Dhh children with additional disabilities will be addressed. Finally, general recommendations are made for research and practice.

墮胎——道家和道教的觀點

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-147
Author(s):  
Linchun QUAN
Keyword(s):  
Medical Technology ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Past ◽  
One Child Policy ◽  
Child Policy ◽  
Digital Commons ◽  
Bioethical Issues ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract also in English.道家思想尊重人性、堅持貴生輕物、生命至上，維護人的發展。道家對待生死的態度是遵循自然本性，主張順其自然。從這一觀點出發，墮胎不是自然而然，而是通過人為的手段達到其他的目的。道教除了順其自然的思想外，還強調陰陽平衡、尊道積德。道教認為，胎兒具有靈性，因此是有生命的，殺死胎兒屬於殺生惡行。道家和道教對待墮胎的態度無疑對於當今審視中國墮胎政策，富有一定的啟示意義。雖然，道家和道教沒有使用“權利”這樣的倫理語言，但卻反映了對生命的尊重。Daoism, one of China’s major philosophical and religioustraditions, emphasizes such notions as holism, organicism, andnaturalness, promoting the idea of living in line with the rulesand patterns of nature. This essay examines the Daoist ethics ofliving naturally with special attention given to abortion. It pointsout that for philosophical Daoism, abortion is not acceptablebecause it is considered an “artificial” action for a self-servingpurpose, such as aborting an unwanted baby girl after a sex teston a fetus. For religious Daoism, abortion is not acceptable because the fetus has a spirit and a soul. Both traditions maintain the importance of the sacredness of all life. Yet the language of rights and choices is absent in Daoism, and the aim of the essay is to present the basic teaching of Daoism and show that it is relevant to contemporary bioethical issues. With the increasing use of modern medical technology that makes the control or manipulation of the human body much easier, it is utterly important for humanity to think about the nature of human beings and the relationship between itself and the natural world. The essay also contends that Daoism offers a perspective to reflect on the one-child policy in China that has been practiced in the past few decades.DOWNLOAD HISTORY | This article has been downloaded 1355 times in Digital Commons before migrating into this platform.

scholarly journals Communication in Authoritarian Parenting on Learner Participation in Early Childhood Education Science Class in Homabay County, Kenya

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Odundo Paul Amollo ◽  
Ganira Khavugwi Lilian
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Science Classroom ◽  
Authoritarian Parenting ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Learner Participation ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation ◽  
The Relationship

Communication is the process of reaching mutual understanding where participants not only exchange information, ideas and feelings but also create and share meaning. Effective communication imparts knowledge and paves way towards building and strengthening relationships which uphold peace between parents and children for lasting associations. However, the authoritarian parenting style tends to manipulate communication which creates fear and compromise learner participation in class. The study explored the relationship between communication in authoritarian parenting model and participation of learners in Early Childhood Education (ECE) science classroom in Homabay County, Kenya. The population of the study involved 314 respondents including 4 County education officers; 60 head teachers; 60 ECE teachers attached to public primary schools; 120 learners and 70 parents. The teachers’ questionnaire was used as the main data collection tool. Correlation analyses were performed to determine which demographic characteristics should be used as control variables. Regression analyses were also performed to examine the relationship between communication in authoritarian parenting model and children’s participation in class activities. Data was gathered, summarized and analyzed by reading the information collected through the research instruments and pattern trends and relationships from the information gathered were established. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze qualitative data while quantitative statistics were employed to match authoritarian parenting numbers to learner participation attributes. Frequency distribution tables were used to present the data. Anchored on social learning theory, the study findings supported the view that communication in authoritarian parenting model is negatively related to children’s participation in class. The 91% of ECE teachers confirmed that learners from authoritarian settings could not express themselves well as a result of limited communication existing between the child and the parent and only 9% observed eloquence in the learners of authoritarian parents. For further research the study suggested that since authoritarian mothers and fathers behave differently, studies should be done separately to assess consistency of the parenting model in both parents.

scholarly journals MyĶlenie relacyjne, inkluzyjne w dobie kryzysu klimatycznego

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Piotr Skubała ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Relational Thinking ◽  
Average Temperature ◽  
The World ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
The Relationship

Climate change caused by excessive emissions of greenhouse gases is becoming, along with excessive exploitation of the environment, agriculture and urbani-zation, one of the main threats to life on Earth and our civilization. Although we have known about the relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and the rise of the average temperature on Earth since end of the 20th century, it was only after nearly 100 years that we took international action to reduce this phenomenon. We are looking at the closing window and the question arises whether we will be able to react and stave oȮ the climate crisis. We know what immediate actions are needed, but we do not take them. It seems that a neces-sary condition for doing the work of repairing the world is a complete change in the way we view the natural world. It must be based on relational thinking, emphasize mutual relationships, the interdependence of man and nature, hu-man beings and non-human beings.

scholarly journals CHILDREN’S POWER TO CHALLENGE AUTHORITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-114
Author(s):  
SERAN DEMIRAL
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Childhood Studies ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Children’S Perspectives ◽  
Research With Children ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation ◽  
Different Characteristics

Child rights can be considered through the different characteristics of human rights, according to the classification “3P” as Protection, Provision, and Participation. The (potential) distinction between child rights and human rights recalls the former perspective about children’s not seen as human beings. The development of the fields on childhood studies such as “children’s participation” and “agency” are also related to the concept “empowerment,” which indicates the power relations between children and grown-ups. The main purpose of this paper is to debate all those notions through the children’s own experiences by referring to various examples in the frame of Power of children as the Fourth-P right. After discussing how children have the power to “challenge the authority,” I will indicate some examples from Little Review, as a remarkable experience of children’s participation. Lastly, I will try to reveal what today’s children consider the topic of child rights by sharing the findings of a pilot research with children, which I realized in 2019 December. In this study, twelve children who were 11-year-old then, wrote their commentaries about children’s rights and the requirements to have the rights. Thus, in the final part of this paper, the rights will be addressed through children’s perspectives.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Vulnerability of Children

2015 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Sandberg
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Individualized Approach ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Vulnerability Theory ◽  
Children's Participation

Children share a universal vulnerability with other human beings, yet have a particular vulnerability as children and even more so as being individually positioned within that group. In this article the Convention on the Rights of the Child (crc) and the jurisprudence of the Committee on the Rights of the Child are analysed in the light of vulnerability theory. The article questions the theory’s view of non-discrimination as a solely individualized approach, as well as its reluctance to designate vulnerable groups of children. The geography of vulnerability is considered in relation to children migrating or being displaced, and general measures of implementation are related to the need for societal institutions to meet children’s vulnerability. The article concludes by focusing on the enhancement of children’s participation in society as a necessary response to their vulnerability.

scholarly journals Theoretical and practical issues concerning young children’s citizenship education: The program “Learn, Care and Act about my City”

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Efthymia Vaharis Penderi
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Civic Identity ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Thematic Units ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation ◽  
Teachers Training

Young children’s citizenship is a newly constructed concept that elaborates on the placement of children in the civic sphere while it may provide theoretical guidance for relevant educational programs. However, there are restrictions in the way proposed models of citizenship are understood with reference to young children and used to guide pedagogical practices. Moreover, gaps in teachers training and lack of explicit goals and guidance in curricula have resulted in the restricted implementation of targeted programs in the preschool setting and with questionable results concerning children’s active participation. The paper discusses the issue of young children’s citizenship in light of social pedagogical considerations, analyzing an integrated model of citizenship within five-stage children’s participation and agency. Then the design and implementation of the program “Learn, Care and Act about my City” is described. This program was chosen as it incorporates the aforementioned theoretical considerations. It was developed using collaborative action research in 4 kindergarten schools in Northern Greece. 9 kindergarten teachers and 97 children participated in the program which lasted almost 8 months. It consisted of 4 basic thematic units, designed by the coordinator of the program and critical friend, in collaboration with the participating teachers and following several cycles of observation, reflection and redesign of the activities using formative evaluation. Concluding the issue of teachers guidance and professional development along with the dynamics of children’s participation in their civic identity formation are discussed.  

Thoreau’s luminous Homer in A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 425-444
Author(s):  
Luke Parker
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Literary Expression ◽  
Unidirectional Movement ◽  
Living Nature ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Individual Human

Abstract Henry David Thoreau’s relationship to Greek literature, and Homer’s Iliad in particular, is more often remarked than analysed. This article argues that Thoreau’s engagement with Homer in his first book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, proves central to the themes of that work highlighted by critics as well as its less-studied formal hybrid of poetry and prose. I show that Thoreau constructs Homer as the poetic ideal in which the perennially renewed life of the natural world becomes accessible to human beings caught in the fatal and unidirectional movement of historical time. Thoreau’s ideas here may track Romantic conceptions of Homer and Greek literature more generally, but Thoreau turns contemporary uncertainty around the person of Homer into reflection on the relationship between personal experience and literary expression of ‘living nature’. This turns out to structure a larger dichotomy between poetry and prose, one in which Thoreau associates the latter with authentic experience and self-expression of an individual human life. In A Week’s engagement with Homer, then, we see Thoreau negotiating not only some core concerns of his writing but also his evolution from aspiring poet to author of the works in prose that ultimately define his career.

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