Child Perspectives and Children's Perspectives in Theory and Practice

by Dion Sommer, Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson, Karsten Hundeide

Book Overview

Recent decades have seen a growing emphasis, in a number of professional contexts, on acknowledging and acting on the views of children. This trend was given added weight by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified in 1990. Today, seeking the perspective of the child has become an essential process in all sorts of tasks, from framing new legislation to regulating professions.

This book answers the fundamental question of what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400731507
• ISBN13: 9789400731509
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"