Nicola Masters - The Rights of the Child: Participatory Pedagogy & Professional Practice (Birth-8 years). Are Your Daily Practices and Behaviours Authentic or Tokenistic?
About the Session
In this session we will consider the following:
- Societal views on early childhood and how these affect professional and parental behaviours.
- The practice of participation in schools and settings: tokenistic or authentic?
Building competence in young children through promoting a rights-based approach.
Early Years & Primary Resources & Further Reading
- Australian Human Rights Commission [online] Building Belonging: A toolkit for early childhood on cultural diversity and responding to prejudice.
- Boyd, D., McNeill, C. and Hirst, N. (2017) ECEFS Pedagogical Toolkit: Activity Resource. Liverpool St Johns Moore University [online]
- EYLF (2010) Cultural Connections Booklet. [online]
- Hart, R. (1992) Children’s Participation from Tokenism to Citizenship. UNICEF (PDF) [online]
- Siraj-Blatchford, J., and Huggins, V. (2015) Special Edition Education for Sustainable Development, Early Education Journal, British Association for Early Childhood Education, Summer, No. 76. [online]
About Nicola
Nicola Masters has twenty years teaching experience working across the Early Years and Primary sector and is a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching. She has spent twelve years working in various senior leadership roles, including Head of Early Years, Deputy Head and Teaching & Learning Lead. Nicola started her teaching career in an inner-city state school before moving into the private sector. Nicola currently works as an ITE Lecturer (Primary & Early Years) at the University of Northampton and University of Buckingham, training PGCE and Early Years Teachers (EYTS). As well as completing her MA in Early Education, Nicola has worked as a School Governor, Educational Consultant and has completed Ofsted Inspector training.
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