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Gaches, Sonya; Gaffney, Michael – Early Childhood Folio, 2019
This article reviews the draft "Strategic Plan for Early Learning 2019-2029" against the New Zealand Government's obligations to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Using discourse analysis, the authors identify explicit and implicit references to protection, provision, and participation rights within the document.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Strategic Planning, Childrens Rights
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Ritchie, Jenny; Lambert, Jared – Early Childhood Folio, 2018
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti, 2001) highlights our role as educators in the "preparation of the child for responsible life in a free society, in the spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of sexes, and friendship among all peoples" (Article 29(1)(d)). "Te…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Childrens Rights, Social Responsibility, Citizenship Education
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Bissenden, Michelle; Gunn, Alexandra C. – Early Childhood Folio, 2017
As a non-participant observer of a Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) on children's storytelling, I explored children's understanding of research involving them, including their rights to consent, assent and dissent to participate. In this case study of Timmy's participation in research, I show how Timmy's researcher sought and…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Informed Consent, Research, Participation
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Te One, Sarah; Jamison, Andrea; Ruri, Mereana – Early Childhood Folio, 2017
In 2015/16 Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa (ACYA) prepared, produced and presented New Zealand's fifth civil society, non-government organisations' Alternative Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on how well Aotearoa New Zealand complies with its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Childrens Rights, International Law