Going Spatial, Going Relational: Why "listening to children" and children's participation needs reframing

This article explores the consequences of the view that the identifications of children and adults and the spaces they inhabit are intimately related. Firstly, the article reviews the rationales that suggest we should consult with children and young people and encourage their participation. Argument...

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Published inDiscourse (Abingdon, England) Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 405 - 420
Main Author Mannion, Greg
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.2007
Routledge
Subjects
Adults
Age Differences
Childhood attitudes
Children
Geographic Location
Literature reviews
Participative Decision Making
Power Structure
Relationship
Research design
Researcher subject relationship
Space utilisation
Spatial Ability
Spatial analysis
Student participation
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ISSN0159-6306
1469-3739
DOI10.1080/01596300701458970

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Summary:This article explores the consequences of the view that the identifications of children and adults and the spaces they inhabit are intimately related. Firstly, the article reviews the rationales that suggest we should consult with children and young people and encourage their participation. Arguments are made, using examples, to support the view that policy and practice and research on children's participation are better framed as being fundamentally about child-adult relations. Secondly, the emerging field would benefit from becoming more sensitive to how place and space are implicated in identity formation.
Bibliography:Refereed article. Includes bibliographical references.
Discourse; v.28 n.3 p.405-420; September 2007
ISSN:0159-6306
1469-3739
DOI:10.1080/01596300701458970