Putting Children at the Centre: Making Policy as if Children Mattered

Autor/in	St. John, Susan
Titel	Putting Children at the Centre: Making Policy as if Children Mattered
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 46 (2014) 9, S.1004-1017 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2014.931005
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Children; Poverty; Public Policy; Educational Policy; Parent Participation; Leaves of Absence; Early Childhood Education; Tax Credits; Childrens Rights; Social Attitudes; Attitude Change; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Armut; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Elternmitwirkung; Lehrerbeurlaubung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Steuerermäßigung; 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Neuseeland
Abstract	What do we mean when we say we want to put children at the centre of policy? What are the moral justifications for this approach? Has it become harder for us to understand this concept, when in practice paid work has been at the centre? In part confusion arises because the unpaid work of caring for children is invisible until it is marketized. In turn, the underlying problem is that we have forgotten our traditions of egalitarianism and adopted a powerful mindset that is proving to be paralyzing. Exploring New Zealand family policies such as paid parental leave (PPL), early childhood education, child tax credits (CTC) suggests that there is much room for improvement if the needs of children are to come first. But first and foremost we must have a very different, child-centric, colour-blind, non-judgmental change of heart. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10