The Problems with Using the Concept of "Citizenship" in Early Years Policy

Autor/inn/en	Millei, Zsuzsa; Imre, Robert
Titel	The Problems with Using the Concept of "Citizenship" in Early Years Policy
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 10 (2009) 3, S.280-290 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1463-9491
DOI	10.2304/ciec.2009.10.3.280
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Foreign Countries; Educational Practices; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Concept Formation; Children; Politics of Education; Social Theories; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Ausland; Bildungspraxis; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Educational policy; Gesellschaftstheorie; Australien
Abstract	Early years policy increasingly uses the concept of "citizenship" in relation to children in Australia and worldwide. This concept is used as a taken-for-granted idea; however, there is no singularly agreed-upon answer to the question of what "citizenship" means when used in relation to children, and what practical considerations it carries both for policymaking and for implementation. This article introduces theoretical ideas of "citizenship" from the field of political theory in order to begin a discussion on how we imagine and might imagine children as citizens in policy discourses. Some conceptualisations of children as citizens are also discussed and questioned as starting points to consider in regard to the use of the notion of children as citizens in policy and practice. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10