Journal article
Young children's citizenship membership and participation: comparing discourses in early childhood curricula of Australia, New Zealand and the United States
Compare , Vol.50(4), pp.592-614
18/05/2020
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Abstract
Recognition of young children as citizens is relatively new in sociology, with translation emerging into education. Discourses of children and childhood shape ideas of young children as citizens and national discourses of citizenship frame what civic participation can be. The authors analysed national early childhood education curricula frameworks of Australia, New Zealand and the United States to understand how discourses authorise constructions of children as citizens and opportunities for young children’s civic participation. They sought to locate how children are positioned as citizens and what opportunities there are for young children’s citizenship participation in national early childhood curricula documents of Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Illustrative examples of children’s citizenship membership and participation from the three nations’ early childhood curricula were critically read to locate how prevalent discourses of children, childhood and citizenship in each nation define children as citizens and shape possibilities for citizenship participation for young children.
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- Title
- Young children's citizenship membership and participation: comparing discourses in early childhood curricula of Australia, New Zealand and the United States
- Creators
- Louise Gwenneth Phillips - School of Education, The University of QueenslandJenny Ritchie - School of Education, Victoria University of WellingtonJennifer Keys Adair - College of Education, The University of Texas at Austin
- Publication Details
- Compare , Vol.50(4), pp.592-614
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Grant note
- 201400172 / Spencer Foundation (10.13039/100001348)
- Identifiers
- 991012931700002368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article