Agency and participation in childhood and youth : international applications of the capability approach in schools and beyond /: international applications of the capability approach in schools and beyond. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Caroline Sarojini Hart, Mario Biggeri and Bernhard Babic.
• Other Names: Hart, Caroline Sarojini; Biggeri, Mario; Babic, Bernhard
• Contents: Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Education in schools; Schooling and society; The nature of childhood; The wider context; Aims and organization of the book; Note; References; Part 1 Agency and Participation in Childhood and Youth; 1 The Capability Approach and Educational Research; Introduction; The landscape of capabilities; Perceptions of childhood and youth; The role of education in society; Education and the capability approach. Applying a capability framework to educational researchThe informational focus; Developing children's capabilities for research; Ethics and research; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; 2 Education Policy for Agency and Participation; Introduction; Development visions and education policy: A capability approach perspective; Education and capabilities for agency and participation; Policy implications for education; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 3 The Capability Approach and Children's Rights; Introduction; The subject of rights and the social actor. Translations of children's rights into real freedomA systemic theory of action and methodology; Assessing child participation; Conclusion; Notes; References; 4 Agency, Participation and Youth Inequalities; Introduction; Equality of what and justice for whom?; Agency as an endless pathway of capabilities and functionings; Methodology; Results: The social conditions of youth; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; 5 Child Poverty from a Capability Perspective; Introduction; Income poverty of children; Direct measurement of poverty based on the CA; The CA and children; Concluding remarks. AcknowledgementsNotes; References; Part 2 Developing Agency and Capabilities in Schools and Beyond; 6 Pedagogies to Develop Children's Agency in Schools; Introduction: The agency-based paradigm; The concept of agency in deliberative democracy: The capability approach perspective; Philosophy for children as an opportunity for practical reasoning; The capability to think for themselves between dialogue and community; The inclusive dimension of philosophical inquiry; The value of P4C for the CA; P4C method that operationalizes children's thinking capabilities; Concluding remarks; Notes.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (297 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 379.2/6; Inclusive education / mainstreaming; Educational equalization; Youth -- Social conditions; Children -- Social conditions; EDUCATION -- Essays; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; EDUCATION -- Reference; Children -- Social conditions; Educational equalization; Youth -- Social conditions; Education -- General; Education -- Inclusive Education; Education; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472510006; 1472510003; 1472514874; 9781472514875; 1472514866; 9781472514868; 9781306723633; 1306723639
• Related ISBNs: 9781472514875
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.