Abstract This research concentrates on the experiences of children and young people operating in the local participation groups in Oulu. Research focuses on the motives and procedures of joining in the groups and the essential activities and objectives of the groups. Co-operation between children, young people and adults is also discussed. The research perspective is pedagogical: what kind of a forum for democratic education do participation groups offer to children and young people? The research is a multi-method case study based on data from surveys, interviews and observation. The data is analyzed with the SPSS statistical analysis program and thematic content analysis. Childhood studies offer a theoretical starting point by recognizin...
Aims. This research is based on the sociocultural background, which sees learning as an interactive ...
Aims This study aims to give upper secondary school students a possibility to participate in curren...
Young people’s political participation has been a cause of concern for a long time. In this politica...
Children's societal participation occasionally occurs as an important topic in public debate. There ...
The concept of participation has gained attention in the discussion involving children and young peo...
To advance children's participation is actively pursued and it is seen as a leading concept in docum...
Aims. The aim of this qualitative study was to find out about principals' and teachers' views of c...
Aim and background. This research aims to give a voice for children in the field that studies childr...
Recent international comparative studies have shown that the participation of the Finnish school chi...
Osallisuuden käsitteen ymmärtäminen ja sen linkittyminen yhdenvertaisuuteen korostuu kasvatuksen ja ...
The UN Convention on the Rights of a Child (1989) brought the issue of children’s participation to t...
The function of this study is to find out what kind of discourses of participation can be found in a...
Children and young people as environmental citizens the environmental education perspective to par...
Objectives: In my thesis, I studied the fourth, the fifth and the sixth graders views about the conc...
Dialogue on children's wellbeing has significantly increased over the past few years. The research f...
Aims. This research is based on the sociocultural background, which sees learning as an interactive ...
Aims This study aims to give upper secondary school students a possibility to participate in curren...
Young people’s political participation has been a cause of concern for a long time. In this politica...
Children's societal participation occasionally occurs as an important topic in public debate. There ...
The concept of participation has gained attention in the discussion involving children and young peo...
To advance children's participation is actively pursued and it is seen as a leading concept in docum...
Aims. The aim of this qualitative study was to find out about principals' and teachers' views of c...
Aim and background. This research aims to give a voice for children in the field that studies childr...
Recent international comparative studies have shown that the participation of the Finnish school chi...
Osallisuuden käsitteen ymmärtäminen ja sen linkittyminen yhdenvertaisuuteen korostuu kasvatuksen ja ...
The UN Convention on the Rights of a Child (1989) brought the issue of children’s participation to t...
The function of this study is to find out what kind of discourses of participation can be found in a...
Children and young people as environmental citizens the environmental education perspective to par...
Objectives: In my thesis, I studied the fourth, the fifth and the sixth graders views about the conc...
Dialogue on children's wellbeing has significantly increased over the past few years. The research f...
Aims. This research is based on the sociocultural background, which sees learning as an interactive ...
Aims This study aims to give upper secondary school students a possibility to participate in curren...
Young people’s political participation has been a cause of concern for a long time. In this politica...