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Be able to value the voice of the child in introducing and implementing change

Watch this video based in South Australia about how they involve the child’s voice in their practice. This video ‘Children’s Voices – Part 1 – The Participation Process’ was produced by the Department for Education in South Australia.

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Reading Materials

'Listening to children’s perspectives: improving the quality of provision in early years settings’ from the Department for Education
'Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage: Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five’ from the Department for Education
'A summary of the UN Convention on the rights of the child’ from UNICEF

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Good Practice Example
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Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

This article from UNICEF is called ‘What is the UN Convention on Child Rights?’
The Changing Minds website page is about ‘Active listening'.
Click to read ‘Youth voices in physical education and sport’ by Macphail, A. (2011)
In this article from Early Education, the website of The British Association for Early Years Education is about using the Froebel Approach in settings.
Click to read ‘“Voice of Children”: Qualitative analysis of children’s interpreations regarding nutritional behaviour’ by Stefanova, E. Baska, T. Boberova, Z. Husarova, D. Veselka, Z. and Hudeckova, H. (2018)
This document from the Young Children’s Voices Network is called ‘Listening as a way of life’.

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