1. Project Based Learning
Child Participation

3. 4 basic principles in CRC
Art 2
Right to non-discrimination
Art 3
Best interest of the child
Art 6
Right to life and development
Art 12
Right to be heard and express its views

4. 4 basic principles in CRC
Art 2
Right to non-discrimination
Art 3
Best interest of the child
Art 6
Right to life and development
Art 12
Right to be heard and express its views
participation
protection
provision

5. UN Child Rights Convention (CRC)
CRC could be described with 3P:s
P for Provision (food, health care, education, social security)
P for Protection (maltreatment, neglect, all forms of exploitation)
P for Participation (right to act, be involved in decision making)

6. What is Participation?
“Participation is a human capacity that will shape and make our environments in ways that satisfy our needs and give meaning to our lives.”

7. What are the benefits of Participation?
If you allow participation in class you will end up with new, serious, and relevant solutions to complex problems.
Participation to Improve Life for Children occurs when you let children address serious problems by applying democratic processes in class.

8. Think of the relation between:
Teacher Pupil
Learners Learners

9. The Right Based Approach – teacher vs student
The teacher is changing her/his relation to the student
from this:
to this:
Teacher 1
Student 0
Facilitator Learner 1 9

10. What are the challenges of Participation?
How to deal with:
Code of conduct
Discipline rules
Physical punishment
Positive discipline

11. Teachers have to participate!
•Teachers have to understand the problems that children are facing in class. They can’t look upon the problems as if they don’t matter to them.
•Teachers have to change their behavior and act as if they are responsible. Because they are..

12. How can teachers promote curiosity?

13. Children need to know that their questions, comments and observations are welcome in the classroom. Therefore compliment your children:
-Wow, great question!
-That’s an amazing observation. Would you say it again for the whole class?
-I’m glad you asked that question.
-That’s a tough question, I will write it down.
-Unbelievable, I will tell your mother, I must tell her.

14. How can we promote polyphony in class?

15. •Let children talk in pairs and then in groups of four before they talk in front of the whole class.
•Call on children whether or not they have raised their hands.
•Have children put their hands down when another child is speaking.
•Give each child as much time as possible.
•Celebrate breakthroughs. Private or in class.

16. Open-ended questions?
To convince children that school is a place for them, you need to get rid of right and wrong thinking and right or wrong answers.
What is an open-ended question, choose a subject and create an open-ended question.

17. Give two examples (good or bad) from your classrooms
on :
participation in decision-making or
pupil participation.
Make a short role-play .

18. The Ladder of Participation:
8-Child initiated, shared
decisions with adults
7-Child-initiated and directed
6-Adult initiated, shared decisions with children
Participation
5-Consulted and informed
4-Assigned but informed
3-Tokenism
Non - Participation
2-Decoration
1-Manipulation

19. Give examples from your schools relating to one or two steps of the ladder.

20. In your group develop one or two activities that match one of the Participation Ladder steps (refer to steps from 4 to 8)
You have 15 minutes to develop the activity and 5 minutes to present it .