Children in Our Charge: The Child's Right to Resources

Edited by Mary John

Number 2 in the Children in Charge series

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1996, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp
ISBN: 978-1-85302-369-9, BIC 2: JKSB1

In whose Best Interests? Mary John. PART ONE: Providing a Conceptual Framework. 1. Children's Welfare Rights: a philosopher's view, Colin Wringe, University of Keele. 2. Children's Rights: a lawyer's view, Jeremy Roche, Open University. PART TWO: Providing for Children's Rights in a Changing World. 3. World Changes and Social Policies in Uruguay, Juan Miguel Petit, Centre de Innovacion Y Desarrlollo, Montevideo. 4. Rights of Children in Post-Totalitarian Countries: Czechoslovakia, Jana Ondrackova, Czch Helsinki Committee and Czech Society for Children's Rights, Prague. 5. The Role of the Child Welfare Society of Kenya in Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Munene Kahiro, Child Welfare Society of Kenya, Nairobi. 6. Implementation of the Rights of the Child in the UK, Gerison Lansdown, Children's Rights Development Unit, London . PART THREE: Providing an Education. 7. Equality Assurance, Children's Rights and Education: a UK perspective, Andrew Hannan, University of Plymouth. 8. Creating an Adaptable Science Curriculum for Children in Rural Africa, Alan Peacock, University of Exeter, Exeter. 9. Human Rights Education in the European Context, Cathy Holden, University of Exeter. 10. Realising the Educational Rights of Institutionalised Romanian Children, Margaret Ralph, The Inspectorate, London Borough of Bromley. PART FOUR: Providing for Consultation. 11. The Voice of Children in Health Education: use of the Just a Tick method to consult children over curriculum content, David Regis, University of Exeter. 12. Consulting Children about Play, Viv Hogan, Children Today, Exeter. PART FIVE: Providing for Children's Rights in New Technological Advances. 13. New Reproductive Technologies: children's rights under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 in the UK, Bob Snowden, University of Exeter. 14. Using Computer Mediated Communications to Enhance Teaching and Learning, Niki Davis, University of Exeter. PART SIX: Providing Support for Children. 15. Researching Children's Rights Officers, Rosemary Rae, University of Huddersfield. 16. Divorce, Mediation and the Rights of the Child, Monica Cockett, Postgraduate Medical School, Exeter. PART SEVEN: Providing for the Future. 17. Transforming Power Relationships, Rhys Griffith, Cornwall.

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