Children’s Voice and Agency in Diverse Settings: International Research and Perspectives

This book outlines the key findings from the ADVOST project and other international projects that examine how educational practitioners have utilised theoretical notions of voice and agency to enhance the social inclusion and wellbeing of children within their settings.

Bringing together findings from three project case studies that are each placed in a different national context, chapters explore theoretical principles of space, audience and influence to facilitate and enhance the voices of very young children. Focusing on diversity as an opportunity rather than a challenge, the book provides collaboratively written and regionally diverse chapters that ultimately contribute to a growing field on literature examining how young people might be included in culturally sensitive and responsive ways within education, recognising the diversity that young people, their families and communities bring to educational processes to provide an inclusive education for all.

Offering multiple perspectives and insights into our growing understanding of children’s voice and agency in diverse settings, this book will be of relevance to scholars, researchers and academics in the fields of primary education, multicultural education, early years and educational research, and child development studies.

Mhairi C. Beaton is Professor of Social and Educational Inclusion, Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University, UK.

Anne Burke is Professor of Literacy Education and Digital Learning, Faculty of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Pigga Keskitalo is Professor in Education, University of Lapland, and Adjunct Professor in Education, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Tuija Turunen is Professor of Teacher Education, Faculty of Education, University of Lapland, Finland.