A Handbook of Children and Young People's Participation: Perspectives from Theory and Practiceby Percy-Smith, B. and Thomas, N.

Connecting young people with greenspaces: The case for participatory video

“…However, the school ended their participation in the Support Programme and so our research on PV also ceased. We believe, though, that the roll-out of PV across the school and the wider community would have the potential to build nature connectedness and collective community action in greenspace stewardship, as seen in other youth participation programmes with embedded multiplier effects (Shier, 2010).…”

“…Participatory video has the key ingredients to develop collective pro-environmental behaviours and actions necessary for a transition to a more sustainable society. However, to reach its full potential in instigating societal change, like any other effective participation, PV will need to be supported over longer time periods to ensure a multiplier effect (Shier, 2010).…”

“…However, within the context of nature engagement interventions, there are few documented and researched PV projects, with West (2011) being a rare exception. Young people's participation in environmental issues and social change is not limited to PV but can cover different modalities and governance levels, including arts projects, consultations and youth citizen assemblies (see Derr et al., 2018; Percy‐Smith & Thomas, 2010). However, it is argued that for youth participation to be effective it should influence or create change in political or social processes (Sotkasiira et al., 2010).…”

What Can We Do for the Advancement of Democracy in Preschool?

“…It will help children to better participate in social civic life in the future to have concrete experience of democratic participation [2]Crick pointed out that the education of children's democracy was related to the level of social democracy closely and the acquisition of democracy are beneficial to the democratic behavior of social participation behavior after children's adulthood [3]. School studies many countries have shown that early childhood participation in children, families, communities, schools, countries and democratic progress has a wide and positive impact on, both in developed and developing countries, in developing countries and in the early stage of democratic awareness [4][5]. People who receive specific democratic experience in childhood, are more likely to translate this experience into an adult rather than those who do not have such experience.…”

Children’s participation in early childhood education: A theoretical overview

“…Participation provides the basis for other rights and for citizenship, enhancing children's sociocognitive development and well-being, and benefiting the communities in which children live (Hart, 1992;Hart and Brando, 2018;Kirby et al, 2003). Despite its relevance, participation lacks its own theoretical framework and has been informed by distinct fields of knowledge, with different theories and models being used interrelatedly (Percy-Smith and Thomas, 2010). Child participation thus remains a subject of discussion and multiple interpretations, which is a deterrent to its implementation.…”