The Ontology and Social Construction of Childhood in the Caribbean

Burns, Sheron C.

doi:10.1057/9781137020055_3

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“…Access to such knowledge has been positioned as a necessity for children to gain a sense of control over their lives, empowering them to make informed decisions and reducing their anxiety by allowing them to distinguish between facts, rumours and misinformation. Such responses illuminate the contingent nature of children's subjectivities and the varied ways in which their being and becoming is a constant process of negotiation with both human and non-human entities and forces (Burns, 2013;Mayes, 2016;Spyrou, 2019).…”

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Growing sideways: Re‐articulating ontologies of childhood within/through relationships and sexuality education (RSE)

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This article presents a collaborative reflective‐thinking‐writing project that draws from the authors’ experiences of co‐productive and critical inquiry with children in the field of gender, sexualities and education. Integrating our collective concerns regarding how childhood can be negatively framed and policed within/through RSE, we explore how these ontological boundaries might be queered through a collective engagement with the possibilities for/of RSE that is affirmative, playful and co‐produced with, rather than for, children.

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Growing sideways: Re‐articulating ontologies of childhood within/through relationships and sexuality education (RSE)

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Every Learner Succeeds: Reconceptualising Quality in Early Childhood in the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States

Burns

2021

Reconceptualizing Quality in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development

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Actualizing children’s rights through early childhood care and education: A focus on the Caribbean

Kinkead-Clark

Burns

Abdul-Majied

2019

Journal of Early Childhood Research

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The vast majority of the islands in the Anglophone Caribbean ratified the Convention of the Rights of the Child shortly after its adoption by the United Nations in 1989. In this piece, we examine how the articulation of the Convention of the Rights of the Child in the Caribbean has shaped early childhood care and education. We note that though significant strides have been made, approximately 30 years after the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, many Anglo-Caribbean islands continue to struggle to fulsomely ensure children’s access to all their fundamental rights. This conceptual article presents a historical overview of the implementation of specific Articles of the Convention of the Rights of the Child in the Caribbean. How these Articles have shaped the policies and practices guiding early education across the region is also explored. We conclude that though much has been achieved, as a region, more progress is needed to ensure that all children have equal opportunities to fulfil their rights.

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The Ontology and Social Construction of Childhood in the Caribbean

Cited by 3 publications

References 2 publications

Growing sideways: Re‐articulating ontologies of childhood within/through relationships and sexuality education (RSE)

Growing sideways: Re‐articulating ontologies of childhood within/through relationships and sexuality education (RSE)

Every Learner Succeeds: Reconceptualising Quality in Early Childhood in the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States

Actualizing children’s rights through early childhood care and education: A focus on the Caribbean

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