Beth Cross

TL;DR: In this paper, a research project on adult protection practice in Scotland is described, where the authors use a literature review together to gain a better understanding of how words are used as tools and conclude that those who make, carry out and research services should consider using a wider range of tools than just words to help people have a say in how work to help them.

TL;DR: The authors reported the findings from continued contact with participants of an ethnographic participatory research project and demonstrated that understanding the significance and meaning of children's perspectives is a process that unfolds over time, and requires, as Christensen and Prout advocate, continuing dialogues with children and with social science col...

TL;DR: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN, 1989) which applies to all children under the age of 18, established the overarching principles guiding pupil participation as discussed by the authors, and was adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESOCO).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine pupil councils as a means of developing pupils' citizenship participation and conclude that pupil councils are not an effective means of citizenship participation when complemented by other participation activity across spheres of school interaction, young people's understanding of and interest in participation can be greatly enhanced.