School Children as Agents of Change: Raising up Critical Thinking and Judgement in the Early Years

This edited volume promotes critical thinking and judgment in primary school-aged children, focusing on educational-didactic practices and themes affecting schools in the global north and south. It is relevant to researchers, scholars, and practitioners in philosophy of education, moral education, and child development.

Format: Hardback
Length: 236 pages
Publication date: 01 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This edited volume aims to enhance the critical thinking and judgment skills of primary school-aged children in the face of the various challenges that schools encounter in today's society. It emphasizes the importance of nurturing these capacities as fundamental for children's development. Each chapter provides a platform for reflection on the formation of critical thinking and judgment abilities in primary school. While presenting a robust conceptual and foundational framework, the chapters focus on educational-didactic practices that are considered most authoritative due to their significant impact on and innovative qualities within the educational landscape.

The book addresses a range of themes that are relevant to schools in both the global north and south, including social relationships, children's voices, life skills, digital education, well-being and health, social plurality, inequalities and discrimination, ecology, global economy, and the decolonization of education from various international perspectives. By incorporating real-world experiences within the education system, this book is of interest to researchers, scholars, and post-graduates in the fields of philosophy of education, moral education, and child development. It also holds value for pre- and in-service primary education practitioners.

Weight: 620g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032447216