influence of the socio-cultural context on young children’s civic learning and action

Abstract

There is growing recognition and understanding about the active contributions older children can make within their civic space, but how children participate during their earliest years receives less attention. Young children’s community building in action provides a valuable and critically reflective perspective in this area, with a rich ethnographic study of the active role children, aged between 3 -5, play in shaping their worlds. The work is set within the contexts of an Aboriginal community in Australia and a Māori community in New Zealand.