Children as citizens: not on campus
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Article Title | Children as citizens: not on campus |
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ERA Journal ID | 20369 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Phillips, Louise |
Journal Title | Australian Universities' Review |
Journal Citation | 53 (2), pp. 5-10 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISSN | 0818-8068 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.aur.org.au/ |
Abstract | Most Australian universities have a policy that stipulates responsibilities and protocol for situations when children are on campus. In recent times children have begun to be seen as agentic with rights to participation in society. Ideas of children as citizens, that is, as active members of the public sphere, have been theorised, discussed and investigated. University campuses have also been defined as sites of citizenship (e.g., Harkavy, 2006). This paper examines the positioning of children as citizens on university campuses through analysis of how children are defined in children on campus policies from three Australian universities. Poststructuralist readings make visible irony at play, and a case is argued for the reworking of children on campus policies to be built on language that position children as welcome participants of universities as democratic sites. |
Keywords | children's citizenship; democracy; campus policy; discourse analysis |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390201. Education policy |
440712. Social policy | |
440802. Citizenship | |
Public Notes | Copyright retained by author. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0v2v/children-as-citizens-not-on-campus
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