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1. What is the nature of children’s participation in their diverse social ecologies from a rights-based perspective?
     1. Check your understanding
     2. Extend your understanding
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3. What is the teacher’s role in supporting children to express their rights as learners?
     1. Check your understanding
     2. Extend your understanding
     3. Apply your understanding
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2. Extend your understanding

Locate and read the following article:

Krechevsky, M., B. Mardell, T. Filippini, and M. Tedeschi (2016), ‘Children are Citizens: The Everyday and the Razzle-Dazzle’,Innovations in Early Education. Available online: http://www.pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/krechevsky%20mardell%20filippini%20tedeschi-Innov.23.4web.pdf (accessed 23 January 2018).

You might read about one or both of the projects described in the article. Reflect on the notion of the child as a citizen. Cite some specific examples that illustrate how the project’s work embodies this image of the child as capable, competent, and agentic?