Well, that’s fair enough, isn’t it? A reflection.
When I became a participant in this research I had a good theoretical knowledge of ESD after completing a thesis in the subject. However,...
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Initially part of a Research Masters degree, this project has now been extended to a PhD to further explore possibilities of developing a child rights based education for sustainable development/climate action approach. It comes in 2 iterations.
Iteration 1 entitled 'Can we see our voices'? took place over 9 months in 2019. This involved a child rights based research approach that explored with young children in a ECEC setting in Ireland their own perspectives of Nature and subsequent contributions for developing a child rights based education for sustainable development/climate action.
Iteration 2 entitled 'How can we see your voices?' is a participatory action research study based on the methodology of Iteration 1, that explores with ECEC practitioners their lived experiences and perspectives of their supporting role of duty bearer under Article 29 1 (e).
The intention of this website is to provide a space that includes resources and ideas that can be shared with the wider ECEC community as we together advocate for childrens' rights to learn in, through, about and for Nature.
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Mena mena meh
Over the last few months we have been exploring the concept of 'authentic learner participation (Education Scotland, 2018). From working...
Food waste
A super website https://stopfoodwaste.ie/ to support our understanding of food waste, what goes into our brown/banana bin, what goes in...
Waste management resource
The my waste website https://www.mywaste.ie/ provides updated information on how best to manage waste. There are also great videos to...
Bin inspectors !
This week saw a huge collaborative project unravel with both CRAG members and research participants producing their own waste management...
I liked everything
The Christmas holidays gave the adult researcher an opportunity to gather all of the children's ideas and experiences from the research...
The Tree Council
Another great Irish resource for tree related projects. Full of information on tree care, native trees and initiatives for schools,...
Willow the stick
Our last session before the Christmas holidays was a group effort inspired by our bird feeder designers. We were kindly donated 20 Willow...
What's in a name ?
Friday's session was with the research participants and emerged from an ongoing interest of animals living in the preschool garden....
We're going on a worm hunt....
Last week's session was driven by a number of ideas from both the CRAG members and the young research participants. Both groups have...
Let's make a book
This week's workshop was with the CRAG members and we used the space to hear one another' s ideas about insects and animals and to also...
Heritage in schools
An abundance of resources, informative and interactive to support learning in, through, about and for Nature. The visual material and the...
Green Manure
The seeds that the we planted last week were an organic mixture of hungarian vetch, crimson clover and ryegrass. Green manure is a cover...
Team work
Our second data collection session involved both research groups, the CRAG members and the research participants and stemmed from last...
Story time .
This week we started our data collection with our research participants. The children met Hazel the hedgehog and we had the wonderful...
Biodiversity in Ireland
This website has tons of visual guides, project ideas to explore the abundance of Nature on our very doorstep....
D.I.Y - Do it Yourselves
There are many wonderful resources available online that can support lots of fun learning in, through, about and for Nature. The...
It's not Superman, it's Nature woman
Yesterday's workshop was spent in the garden exploring some ideas that young children might like to do in Nature. We had a chance to...
Who brings a picnic blanket, a basket and NO food !!!
Oh dear, not a great first impression from the adult researcher but nevertheless, Workshop 1 - The Icebreaker turned out to be a great...
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Welcome to the research blog for Article 29 1 (e) & me, set up to keep you updated with how our project will evolve. Tomorrow will be our...
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Muireann Ranta
South East Technological University, Kilkenny Road Campus, Kilkenny Road, Carlow, R93 V960, Ireland
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