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“It’s so good just to be”: Understanding Children's Rights Through Pedagogic Practice in Hungary

a group photo of the research team during their latest meeting

Principal Investigators

Dr Natalie Canning  - The OU WELS/ECYS

Eleonora Teszenyi -  The OU WELS/ECYS

Dr Sándor Pálfi – Debrecen University, Hungary

This is a poly-vocal, multi-modal ethnographic case study carried out collaboratively with Debrecen University in Hungary. The ambition of the project is to contribute to and inform a universal approach to implementing the 2030 European Parliament aspiration to protect and promote children’s rights. It aligns with the UN goal of enabling sustainable development whilst operationalising UNCRC children’s rights in practice.


The main aim of the study is to examine how young children’s rights are understood and viewed by pedagogues and children. A participatory approach is employed which involves 56 pedagogues and just over 240 children in 23 kindergartens across the country in Hungary. Analysis of children’s data has resulted in seven themes, around which a puppet theatre performance is co-created to reach children, pedagogues and parents, to represent the rights important to children. Recommendations are made for both policy and practice. The impact evaluation phase in Hungary is in progress. The project is currently being extended to South Wales and upscaling the project in four European countries is also planned.

 

Introducing the Hungarian Children's Rights Project

Natalie Canning and Eleonora Teszenyi introduce a Children's Rights project that they have been collaborating on with Kindergartens in Hungary.

 

About the Hungarian Children's Rights Project

Natalie Canning and Eleonora Teszenyi describe the main study from the Children's Rights project that they have been collaborating on with Kindergartens in Hungary.

 

Next Steps for the Hungarian Children's Rights Project

Having completed the Children's Rights with Kindergartens in Hungary, Natalie Canning and Eleonora Teszenyi explain what the next steps are to disseminate their research.

 

The Children's Rights Project with Hungarian Kindergartens

Eleonora Teszenyi introduces the Children's Rights project that she's been running with Hungarian Kindergartens, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Debrecen.