School Children as Agents of Change: Routledge Research in Early Childhood Education

Introduction  Part 1: Reasons for Working on the Promotion of Thinking and Judgement Capacity in Primary School 1. Critical Thinking in Early Years of Education. From the Idea of School to the Shapes of Thinking  2. Creativity as a Pedagogical Premise of Critical Thinking and Judgement  3. Critical Judgement in Primary School: Roots, Shapes and New Pedagogical Perspectives  4. Teaching Constitutional Principles to Shape Democratically Aware Children  5. Reciprocal Maieutics and Conscientisation, Danilo Dolci’s Ecopedagogy  Part 2: Fields of Promotion of Thinking and Judgement Capacity in Primary School 6. Building Community: The Role of Third Cultural Spaces in Community Educational Agreements  7. Homo Digitalis? The New Challenges for the Development of Critical Thinking and Judgement Capacity  8. The Web as a New Space for Social Relationships. Risks and Opportunities  9. The paideia of Effort as a Drive for Critical Thinking  10. The Development of a Critical Perspective on Targets, Persecutors and Spectators of Bullying in Primary Schools: The Children’s Rights and Regulatory Framework  11. Teaching Game Concepts in Primary School  12. The Importance of Power Sharing and Child Voice: Trust Building for Sustainable Peace Education  13. Health Promoting Schools and the Teaching of Life Skills: A System for Well-Being  Part 3: Educational Practices 14. The Encouragement of Ethical Thinking and Caring in Children: The MelArete Project  15. The Mirto Educational Centre and Centre for Creative Development "Danilo Dolci": the Methodology of Reciprocal Maieutics  16. Intercultural Dialogue and Cooperation from Local to Global  17. Informed Health Choices Project: An International Validated Curriculum to Disseminate Critical Health Literacy to the Public, Starting from Primary School-Piloting Activities in Italian Primary Schools  18. The School as a Workshop for Citizenship: Focus on the Active Educational Practices of Scuola-Città Pestalozzi  19. The Educational Cooperation Movement, Democratic Dialogue and the Emancipatory Power of Speaking: The Formation of Critical Thinking at The Centre for Arts and Play-Mario Lodi  20. Educating Agents of Change: The International Network of Ashoka Changemaker Schools  Conclusion - The Promotion of Judging Capacity: Possible Project Lines

Emanuela Guarcello is Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Primary Teachers Education, Department of Philosophy and Sciences of Education, University of Turin, Italy.
Abele Longo is Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies, Department of Education, Middlesex University, UK.