Examining early childhood education through the lens of education for sustainability: Revisioning rights

摘要: This chapter calls for rethinking about the rights base of early childhood education. The United Nations Convention on Rights Child (UNCRC) (UNICEF1989) has been seen as an important foundation internationally education practise. In this paper, I argue that whilst UNCRC (1989) still serves its aspirational purpose, it is inadequate vehicle enacting in twenty-first century given pressing challenges sustainability. emerged from individual perspective, and despite attempts to broaden agenda towards greater child participation engagement, these approaches offer response global sustainability concerns. chapter, propose a five dimensional approach acknowledges fundamental children espoused call agentic advocated more recently by academics practitioners. Additionally, however, discussion collective rights, intergenerational bio/ecocentic are forwarded, offering expanded way think with implications how practised researched.