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            Date: 14th and 15th of September 2023
            Place: Hybernská 4, 11000, Prague 1, Czech republic


            A critique of the adult-centred theory and research methods traditionally used in the expl
            children and adolescent‘s development and lives entered the discourse of social sciences i

            the theory of New Sociology of Childhood (James and Prout, 1997), arguing that children an
            are in traditional discourses considered by adults as incompetent in their skills before d
            fully respectable adults. In terms of research, children and youth are traditionally treat

            subjects who provide the data in adult-centred categories on children’s themes, resulting 
            about children that is directed, analysed, and produced by adults in adult-centred views. 
            discussion of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has ignited the discussion on t

            of children’s rights in children’s daily encounters with social institutions, such as fami
            and schools, social services, health services, law institutes etc. The child-centred persp
            acknowledge, address and empower children’s voice and active agency considering children a

            agents with their experiences and perspectives that are relevant to society. Yet, traditio
            and related social policies on children and childhood still present barriers to child-cent
            inclusion, and active participation of children in democratic institutions and societies. 

            development in social sciences is embedded in the new discipline of Childhood (Children’s)
            interdisciplinary approach to the child, children, and childhood. With a child-centred foc
            methods are friendly to children’s mode of communication, allowing active participation in

            thus more authentic exploration of children’s experiences and perspectives of the lived so
            question.