Abstract

In light of recent political events in the United States, and with the urging to consider Noddings’ care ethics in early childhood education, this conceptual piece considers an often-overlooked question in political discourse: what are the rights of the child, and how might these be centered in discussions of pedagogy, curricula, and legislation? Through an examination of two influential documents, the United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of the Child in 1989 and the Parental Rights in Education Act passed in Florida in 2022, the authors analyze the positioning of children in relation to parents and teachers and discuss the affordances and limitations of this positioning. In sum, authors find an overarching theme of growth in the former and a prominent theme of control in the latter. Implications for early childhood education are included.

中文翻译：

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关爱伦理与儿童权利：幼儿教育面临的挑战

摘要

鉴于美国最近发生的政治事件，并呼吁在幼儿教育中考虑诺丁斯的护理伦理，这篇概念性文章考虑了政治话语中一个经常被忽视的问题：什么是儿童的权利，以及如何才能保护儿童的权利。这些是否集中在教育学、课程和立法的讨论上？通过对两份有影响力的文件——1989 年《联合国儿童权利宣言》和 2022 年佛罗里达州通过的《父母教育权法案》的审查，作者分析了儿童相对于父母和教师的定位，并讨论了这种定位的可供性和局限性。总之，作者发现前者的总体主题是增长，而后者的突出主题是控制。包括对幼儿教育的影响。