Improving the Quality of Childhood in Europe 2012 (Volume 3)
This publication consists of talks given by a range of experts to the Working Group on the Quality of Childhood (QoC) at the European Parliament during 2010/2011.
Contributors include; Christopher Clouder, Sally Goddard Blythe, Lea Pulkkinen, David Brierley, Dr Aric Sigman, Margaret M Clark OBE, Ilona Kickbusch, Peter van den Hazel, Anne Stauffer, Ezio Perillo and Michiel Matthes.
Editors: C. Clouder, B. Heys, M. Matthes, & P. Sullivan
Publisher: ECSWE (European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education), East Sussex, UK.
(In collaboration with the Alliance for Childhood European Network Group)
Please see below for downloadable pdf's of the full text:
Introductory Chapter: Being Creative in Troubled Times
By Christopher Clouder,
CEO, European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education and Director, Botin
Platform for Innovation in Education
QoC Book 2012 Introductory -Chapter
Chapter 1: The Right to Move: Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for
Learning – Why physical development in the early years supports
educational success
By Sally Goddard Blythe MSc, FRSA, Director, The Institute for Neurophysiological Psychology (INPP), Chester, UK
Chapter 2: The Integrated School Day – improving the educational offering of schools in Finland
By Lea Pulkkinen, Professor Emerita of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Chapter 3: Educating The Art of Life: Resilience and Creativity in Contemporary Education
By David L. Brierley, Associate Professor, Rudolf Steiner University College, Oslo, Norway
Chapter 4: The Impact of Screen Media on Children: a Eurovision for Parliament
By Dr AricSigman, Fellow
of the Society of Biology, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological
Society, Health Education Lecturer
Chapter 5: Literacies in and for a Changing World: What is the evidence?
By Professor Margaret M Clark OBE, Visiting Professor Newman University College, Birmingham UK
Chapter 6: Learning for Well-being: a policy priority for children and youth in Europe – A movement for change
Authors: IlonaKickbusch,
Director of the Global Health Programme at the Graduate Institute of
International and Development Studies, Geneva with the collaboration of
Jean Gordon, Daniel Kropf and Linda O'Toole
Chapter 7: Children and Environmental Health
By Peter van den Hazel,
M.D., M.P.H, Co-Founder of the International Network on Children's
Health, Environment and Safety (INCHES) and Anne Stauffer from the
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)
Chapter 8: The Lisbon Treaty and the Rights of the Child
By EzioPerillo, Director for Legislative Affairs, Legal Service of the European Parliament
Concluding chapter: Improving the Quality of Childhood: A learning process on the level of society
By Michiel Matthes,
Secretary-General of the Alliance for Childhood European Network and
Secretary of the Working Group on the Quality of Childhood at the
European Parliament
QoC Book 2012 Concluding-Chapter
Members of the Alliance for Childhood European Network Group
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