[ecrea] New Book: Participation, Facilitation, Mediation

Participation, Facilitation and Mediation. Children and Young People in 
Their Social Contexts


Edited by Claudio Baraldi and Vittorio Iervese

(University of Modena and Reggio Emilia – I)

Series: Routledge Research in Education (www.routledge.com/education )

(Rob.Kistler /at/ taylorandfrancis.com)

ERJ60 – (orders /at/ taylorandfrancis.com)



Traditionally, children have been considered from a primarily 
developmental perspective, in need of education in order to achieve 
autonomy, growth, and eventually adulthood. Childhood studies have 
recently underlined an alternate way to look at children, starting from 
the consideration that children are competent social actors and can 
actively participate in social life. However, there has been relatively 
little attention paid to the ways in which adults can actively empower 
children’s agency and participation. This book aims to highlight this 
important aspect, explaining the position of adults as facilitators and 
mediators in the process of constructing childhood.



Selected Table of Contents

Introduction Claudio Baraldi and Vittorio Iervese

1. Participation as Mediation and Social Learning: Empowering Children 
as Actors in Social Contexts Barry Percy-Smith

2. Theorizing (Adults’ Facilitation of) Children’s Participation and 
Citizenship Hanne Warming

3. Social Mediation and School Mediation: A Process of Socialisation 
Jean-Pierre Bonafé-Schmitt

4. Participation, Facilitation and Mediation in Educational Interactions 
Claudio Baraldi

5. Participation and the Institutional Agenda in Child Counselling: 
Proffering as a Means of Topic Management Ian Hutchby

6. Language Proficiency and Participation in Multi-Party Interactions 
and Activities Zhu Hua and Jiang Yan

7. Conflict and Mediation in International Groups of Children Vitttorio 
Iervese

8. Children’s Thoughts on Life Experiences: Growing Up and Political 
Socialisation in Contexts of Education, Society and Resistance Heinz Sünker

9. Young Volunteers’ Perspectives on Their Interactions with Adults in 
Position to Facilitate Their Participation Maria-Carmen Pantea

10. Participation, Learning and Intercultural Experience Gilles Brougère

11. Goals and Outcomes of Experiential Learning in International Camps: 
Perceptions of Participants Jennifer Watson

12. International Education and Global Citizenship Caecilia Johanna van 
Peski



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VITTORIO IERVESE
Dipartimento di Scienze della Cultura e del Linguaggio
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
L.go S. Eufemia 41100 Modena
mailto: (vittorio.iervese /at/ unimore.it)
skypecontact: viervese
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