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International Journal of Children’s Rights 18 (2010) 457–474 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI 10.1163/157181810X497297 T HE I NTERNATIONAL J OURNAL OF C HILDREN ’ S R IGHTS brill.nl/chil Children’s Participation in Educational Projects and Sustainable Design – Comparing the UK and Nicaraguan Contexts: An Interview with Harry Shier, 17th January 2009 Andrea Wheeler Schools of Education and Built Environment, University of Nottingham Born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1954, Harry Shier lived and worked in England for 25 years, initially on adventure playgrounds, then in training adults working with children out of school. In 1981 he founded Playtrain, an independent training agency specialising in children’s rights, play and creativity. In the 1990s he worked and wrote extensively on children’s rights and participation, most notably developing the “Article 31 Children’s Consultancy Scheme”, which enables young children to act as specialist consultants to the senior management of diverse cultural insti- tutions, helping them make facilities and programmes more child-friendly. Th is experience was crystallised in his 2001 paper Pathways to Participation, which has become one of the most important conceptual models of children’s participa- tion in decision-making, widely used in many parts of the world. In 2001 he moved
The International Journal of Children's Rights – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2010
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