Benefits of participation in student local governments for children and youth

Autor	Aneta Gregorová
Organisation	Masarykova univerzita, Fakulta sociálních studií, Katedra sociální politiky a sociální práce
Year	2016
Research type	bachelor thesis
Annotation	The topic of the thesis is cooperation of children and youth in public life of democratic society specifically it is focused on contribution of their participation in student selfgovernments and student parliament for members of those organizations. The first part is focused on theoretical background and the definition of participation. It also describes the hierarchy of student parliaments in Czech Republic and introduces the idea of National parliament of children and youth to the reader. The thesis also partially pays attention to history of these parliaments and it is based on books written by professionals from this field led by a great teacher and co-founder of European Association of Institutions of Non-formal Education of Children and Youth, Břetislav Hofbauer. 44 The second part, with help of series of qualitative interviews with current and past members of parliament representatives, their parents and teachers, identifies all the different forms of contribution and benefits that come with participation of children, and which can be also seen as motivation for potential future members of parliaments. The aim of the thesis is introduction of youth participation and making the background for propagation of the parliaments.
Keywords	children's parliaments, Participation of children and youth, student governments, public policy
Research type	qualitative
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Obor	AM Pedagogy, education
Email	kotolova@fss.muni.cz
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Organisation	Masarykova univerzita, Fakulta sociálních studií, Katedra sociální politiky a sociální práce
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