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šolsko polje, letnik xxxi, številka 3–4
resnice o podobi otroka. Članek razpravlja o obstoječih režimih resnice
in t. i. samoumevnih in popolnoma neprevpraševanih predpostavkah, ki
predstavljajo močno podlago za upravičenje in ohranjanje odraslosti z vi-
dika zatiralnih praks do otrok ter potencialov Konvencije o otrokovih
pravicah v procesu njihove dekonstrukcije. Participacija, interes in razvi-
jajoče se sposobnosti otrok so obravnavani kot način dekonstrukcije odra-
slosti in predpostavk na katerih le-ta temelji.
Ključne besede: Konvencija o otrokovih pravicah, participacija, interes
otrok, razvijajoče se sposobnosti
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND ADULTISM:
HOW TO DECONSTRUCT A MYTH?
The image of the child in the Convention on the Rights of the Child
(CRC) is represented by the 3-Ps formula (protection, provision and par-
ticipation). The first two Ps are not debatable from an adult point of view
since they are in tune with the prevailing image of the child as the im-
mature, incomplete and passive object of adults’ care and protection (as
future adults). Yet, the participation part of the formula is much more
controversial. Instead of the child as the object of rights, participation in-
troduces the image of a child as the subject of rights, a (pro)active and
competent partner in the process of (co)construing his/her own social re-
ality. While the protection and provision narratives focus on needs, par-
ticipation introduces the concept of competencies/evolving capacities
that enable children to be actively involved in all decisions that might af-
fect them, thus opposing the dominant “regimes of truth” with respect to
the child’s image. This article discusses the regimes of truth, i.e. assump-
tions that are taken for granted and totally un-questionable, which con-
stitute a powerful basis for justifying and maintaining the adultism – the
oppressive practices towards children as well as the potential of the CRC
in the process of deconstructing those oppressive practices. Participation,
the best interest of the child, and the concept of evolving capacities will
be discussed as a way to deconstruct the adultism and the assumptions on
which it rests.
Keywords: CRC, adultism, participation, the best interest of the child,
evolving capacities
Marjan Šimenc in Zdenko Kodelja
URESNIČEVANJE PRAVICE DO IZOBRAŽEVANJA V SLOVENIJI
Prispevek na kratko predstavi uresničevanje pravice do izobraževa-
nja v Republiki Sloveniji, kot izhaja iz Konvencije o otrokovih pravicah.
Uvodoma opozori na poseben status pravice do izobraževanja, ki ni samo
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resnice o podobi otroka. Članek razpravlja o obstoječih režimih resnice
in t. i. samoumevnih in popolnoma neprevpraševanih predpostavkah, ki
predstavljajo močno podlago za upravičenje in ohranjanje odraslosti z vi-
dika zatiralnih praks do otrok ter potencialov Konvencije o otrokovih
pravicah v procesu njihove dekonstrukcije. Participacija, interes in razvi-
jajoče se sposobnosti otrok so obravnavani kot način dekonstrukcije odra-
slosti in predpostavk na katerih le-ta temelji.
Ključne besede: Konvencija o otrokovih pravicah, participacija, interes
otrok, razvijajoče se sposobnosti
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND ADULTISM:
HOW TO DECONSTRUCT A MYTH?
The image of the child in the Convention on the Rights of the Child
(CRC) is represented by the 3-Ps formula (protection, provision and par-
ticipation). The first two Ps are not debatable from an adult point of view
since they are in tune with the prevailing image of the child as the im-
mature, incomplete and passive object of adults’ care and protection (as
future adults). Yet, the participation part of the formula is much more
controversial. Instead of the child as the object of rights, participation in-
troduces the image of a child as the subject of rights, a (pro)active and
competent partner in the process of (co)construing his/her own social re-
ality. While the protection and provision narratives focus on needs, par-
ticipation introduces the concept of competencies/evolving capacities
that enable children to be actively involved in all decisions that might af-
fect them, thus opposing the dominant “regimes of truth” with respect to
the child’s image. This article discusses the regimes of truth, i.e. assump-
tions that are taken for granted and totally un-questionable, which con-
stitute a powerful basis for justifying and maintaining the adultism – the
oppressive practices towards children as well as the potential of the CRC
in the process of deconstructing those oppressive practices. Participation,
the best interest of the child, and the concept of evolving capacities will
be discussed as a way to deconstruct the adultism and the assumptions on
which it rests.
Keywords: CRC, adultism, participation, the best interest of the child,
evolving capacities
Marjan Šimenc in Zdenko Kodelja
URESNIČEVANJE PRAVICE DO IZOBRAŽEVANJA V SLOVENIJI
Prispevek na kratko predstavi uresničevanje pravice do izobraževa-
nja v Republiki Sloveniji, kot izhaja iz Konvencije o otrokovih pravicah.
Uvodoma opozori na poseben status pravice do izobraževanja, ki ni samo
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