Notes on Contributors \ Introduction Sue Cox, Caroline Dyer, Anna Robinson-Pant & Michele Schweisfurth \ Part 1: Can We Make Space for Children's Decision-making? Perspectives on Educational Policy \ 1. The Changing Context of Decision-making in English Primary education: Ages, Myths and Autonomy Colin Richards \ 2. 'Prefigurative' Approaches to Participatory Schooling: Experiences in Brazil Tristan McCowan \ 3. Grasping Rare Moments for Change: Children's Participation in Conflict Contexts Sheila Aikman \ 4. Long Time Coming: Children as Only Occasional Decision Makers in Schools Clive Harber \ Part II: Children's Decision-making: Its Impact on Life in Schools and the Community \ 5. Children's Clubs and Corporal Punishment: Reflections from Nepal Teeka Bhattarai \ 6. Participatory School Governance: Children in Decision-making in the Zambian Context Gina Mumba Chiwela \ 7. EveryChild: NGO Experiences with Children as Decision Makers in Peru, India and Moldova Liz Trippett with Jane Banez-Ockleford, Daniela Mamaliga, Payal Saksena and Lionel Vigil \ 8. Paving the Way for Pupil Voice? School Councils Campaign for Fair Trade in Liverpool Anne-Marie Smith \ 9. Student Voice in Portsmouth: A City-wide Approach Fiona Carnie \ Part III: Children as Decision Makers: What are We Trying to Achieve? The Ethical and Political Dimensions \ 10. Assessing the Benefits of Students' Participation Hiromi Yamashita, Lynn Davies and Chris Williams \ 11. Uprooting Fear of Cultural Diversity: Becoming Participative Together Juan Carlos Barrón-Pastor \ 12. Pedagogy and Cultural Diversity: Children's Participation for Overcoming Differences Rohit Dhankar \ Part IV: Facilitating Children's Participation in Research and Decision-making \ 13. Children as Researchers: Experiences in a Bexley Primary School Doug Springate and Karen Lindridge \ 14. Life in the Classroom: A Pupil Perspective Allan Fowler \ 15. Children as Researchers: A Question of Risk? Sue Cox and Anna Robinson-Pant \ 16. Children's Participation: Radio as a Medium in Ghana Esmeranda Manful \ 17. Children as Research Protagonists and Partners in Governance P. J. Lolichen \ Endpiece: What Can We Learn About Children as Decision Makers by Bringing Together Perspectives and Experiences from Different Cultures? Sue Cox, Caroline Dyer, Anna Robinson-Pant & Michele Schweisfurth \ References \ Index