The Oxford Handbook of Child-Centered Approaches to Migrant Children [Hardcover]

The Oxford Handbook of Child-Centered Approaches to Migrant Childrenprovides a comprehensive overview of the key issues and debates shaping the child-centred approach to migrant children. It presents key concepts, approaches and methods as well as case studies, legal and policy issues. In this way, theHandbookprovides foundational knowledge that can be utilised in further research and practice with migrant children in different contexts.The Oxford Handbook of Child-Centered Approaches to Migrant Childrenaims to bring child-centered approaches as applied to researching child migration to the forefront of academic and policy debates on this topic. The chapters included in this volume cover the key debates in the field and provide important insights about recent developments in areas that inform use of the child-centered approach.The concept of the child-centered approach is widely recognized in the social sciences and humanities, including sociology, anthropology, education, psychology, social policy, and law. This approach, whether applied in research, policymaking, or practice, is based on children's agency and participation and focuses specifically on their experiences, perspectives, and voices. To this end, the child-centered approach privileges children when designing research questions, providing descriptions, making interpretations, and carrying out analyses.By pairing the child-centered approach with concepts such as agency, voice, well-being, participation, and intergenerational justice that are used in contexts relevant to migrant children, thisHandbookpresents the major theoretical premises, epistemological approaches, and models used in different social settings and spheres, including research, education, and the political realm. It also describes the experiences of researchers in applying child-centered methods and approaches to their work and highlights the importance of ethical considerations and continuous reflexivitl˜