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CHILDREN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CREATION OF LIVING SPACE IN THE INSTITUTION OF EARLY AND PRESCHOOL EDUCATION

To which extent do children experience their rights in educational institutions, or do they exist mostly on a declarative level is a question that increasingly concerns the politics and practice of early and preschool education and education in the contemporary world. Thus, the very concept of child participation has become a topic of many discussions and is often highlighted in educational practice. On the other hand, many books emphasize the lack of child participation in research on children in educational institutions. Ethnographic records and reflexive practices help preschool teachers in discovering a child's perspective, which is crucial to understanding the child as a co-creator in the creation and design of a space-based material environment, thus ensuring the child's right to express and respect their attitudes. Therefore, the paper aims to raise awareness of the importance and the child's right to decide on all matters of importance to their life and create a space in which they live daily. The paper presents action research with elements of the ethnographic approach to increase the participation of children in creating a living space in an educational institution. That means increasing the right to make decisions about the issues related to them, in this case, about creating a living space in an educational institution. Four educational groups of two to four-year-olds and their four preschool teachers were involved in the research. Accordingly, the reflexive practice of the preschool teacher is followed in the course of the research itself to inspect the preschool teacher's image of the child.

action research, child participation, child perspective, child research, space creation, reflective practice, child image.

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