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Traditionally, Children Have Been Considered From A Primarily Developmental Perspective, In Need Of Education In Order To Achieve Autonomy, Growth, And Eventually Adulthood. Childhood Studies Have Recently Underlined An Alternate Way To Look At Children, Starting From The Consideration That Children Are Competent Social Actors And Can Actively Participate In Social Life. However, There Has Been Relatively Little Attention Paid To The Ways In Which Adults Can Actively Empower Children's Agency And Participation. This Book Aims To Highlight This Important Aspect, Explaining The Position Of Adults As Facilitators And Mediators In The Process Of Constructing Childhood. Cover -- Participation, Facilitation, And Mediation -- Copyright -- Contents -- List Of Figures -- List Of Tables -- Introduction -- 1. Participation As Mediation And Social Learning: Empowering Children As Actors In Social Contexts -- 2. Theorizing (adults' Facilitation Of) Children's Participation And Citizenship -- 3. Social Mediation And School Mediation: A Process Of Socialisation -- 4. Participation, Facilitation And Mediation In Educational Interactions -- 5. Participation And The Institutional Agenda In Child Counselling: Proffering As A Means Of Topic Management -- 6. Language Proficiency And Participation In Multi-party Interactions And Activities -- 7. Conflict And Mediation In International Groups Of Children -- 8. Children's Thoughts On Life Experiences: Growing Up And Political Socialisation In Contexts Of Education, Society And Resistance -- 9. Young Volunteers' Perspectives On Their Interactions With Adults In Position To Facilitate Their Participation -- 10. Participation, Learning And Intercultural Experience -- 11. Goals And Outcomes Of Experiential Learning In International Camps: Perceptions Of Participants -- 12. International Education And Global Citizenship -- Contributors -- Index.