The promotion and advancement of Rights Education in Early Childhood ought to be supported through the development of spaces that allow for interdisciplinary discourses among different stakeholders. The project #ChildRightsChat emerged from interactions between the authors to use a digital space to promote the advancement of an interdisciplinary and global discussion about children’s rights. A primary aim was to facilitate adult learning about the protection and promotion of children’s rights in practice. Chats in Twitter, through structured and moderated interactions, were designed to share knowledge and experiences around specific topics. The present paper presents the authors’ reflections, as moderators of #ChildRightsChat, through a critical realist analysis. The findings explore how social media can be understood as a learning environment in ‘third space’, with respect to the nature of interactions that occurred, the context as a learning space, and the voices heard in the chat. The implications of social media to include global perspectives for the advancement of rights-based practice in early childhood education and care are considered.

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使用社交媒体作为幼儿权利教育的第三空间的批判现实主义反思

应该通过开发允许不同利益相关者之间进行跨学科讨论的空间来支持促进和推进幼儿权利教育。#ChildRightsChat 项目源于作者之间的互动，旨在利用数字空间促进有关儿童权利的跨学科和全球讨论的进展。一个主要目的是促进成人在实践中了解保护和促进儿童权利的知识。Twitter 中的聊天通过结构化和有节制的互动，旨在分享围绕特定主题的知识和经验。本论文通过批判性现实主义分析呈现了作者作为#ChildRightsChat 主持人的反思。研究结果探讨了如何将社交媒体理解为“第三空间”中的学习环境，涉及互动的性质、作为学习空间的环境以及聊天中听到的声音。考虑了社交媒体在促进幼儿教育和保育中基于权利的实践方面的全球视角的影响。