In this lesson we examine the literary contributions of FranÃ§ois-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire), a prominent writer and thinker of the French Enlightenment. Voltaire (born FranÃ§ois-Marie Arouet) was a writer in France in the 1700s. At this time in Europe, popular thought was undergoing drastic changes.
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, v27 n4 p391-399 Oct 2006. As experts on the nature and needs of young children, early childhood educators are in prime positions to advocate for the health and well-being of young children. Advocacy can take the form of personal, public, or private-sector endeavors. Personal advocacy is usually informal and involves educating others on an issue about early childhood education. Similarly, public advocacy involves educating policy makers, and private-sector advocacy is directed toward businesses.
1 Self-advocacy: taking action to represent and advance your own interests; 2  Peer advocacy: taking action to represent the rights and interests of someone other than yourself; 3  Systems advocacy: taking action to influence social, political, and economic systems to bring about change for groups of people; and.his Kit reviews Informal and Formal Advocacy Strategies. For the purposes of this Tool kit, Informal Advocacy Strategies are strategies that do not involve bringing in an outside decision maker. Formal Advocacy Strategies, on the other hand, typically involve an outside decision-maker.