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The underdeveloped transformative potential of human rights education : English primary education as a case study
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Struthers, Alison E. C. (2017) The underdeveloped transformative potential of human rights education : English primary education as a case study. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 9 (1). pp. 68-84. doi:10.1093/jhuman/huw023
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huw023
Abstract
In order for learners to become empowered human rights activists, they must be equipped with relevant knowledge, skills and attitudes. Learner empowerment therefore forms a central element of international Human Rights Education provisions. This article draws upon empirical research to gauge the nature and extent of empowerment in English primary schools, and seeks to better understand the reasons for any deficiencies in its practice. It argues that whilst empowerment-related concepts may be encouraged to a certain extent, learners are unlikely to be emerging from formal schooling with the means to contribute significantly to transformation of the broader human rights culture. Two important barriers are identified: (i) teacher attitudes towards empowerment; and (ii) current government curriculum policy. The article argues on the first of these points that teachers are only likely to become comfortable and confident about such teaching if they are equipped with human rights knowledge, skills and experience in their own training. And on the second, that there needs to be a shift in government policy towards greater learner engagement with empowerment-related skills and relevant community engagement if the current trend towards didactic rote learning is to be reversed.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Education, Primary -- England, Human rights | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Human Rights Practice | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1757-9619 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | February 2017 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 9 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 68-84 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/jhuman/huw023 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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