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Children's Rights Education in Diverse Classrooms
Pedagogy, Principles and Practice
Children's Rights Education in Diverse Classrooms
Pedagogy, Principles and Practice
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Description
With PISA tables, accountability, and performance management pulling educators in one direction, and the understanding that education is a social process embedded in cultural contexts, tailored to meet the needs and challenges of individuals and communities in another, it is easy to end up in seeing teachers as positioned as opponents to the 'system'. Jerome and Starkey argue that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC, 1989) can provide a pragmatic starting point for educators to challenge some of these unsettling trends in a way which does not set up unnecessary opposition with policy-makers.
They review the evidence from international evaluations, surveys and case studies about practice in human rights and child right education before exploring the key principles of transformative and experiential education to offer a robust theoretical framework that can guide the development of child rights education. They also draw out practical implications and outline a series of teaching and learning approaches that are values informed, aligned with children's rights and focused on quality learning.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Part 1: Definitions and Developments
1. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and some Implications for Education
2. Defining Children's Rights Education
3. Implementing Children's Rights Education
Part 2: Ideology and Interpretations
4. Children's Rights Education, Ideology and the Teacher as Change Agent
5. Transformational Education and Pedagogy as Politics
6. Experiential Education through Democracy and Cooperation
Part 3: Pedagogy and Practice
7. The Rights Respecting Classroom
8. Developing a Children's Rights Culture in the School
9. Children as Citizens
10. Conclusion: Towards a Pedagogy for Children's Rights Education
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 08 Apr 2021 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 312 |
| ISBN | 9781350062832 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 4 bw illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
About the contributors
Reviews
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Jerome and Starkey provide the most comprehensive academic work to date articulating the relationships between children's rights, human rights, and educational efforts that seek to advance both. By centering and interrogating the role of teachers in increasingly neoliberal educational systems, the authors offer useful directions for how teacher and student agency can make children's rights education come alive in both classrooms and communities. A timely and necessary book.
Monisha Bajaj, Professor of International and Multicultural Education, University of San Francisco, USA
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This book provides informative and thought-provoking insights into the principles which underpin Children's Rights Education. It supports teachers and educators to establish a rights-respecting culture within classrooms, schools and the wider community through developing a pedagogical approach to Child Right's Education that is relevant to their own specific communities and contexts.
Carol Robinson, Professor of Children's Rights, Edge Hill University, UK
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A remarkable contribution to the scholarship on human rights education. It's original approach and comprehensive coverage make it an essential resource for anyone involved in children's education. The authors have created a masterpiece filled with inspiring ideas and illustrations of how educators can infuse children's rights education into their teaching practices.
Paula Gerber, Professor of Law, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia
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