1st Edition
Teaching Human Rights in Primary Schools Overcoming the Barriers to Effective Practice
By Alison E. C. Struthers
Copyright 2020
244 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
244 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
244 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Teaching Human Rights in Primary Schools delves into the important issue of Human Rights Education (HRE) implementation, exploring the nature and extent of HRE in education policy and practice in English primary schooling, and seeking to understand the reasons for deficiencies in practice in this area. HRE enables people not only to identify rights violations in their own lives, but also equips... Read more
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Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: The Importance and Challenges of HRE
2 Global HRE Obligations Relevant to Primary Education
3 From the Global to the Local: HRE in Primary Education Policy in England
4 Education About Human Rights: The Controversial Nature of Human Rights in the Classroom
5 Education Through Human Rights: Practice within Boundaries
6 Education For Human Rights: Inadequacies in Truly Effective Learner Empowerment
7 Conclusion: Overcoming the Barriers to Educating About, Through and For Human Rights in Primary Schools
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Alison E. C. Struthers is an Assistant Professor in the School of Law at the University of Warwick, UK.
