Miseducating Children about Their Rights
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| Title: | Miseducating Children about Their Rights |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Howe, R. Brian, Covell, Katherine |
| Source: | Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. Jul 2010 5(2):91-102. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 12 |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Childrens Rights, Foreign Countries, Student Responsibility, Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Rights, Program Effectiveness |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom (England) |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1746197910370724 |
| ISSN: | 1746-1979 |
| Abstract: | This article concerns educating children in schools about their basic rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The question we address is the teaching of responsibilities.We point out that although there is no mention of children's responsibilities in the Convention, responsibilities are inherent in the concept of rights. Therefore, children's rights education requires that children learn responsibilities that go together with rights. But we also point out that although there is a conceptual linkage between rights and responsibilities, effective education requires that the central focus is on rights and that children are given the opportunity to discover for themselves the connection between rights and responsibilities. That teachers unduly focus on responsibilities is miseducation about children's rights. Our latter discussion is based on our observations of a children's rights education program in Hampshire, England. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 41 |
| Entry Date: | 2010 |
| Accession Number: | EJ893909 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This article concerns educating children in schools about their basic rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The question we address is the teaching of responsibilities.We point out that although there is no mention of children's responsibilities in the Convention, responsibilities are inherent in the concept of rights. Therefore, children's rights education requires that children learn responsibilities that go together with rights. But we also point out that although there is a conceptual linkage between rights and responsibilities, effective education requires that the central focus is on rights and that children are given the opportunity to discover for themselves the connection between rights and responsibilities. That teachers unduly focus on responsibilities is miseducation about children's rights. Our latter discussion is based on our observations of a children's rights education program in Hampshire, England. |
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| ISSN: | 1746-1979 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1746197910370724 |
