Human rights education : developing a theoretical understanding of teachers' responsibilities

Robinson, Carol and Quennerstedt, Ann and Phillips, Louise (2020) Human rights education : developing a theoretical understanding of teachers' responsibilities. Educational Review, 72 (2). pp. 220-241. ISSN 0013-1911 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2018.1495182)

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Abstract

The United Nations (UN) asserts that children and young people should have access to human rights education (HRE) and that schools are one of the key means through which HRE should be made available. However, there is currently limited knowledge about the presence and form of HRE in school contexts, and there is no established means through which HRE provision within schools is evaluated. This paper proposes a theoretical framework to support the classification of teachers’ responsibilities in relation to HRE and argues that systemic change is needed within education systems if HRE provision is to be realised in more extensive and consistent ways. The curriculum documents of three nations–Australia, England and Sweden–were analysed to determine teacher responsibilities for educating pupils about human rights. The viability of the developed framework was then tested through applying it to the outcomes of these analyses. The theoretical contribution made by the paper deepens knowledge and understandings about the nature of responsibilities placed on teachers to educate pupils about human rights, and provides a foundation from which to stimulate debate about what constitutes effective school-based HRE practices.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:85598
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    3 March 2020
    Published
    19 September 2018
    Published Online
    24 June 2018
    Accepted
    29 March 2018
    Submitted
    Notes:Publisher Copyright: © 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved. Carol Robinson, Louise Phillips & Ann Quennerstedt (2020) Human rights education: developing a theoretical understanding of teachers’ responsibilities, Educational Review, 72:2, 220-241, DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2018.1495182
    Subjects:Education
    Social Sciences
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Institute of Education > Education
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:25 May 2023 11:11
    Last modified:25 Apr 2024 01:33
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/85598
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