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Human rights within education: assessing the justifications.
- Source :
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Cambridge Journal of Education . Mar2012, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p67-81. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- While respect for human rights has long been endorsed as a goal of education, only recently has significant attention been paid to the need to incorporate rights within educational processes. Current support for human rights within education, however, has a variety of motivations. This paper provides a theoretical exploration of these diverse justifications, leading to a normative proposal. A distinction is made between status-based and instrumental approaches. Human rights within education can be justified from a status-based perspective on the basis of their indivisibility, meaning that the right to education must not entail an infringement of other rights. Yet while rights-respecting environments are important sites of learning, instrumental justifications can be a source of concern, if the goals in question are irrelevant or inimical to the enhancement of rights. An argument, therefore, is put forward for a simultaneous realisation of embodiment of and opportunity for learning about human rights. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0305764X
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Cambridge Journal of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 71860859
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2011.651204