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Exploring the Role of Domestic Law in Human Rights Education
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Watkins, Dawn – Human Rights Education Review, 2022
The research underpinning this article has taken place in the context of a research project that seeks to improve children's legal capability. Discussions concerning the place of children's rights in this project led the author to engage with the HRE literature, where they discovered an affinity between the aims of the project and so-called…
Descriptors: Laws, Civil Rights, Teaching Methods, Childrens Rights
"I Feel I Mean Something to Someone:" Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Support Groups for Bullied Schoolchildren
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Kvarme, Lisbeth Gravdal; Aabø, Liv Sandnes; Saeteren, Berit – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2013
The aim of this study was to investigate how bullied schoolchildren experience solution-focused brief therapy support groups, and to examine how members of the support group experience their participation in the group. An explorative qualitative design, with individual and focus group interviews, was used. The sample consisted of 19…
Descriptors: Bullying, Counseling Techniques, Group Therapy, Counseling Effectiveness
Sustaining Friendships, Relationships, and Rights at School
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MacArthur, Jude – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013
Research that highlights disabled students' perspectives often describes experiences of exclusion, isolation, loneliness, and bullying, and difficulties finding friends. Within this broader social context, students' rights are placed at risk. Using examples from New Zealand research, this paper explores the social experiences of disabled students…
Descriptors: Friendship, Interpersonal Relationship, Educational Environment, Social Experience
Gypsies, Roma and Travellers: The Ethnic Minorities Most Excluded from UK Education. HEPI Report 151
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Brassington, Laura – Higher Education Policy Institute, 2022
Gypsies, Roma and Travellers (GRT) are the lowest achieving ethnic groupings in the UK education system, with stark disparities in attainment apparent from early years education through to higher education. This new report looks at the reasons behind poor educational outcomes; considers the issues faced by GRT students in higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Migrants, Minority Group Students
Title: What about My Voice? Autistic Young Girls' Experiences of Mainstream School
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Goodall, Craig; MacKenzie, Alison – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2019
Recognition of inclusion in mainstream schools for all people with disabilities is enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). General Comment 4 on Article 24 (Right to inclusive education) of the CRPD provides a concept of inclusion and its core features which we discuss here. Article 7 of the same enjoins state…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Asperger Syndrome
Upholding the Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Quandary in Cyberspace
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Wilson, Joanne Elaine; McAloney, Kareena – Child Care in Practice, 2010
Put in place to protect the rights of the child, the Convention on the Rights of the Child is a set of non-negotiable standards. A core principle underpinning the Convention is the child's right to participate fully in social arenas and to access sources of social support without excessive interference. Juxtaposing this is the right of the child…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Internet, Child Safety, International Law