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ERIC Number: EJ450815
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Teaching Human Rights in Nigerian Schools: A Multimedia Approach.
Wilson, Des
Social Education, v56 n4 p227-28 Apr-May 1992
Discusses the use of multimedia for teaching human rights in Nigerian schools. Describes the curriculum as almost completely monocultural. Argues that human rights education must be approached within traditional interests and based on what people already know. Urges the demystification of rights. Warns that human rights reflect a Eurocentric outlook and can be misused. (DK)
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Citizenship Education, Civil Liberties, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnocentrism, Foreign Countries, Multimedia Instruction, Secondary School Curriculum, Songs, Student Participation, Theater Arts, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Convention on the Rights of the Child; Nigeria; United Nations