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ERIC Number: EJ1258252
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-2535-5406
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Human Rights Education's Curriculum Problem
Parker, Walter C.
Human Rights Education Review, v1 n1 p4-24 2018
Employing a theoretical perspective from the critical sociology of education, this article identifies a curriculum problem in human rights education (HRE) in schools and suggests strategies to solve it. The main problem is HRE's lack of an "episteme"--a disciplinary structure created in specialist communities--and, related to this, the flight of scholars from the field of curriculum practice, redefining it away from subject matter. A more robust HRE in schools will require not only advocacy but a curriculum, one that teachers can adapt to local needs, constraints, and students. Knowledge matters. If knowledge work of this sort is missing from HRE then it is difficult to claim that HRE has a social justice mission.
University of South-Eastern Norway. Postboks 235, 3603 Kongsberg, Norway. Tel: +47-310-08000; e-mail: postmottak@usn.no; Web site: http://www.usn.no
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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