Educating teachers about human rights: building a rights based culture in Australian schools

Burridge, N; Chodkiewicz, A

Educating teachers about human rights: building a rights based culture in Australian schools

Burridge, N

Chodkiewicz, A

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2017, 45 (5), pp. 455 - 468
Issue Date:: 2017-10-20

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dc.contributor.author	Burridge, N https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8452-022X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chodkiewicz, A	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:08:46Z
dc.date.issued	2017-10-20	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2017, 45 (5), pp. 455 - 468	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1359-866X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/54436
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 Australian Teacher Education Association. A well-educated active citizenry is the primary aim of our education systems. An essential component of a well-educated citizenry in a civil society is its understanding of the value of human rights and what it means to live with dignity in a community, where rights and freedoms are protected. This paper uses evidence from international and national reports and programmes to argue that HRE should be an essential component of the curriculum in Australian schools. It draws on data from the first national cross-sectoral Australian study investigating the place of HRE in the school curriculum. There is a need for both pre-service and in-service teachers to have focused professional training, in order to better engage students to be critically aware of the importance of developing a human rights culture within a school; also, to adopt a transformative “whole school” approach linked to local, national, and global communities.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/1359866X.2016.1201044	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education	en_US
dc.title	Educating teachers about human rights: building a rights based culture in Australian schools	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1301 Education Systems	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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pubs.issue	5	en_US
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Abstract:

© 2016 Australian Teacher Education Association. A well-educated active citizenry is the primary aim of our education systems. An essential component of a well-educated citizenry in a civil society is its understanding of the value of human rights and what it means to live with dignity in a community, where rights and freedoms are protected. This paper uses evidence from international and national reports and programmes to argue that HRE should be an essential component of the curriculum in Australian schools. It draws on data from the first national cross-sectoral Australian study investigating the place of HRE in the school curriculum. There is a need for both pre-service and in-service teachers to have focused professional training, in order to better engage students to be critically aware of the importance of developing a human rights culture within a school; also, to adopt a transformative “whole school” approach linked to local, national, and global communities.

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