Children, Education and Reconciliation / Alan Alan Smith.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Smith, Alan Alan, author.

Series:

Innocenti working papers 2520-6796 ; no.2010/10.

Innocenti Working Papers, 2520-6796 ; no.2010/10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children and Youth.

Local Subjects:

Children and Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This paper examines truth and reconciliation commissions that have made reference to a longer-term role for education in coming to terms with the past and contributing towards future reconciliation. The countries reviewed are Guatemala, Liberia, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Timor-Leste. Some have developed strategies for children‟s participation and made recommendations for inclusion in the formal school curriculum. However, recommendations regarding a role for education have usually been very general in nature, with little specification of what is expected of educators in practical terms and little follow-through by education authorities. The paper therefore identifies a number of challenges if education is to have a role in truth and reconciliation. It also identifies potential areas for educational development and recommendations for future actions.

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