Empowering children : children's rights education as a pathway to citizenship / R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Robert Brian, author.

Covell, Katherine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's rights.

Children's rights--Study and teaching.

Citizenship--Study and teaching.

Citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In Empowering Children, R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell assert that educating children about their basic rights is a necessary means not only of fulfilling a country's legal obligations, but also of advancing education about democratic principles and the practice of citizenship. The authors contend that children's rights education empowers children as persons and as rights-respecting citizens in democratic societies. Such education has a 'contagion effect' that brings about a general social knowledge on human rights and social responsibility." "Although there remain obstacles to the implementation of children's rights in many countries, Howe and Covell argue that reforming schools and enhancing teacher education are absolutely essential to the creation of a new culture of respect toward children as citizens. Their thorough and passionate work marks a significant advance in the field."--Jacket

Contents:

1. Denying children's rights

2. Fulfilling an obligation

3. Recognizing children as citizens

4. Educating for citizenship

5. Catching citizenship

6. Confronting the challenges

App. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-9213-8

1-4426-8797-5

0-8020-9523-2

1-282-02365-9

1-4426-7438-5

OCLC:

1024020696