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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806863003321

Autore

Howe Robert Brian

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2005

ISBN

1-4426-9213-8

1-4426-8797-5

0-8020-9523-2

1-282-02365-9

1-4426-7438-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

323.3/520971

Soggetti

Children's rights

Children's rights - Study and teaching

Citizenship - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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