Empowering children : children's rights education as a pathway to citizenship

Empowering children : children's rights education as a pathway to citizenship /

"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 au...

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Main Author: Howe, Robert Brian
Other Authors: Covell, Katherine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Children's rights > Study and teaching.
Citizenship > Study and teaching.
Civics > Study and teaching.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Civics > Study and teaching
Children's rights > Study and teaching
Citizenship > Study and teaching
Kind
Menschenrecht
Staatsangehörigkeit
Rechten van het kind.
Burgerschap.
Onderwijs.
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Table of 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.

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