Young People's Rights in the Citizenship Education Classroom

• Main Author: Hanna, Helen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy
• Subjects: Schools.; Citizenship-Sociological aspects.; Educational sociology.; Peace.; Human rights.; Schools and Schooling.; Sociology of Citizenship.; Sociology of Education.; Conflict Studies.; Human Rights.

This book explores the rights held by young people in the citizenship education classroom in the divided societies of Northern Ireland and Israel. Against the backdrop of a long history of protracted conflict and division, the author analyses how international rights obligations are reflected in the...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Citizenship and citizenship education in Northern Ireland and Israel
• Chapter 3. Young people's rights to, in and through education
• Chapter 4. Representing the minority: Curriculum in divided societies
• Chapter 5. Dealing with difference: Pedagogy in divided societies
• Chapter 6. Looking to the (divided) future: Preparing young people for life in divided societies
• Chapter 7. Conclusion.