Language Use in the Teaching of Human Rights

Autor/in	Quennerstedt, Ann
Titel	Language Use in the Teaching of Human Rights
Quelle	In: Cogent Education, 6 (2019) 1, Artikel 1683932 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2331-186X
DOI	10.1080/2331186X.2019.1683932
Schlagwörter	Language Usage; Civil Rights; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Vocabulary Development; Age Differences; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Childrens Rights; International Organizations; Migration; World History; Ethics; Experience; Democracy; Authoritarianism; Crime; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachgebrauch; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Wortschatzarbeit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Weltgeschichte; Ethik; Erfahrung; Demokratie; Autoritarismus; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Schweden
Abstract	This research seeks to increase the knowledge about the role of language in the teaching of human rights. The specific interest is to examine how language use extends and specifies the human rights learning situation. Drawing on John Dewey's arguments for two main constituents of an educative language use--the extension of vocabulary and rendering it more precise, observational data from ongoing human rights teaching in six Swedish classes in Years 2-3, 5 and 8 are analysed. The findings show six focal points towards which the language use in the teaching extends the students' vocabulary and generic understanding of human rights, and three objectives for an increased preciseness in students' language. The paper highlights differences between the age groups concerning the focal points and precision objectives, and points out potentials and strengths in the observed teaching, as well as aspects of problematic character to consider further. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01