Human Rights, Education for Democratic Citizenship and International Organisations: Findings from a Kuwaiti UNESCO ASPnet School

Autor/in	Al-Nakib, Rania
Titel	Human Rights, Education for Democratic Citizenship and International Organisations: Findings from a Kuwaiti UNESCO ASPnet School
Quelle	In: Cambridge Journal of Education, 42 (2012) 1, S.97-112 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-764X
DOI	10.1080/0305764X.2011.652072
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Democracy; Foreign Countries; Democratic Values; International Organizations; Learning Modules; Case Studies; Conflict; Religious Factors; Politics of Education; Citizenship Education; Civil Rights; Political Influences; Social Influences; Educational Development; National Curriculum; Political Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Social Control; Kuwait + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Demokratie; Ausland; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Learning module; Lernmodul; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Konflikt; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Bildungsentwicklung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Schülerverhalten; Soziale Kontrolle
Abstract	While universal human rights frameworks and democratic models of government have gained global support and even adherence, they often exist in tension with local cultural and religious practices. In Kuwait, tensions arise between its constitution, legal system and Islam, with several groups consequently marginalised. These tensions extend into the education system. This paper seeks to explore both theoretically and contextually the potential of a curricular module introduced in 2006 in deepening education for democratic citizenship in Kuwait. Theoretical analysis reveals the module, introduced without altering the authoritarian ethos of the system, to be quite a thin engagement with the concepts of rights and democracy. However, its enactment within the case study school--both representative of an authoritarian state school and a member of UNESCO's Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet)--uncovered its deeper potential and perhaps discovered the reason for its swift relegation from a three-year to a one-year programme. (Contains 13 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10