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Human rights education has the potential to change the way we think, behave, and treat one another. Thus, our pedagogy shifts to a more dignity-honoring, personally-empowered format when we incorporate a human rights perspective from top-down as well as a bottom-up approach. Educating young people about their rights is part of the mandate of the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). This chapter focuses on a case study in which a human rights approach is undertaken to change the culture of child rights in the state of Massachusetts. It shows how the intersection between: (a) teaching style; (b) learning approaches; and (c) community climate can lead to the creation of a human rights embracing culture. It also provides suggestions on strategies and techniques for implementing child rights education.
“Tell me, I’ll forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me and I’ll understand.” Ancient Chinese Proverb
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Vissing, Y. (2017). Changing the Culture of Child Rights Through Education. In: Zajda, J., Ozdowski, S. (eds) Globalisation, Human Rights Education and Reforms. Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0871-3_4
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