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The praxis of ethics and justice in human rights learning: examining the limits of progressive education
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Education.
2017 (English)In: Ethics and Education, ISSN 1744-9642, E-ISSN 1744-9650, Vol. 2, no 1, p. 37-47Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

School and education can be seen as an extension of the home as Hannah Arendt stresses, where children are protected in a space in which they can learn and grow, a space that is not yet public. This distinction of education as “not yet public” can be seen in contrast to John Dewey who explores notions of democracy as a process in education, where education and school is regarded as a mini society. This paper explores several challenges with progressive education and, specifically, of human rights education, through the work of Arendt (1959) and Dewey (1990) on the notions of responsibility and children’s human rights. Where do we as educators draw the distinction between taking responsibility of raising awareness of global injustices and human rights violations with the next generation without falling pray to dissolution that the gap between political imaginary and reality faces us with, or risking violating children’s “safe space” in school that according to Arendt should be a space that is neither private nor public, but a free zone for thinking and learning with others? Do we bring into the classroom discrimination and segregation by drawing on social categorizations with the pretext of questioning the same on the basis of “equal rights”? If ethical and relational dimensions of education are to be taken seriously then human rights education is a risky practice since it involves children’s sense of being and it raises questions that may not be dealt with properly or solvable for the children exposed.

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2017. Vol. 2, no 1, p. 37-47
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Childrens’ rights, Hannah Arendt, John Dewey, Progressive education, Political subject
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-164029DOI: 10.1007/s40889-016-0026-7OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-164029DiVA, id: diva2:1277828
Available from: 2019-01-11 Created: 2019-01-11 Last updated: 2022-03-23Bibliographically approved

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