Year 1998
Nº 211, septiembre-diciembre 1998
The experience of rights in contexts of school learning: A research through new information technolo | The experience of rights in contexts of school learning: A research through new information technolo |
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| Written by Fernando Gil Cantero y Gonzalo Jover Olmeda | |
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As a consequence of some previous theoretical work, this paper analyses
children's experience of rights. The project "Growing with Rights", was
carried out via Internet in sixteen Spanish primary schools. More than
seven hundred pupils (10 to 12 years old) and thirty teachers took part
in it. The project was grounded on the idea that children's rights aim
to promote the image of boys and girls as active agents. So, when
teaching rights we must depart from an open dialogue on the personal
experience they have about their own rights. In the paper, we first
consider the theoretical basis of the project, concerning both the
pedagogic possibilities of the new achievements in information
technology, and the evolution and meaning of the rights of the child.
Then, we expose some methodological aspects and discuss the main
results arising from the research. Fernando Gil Cantero y Gonzalo Jover Olmeda
Key words: Human rights teaching, Children's rights, Children's voice, Information Technology. |