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Education as a Human Right: Principles for a Universal Entitlement to Learning McCowan, Dr Tristan (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK) Nippod edition
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Education as a Human Right: Principles for a Universal Entitlement to Learning
McCowan, Dr Tristan (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK)
Education is widely recognized as a fundamental human right, yet the nature of the right remains unclear. Is it an entitlement to go to school, to acquire particular forms of knowledge or develop particular skills or attributes? And why exactly is education so important that we might defend all people's right to it? This book provides a much-needed exploration of this key contemporary issue. Highlighting limitations in the approaches of both the Education for All initiative and existing international law, the book presents a radical new vision of how the right can be understood. As well as basic education, there are discussions of higher and lifelong education, of human rights education, and of the intersection of rights-based approaches with others such Amartya Sen's 'capabilities'. The work serves as a stirring defense of the universal right to education against instrumental conceptions of learning, the inactivity of national governments and the abrogation of responsibility of the international community.
224 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 14, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781472585073 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 236 × 12 mm · 317 g |
| Language | English |
