How Are Human Rights Presented in Turkey's Textbooks? Development of an Escapist Model of Human Rights Education (1950-2020)

Autor/in	Sen, Abdulkerim
Titel	How Are Human Rights Presented in Turkey's Textbooks? Development of an Escapist Model of Human Rights Education (1950-2020)
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 53 (2023) 3, S.454-470 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sen, Abdulkerim)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2021.1932419
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Studies; Textbooks; Textbook Content; Civil Rights; Citizenship Education; Political Issues; Cultural Awareness; Elementary Secondary Education; Values; World Problems; Social Problems; Activism; Educational Trends; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Gemeinschaftskunde; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Lehrbuchtext; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Politischer Faktor; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Wertbegriff; Weltproblem; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Bildungsentwicklung; Türkei
Abstract	Drawing on a critical conceptualisation of human rights education (HRE), this study investigates how human rights were presented in a set of textbooks which were used in Turkey from 1950 to 2020. Findings show that the textbooks avoid human rights issues, struggles, campaigns, and activists by sustaining a de-politicised and de-contextualised narrative. They do not even refer to the Holocaust in explaining the historical development of human rights. These findings suggest that HRE gained a curricular status as a matter of window dressing, an 'escapist' model developed as a result. This model is characterised by a deliberate avoidance of anything that may be considered as 'political'. This study concludes that placing socio-political issues at the centre of HRE and encouraging learners to critically reflect on discrepancies between claims and realities of human rights can improve the transformative powers of HRE in nationalist contexts with no strong tradition of rights struggle. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01