Reframing the Universal Right to Education

Autor/in	McCowan, Tristan
Titel	Reframing the Universal Right to Education
Quelle	In: Comparative Education, 46 (2010) 4, S.509-525 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
Schlagwörter	Civil Rights; Learning Processes; Childrens Rights; Outcomes of Education; Elementary Education; Learner Engagement; Access to Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Learning process; Lernprozess; 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Elementarunterricht; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang
Abstract	The universal right to education has been enshrined in a range of international rights instruments. Yet despite the considerable secondary literature on the subject, there has been little discussion of the notion of education underpinning the right. This article presents a theoretical exploration of the question, leading to a normative reassessment. The article first assesses the expression of the right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, identifying limitations in its focus on primary schooling. Other candidates for a basis for the right--namely learning outcomes and engagement in educational processes--are then assessed, and the latter is found to provide the most coherent foundation. Nevertheless, the positional benefits of formal schooling cannot be ignored. Consequently, a two-pronged expression of the right is proposed, involving access both to meaningful learning and to institutions that confer positional advantage. (Contains 9 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10