Teachers, Human Rights and Human Rights Education

The Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education, St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, has just launched the results of its research into Irish Primary teachers understanding of human rights and human rights education. This study provides the first national baseline data in relation to primary teachers’ knowledge and perceptions of human rights and HRE and contributes …
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Young Children’s Engagement with Issues of Global Justice

Education for a Just World, is a new partnership initiative between Trocaire and the Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education, St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin. The Partnership has conducted research into young children’s engagement with issues of global justice. The research approach taken was qualitative, informed by the ‘mosaic’ approach (Clark and Moss, 2001) …
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Examining assessment procedures for student teachers: a comparison

This research is concerned primarily with the qualifications required by teachers in post-primary and further education in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It seeks to examine and compare recent developments in the UK (TDA 2007) and Ireland (TCI) around professional teacher standards, and what these actually mean for trainee teachers and the teacher training programmes. Mr …
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