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The universal right to education: silences, risks and possibilities

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dc.creator Tristan McCowan
dc.date 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-12T11:17:55Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-12T11:17:55Z
dc.identifier 1809-4031
dc.identifier 1809-4309
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/9e61221502114e979ee6fd50d4840f41
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26560
dc.description Despite the considerable literature on subject of education in international rights law, there has been little discussion of the fundamental meanings of education in question, its nature and its scope. 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 implications of formal schooling for social inequalities 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.
dc.language Portuguese
dc.language Spanish
dc.publisher Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa
dc.relation http://www.revistas2.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/2714/1995
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1809-4031
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1809-4309
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source Práxis Educativa, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 9-20 (2011)
dc.subject Education for all
dc.subject Human rights
dc.subject Right to education
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title The universal right to education: silences, risks and possibilities
dc.type article


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