Inertial constraints to educational change: The case of human rights education in Iceland

• Published in: Netla
• Main Author: Gollifer, Sue E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands 2022
• Subjects: human rights education; upper secondary schools; curriculum reform; inertia constraints; teacher education; mannréttindamenntun; framhaldsskóli; endurskoðun námskrár; tregða í skólakerfi; kennaramenntun; Draga; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/netla/article/view/3650; https://doi.org/10.24270/netla.2022.18

Despite national education policy that presents human rights as a core curriculum concern, education systems seem to resist the introduction of new content areas. This is not only worrying but unethical, given the human and ecological crises that characterise the world our students inhabit. This pap...