Several aspects related to the teachers’ views on the rights of the child based on focus group discussions on the example of Finland
The paper was prepared within the project Advancing European Values and Standards in Georgian Schools supported by Erasmus + JeanMonet program of the European Union. One of the main purposes of this project was to study the school education system of the leadingEU member states by the team members....
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ftjebs:oai:ojs.jebs.ibsu.edu.ge:article/284 2023-09-05T13:21:56+02:00 Several aspects related to the teachers’ views on the rights of the child based on focus group discussions on the example of Finland Chitadze, Nika 2022-11-21 application/pdf https://jebs.ibsu.edu.ge/jms/index.php/jebs/article/view/284 https://doi.org/10.31578/jebs.v8i1.284 eng eng International Black Sea University https://jebs.ibsu.edu.ge/jms/index.php/jebs/article/view/284/314 https://jebs.ibsu.edu.ge/jms/index.php/jebs/article/view/284 doi:10.31578/jebs.v8i1.284 Journal of Education in Black Sea Region; Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022): Journal of Education in Black Sea Region; 122-134 2449-2426 2346-8246 10.31578/jebs.v8i1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftjebs https://doi.org/10.31578/jebs.v8i1.28410.31578/jebs.v8i1 2023-08-13T16:02:45Z The paper was prepared within the project Advancing European Values and Standards in Georgian Schools supported by Erasmus + JeanMonet program of the European Union. One of the main purposes of this project was to study the school education system of the leadingEU member states by the team members. The author was involved in researching the school education system of Finland determining theviews of school teachers in Finland related to schoolchildren’s human rights protection. As it is known, this country has the leading positionrelated to the introduction of the new and modernized system of education in school and providing maximum protection of children’shuman rights, particularly those of schoolchildren.In general, this paper discusses pre-service teachers’ views concerning the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Childand the ways teachers perceive their connection to the educational context and their work. The author argues that pre-service teachers’perceptions determine how successfully human rights education is implemented in practice. The data were collected from workshopsand focus group discussions conducted with approximately 100 primary school pre-service teachers in Northern Finland. The participantsnoted that children’s rights are important and deeply connected to their work. However, they were insufficiently familiar with human rightseducation (HRE) concepts, and they were uncertain about whether it was acceptable to physically restrain children in order to protect themor others, as this could undermine a child’s rights. To adhere to the principles in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the topicmust be included in the pre-service study syllabus, more clearly added to the curriculum, and implemented in teacher practice. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Journal of Education in Black Sea Region (International Black Sea University) Journal of Education in Black Sea Region 8 1 122 134 |
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The paper was prepared within the project Advancing European Values and Standards in Georgian Schools supported by Erasmus + JeanMonet program of the European Union. One of the main purposes of this project was to study the school education system of the leadingEU member states by the team members. The author was involved in researching the school education system of Finland determining theviews of school teachers in Finland related to schoolchildren’s human rights protection. As it is known, this country has the leading positionrelated to the introduction of the new and modernized system of education in school and providing maximum protection of children’shuman rights, particularly those of schoolchildren.In general, this paper discusses pre-service teachers’ views concerning the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Childand the ways teachers perceive their connection to the educational context and their work. The author argues that pre-service teachers’perceptions determine how successfully human rights education is implemented in practice. The data were collected from workshopsand focus group discussions conducted with approximately 100 primary school pre-service teachers in Northern Finland. The participantsnoted that children’s rights are important and deeply connected to their work. However, they were insufficiently familiar with human rightseducation (HRE) concepts, and they were uncertain about whether it was acceptable to physically restrain children in order to protect themor others, as this could undermine a child’s rights. To adhere to the principles in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the topicmust be included in the pre-service study syllabus, more clearly added to the curriculum, and implemented in teacher practice. |
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