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1. Frequently asked questions about the children's rights convention
What is it about? The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international treaty on human rights that regulates the rights of young people. It was adopted in 1989 by the General …
2. Children's rights - part of the human rights process
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is historically the instrument of human rights which has found the greatest acceptance worldwide. It has been ratified by all countries (apart from two), thereby bringing children …
3. How children's rights were created
1945 After the Second World War, many nations in the world formed a union - they founded the UN, that is, the United Nations. Together they wanted to support peace and liberty in the world. 10. December 1948 On …
4. Children's rights: experiencing, getting to know and implementing them
Children should not only know what rights they have, but they should also learn how to appreciate and to use them. To achieve this, school must offer a framework that allows pupils to make a …
5. Pedagogical approach: learning by example
This manual adopts the classic inductive approach of teaching and learning through concrete ex-amples. By studying or experiencing one or several examples, pupils may grasp a general, abstract principle or insight. This manual demonstrates the …
6. Task-based learning: accompanying learning
The units are conceived as small projects in which the pupils are confronted with problems that are typical in project work - relating to the subject matter, organisation of work, communication, time keeping, etc. By …
7. Teaching children's rights: key questions to guide the choice of teaching methods
In this handbook, we have described a number of small projects for children’s rights education in such a way as to promote an underlying approach of task-based learning, focussing on problem solving, interactive and pupil-centred …
8. "But that means that I have the right to have a break, doesn't it?" - Children's rights in the classroom
The teacher, Sadina Siercic has prepared the classroom carefully. The children are seated in groups. Their desks serve as group tables and on each, large envelopes have been placed. At one table, there are the …
