Svennevig, H;
Jerome, L;
Elwick, A;
(2021)
Countering violent extremism in education: a human rights analysis.
Human Rights Education Review
, 4
(1)
pp. 91-110.
10.7577/hrer.3980.
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Abstract
Governments around the world have developed a range of policy approaches for countering violent extremism (CVE) in education. In this article we review a United Kingdom (UK) government website offering a library of resources (Educate Against Hate), evaluating the extent to which it is consistent with human rights principles. Whilst the advice, guidance and resources are varied and inconsistent, our analysis shows that children are frequently perceived as potential victims in need of protection, rather than individuals with agency, and they are rarely considered explicitly as rights holders. Whilst an equalities framework is used throughout the website, this is rarely linked to human rights, and does not prevent some stereotypical views of religious minorities being promoted. The article ends with an outline of how a more explicit engagement with children’s rights might help teachers to better align CVE policy with human rights education (HRE) principles.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Countering violent extremism in education: a human rights analysis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.7577/hrer.3980 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.7577/hrer.3980 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright (c) 2021 Mr. Hans Svennevig, Dr. Lee Jerome, Dr. Alex Elwick Creative Commons License. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10123836 |
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