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Recenziji ■ Reviews
Gillett-Swan, Jenna, Coppock, Vicki (ed.). Children’s Rights,
Educational Research and the UNCRC: Past, Present and Future.
United Kingdom: Symposium Books Ltd, 2016.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is among the most
ratified human rights treaties in human history. As one of the critical in-
itiatives in the field of children’s rights, the CRC provides a legal frame-
work that wishes to uphold the protection and further development of
children’s rights internationally. Seeing that children spend most of their
formative years in education, it is crucial to ensure that the educational
practices in use are consistently in line with the CRC and its guidelines.
Following ratification of the CRC, the work continues throughout vari-
ous organisations such as the 2014 European Conference on Education
Research, which give rise to further debates within the academic forum.
A round-table discussion inspired by the 2014 European Conference
on Education Research saw the publication of “Children’s Rights,
Education and the UNCRC past, present and future”, which critically anal-
yses contemporary issues surrounding the CRC and children’s rights. In
its seven chapters, the authors explore multiple themes of the CRC and
engage in critical discussions over the implementation of several of its
aspects. By providing diverse contexts and case studies from scholars in
Australia, Finland, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom, the text
may be seen as a valuable introductory collection of scientific papers for
education research in the CRC context.
In the first chapter, John I’Anson presents readers with a comprehen-
sive historical analysis of children’s rights and educational research within
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Gillett-Swan, Jenna, Coppock, Vicki (ed.). Children’s Rights,
Educational Research and the UNCRC: Past, Present and Future.
United Kingdom: Symposium Books Ltd, 2016.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is among the most
ratified human rights treaties in human history. As one of the critical in-
itiatives in the field of children’s rights, the CRC provides a legal frame-
work that wishes to uphold the protection and further development of
children’s rights internationally. Seeing that children spend most of their
formative years in education, it is crucial to ensure that the educational
practices in use are consistently in line with the CRC and its guidelines.
Following ratification of the CRC, the work continues throughout vari-
ous organisations such as the 2014 European Conference on Education
Research, which give rise to further debates within the academic forum.
A round-table discussion inspired by the 2014 European Conference
on Education Research saw the publication of “Children’s Rights,
Education and the UNCRC past, present and future”, which critically anal-
yses contemporary issues surrounding the CRC and children’s rights. In
its seven chapters, the authors explore multiple themes of the CRC and
engage in critical discussions over the implementation of several of its
aspects. By providing diverse contexts and case studies from scholars in
Australia, Finland, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom, the text
may be seen as a valuable introductory collection of scientific papers for
education research in the CRC context.
In the first chapter, John I’Anson presents readers with a comprehen-
sive historical analysis of children’s rights and educational research within
223
