Education for human rights

Education for human rights is concerned with developing awareness of the ways ‘by which human rights can be translated into social and political reality’ in order to contribute to the building of a universal culture of human rights. This chapter explores whether current practice in the provision of education for human rights in English primary schools is likely to accord with the requirements of the global human rights education (HRE) framework. It explains deeply into the interview data to get a better understanding of the nature and extent of such practice, including investigating any reservations raised by teachers about educating for human rights in a primary context. A further aspect of education for human rights was explored in Survey 1: the extent to which ‘learners are afforded the opportunity to actively participate in broader community activities that aim to improve their understanding of values such as equality and justice’.