Session 5, Education Engagement and Participation

Units

  Learning Material
Reading material

A series of resources that the student teacher must study in this session and a series of additional resources for further study.

Compulsory reading list

  1. Dewey, J. (2019). “My Pedagogic Creed”. (pp. 33-40). In D.J. Flinders and S.J. Thornton (2019). The Curriculum Studies Reader, 5th edition. NY: Routledge.
  2. Hart’s “Ladder of Children’s Participation” Ladder of Children's Participation – Organizing Engagement
  3. Torney-Purta, J. and Amadeo, J. (2011). Participatory Niches for Emergent Citizenship in Early Adolescence: An International Perspective. The Annals of the American Academy, AAPSS, 633, pp. 180-200. 

List for further reading

  1. Council of Europe (2003). Revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life “Have Your Say!” Strasbourg: Council of Europe. ES109254_PREM 024115 GBR 2539 Charte européenne participation des jeunes 16x24.pdf (coe.int)
  2. Covell, K. and Howe. R.B. (2011). Rights, Respect and Responsibility: Final Report on the County of Hampshire Rights Education Initiative.  hampshire_rrr_report_2011.pdf (childrensrightseducation.com)
  3. Duke, N.N., Skay, C.L., Pettingell, S.L. and Borowsky, I.W. (2009). From Adolescent Connections to Social Capital: Predictors of Civic Engagement in Young Adulthood. Journal of Adolescent Health, 44, pp. 161-8.
  4. Lenzi, M., Vieno, A., Sharkey, J., Mayworm, A., Scacchi, L., Pastore, M., & Santinello, M. (2014). How school can teach civic engagement besides civic education: The role of democratic school climate. American Journal of Community Psychology, 54(3), 251–261.
  5. Quintelier, E. (2015). Engaging Adolescents in Politics: The Longitudinal Effects of Political Socialization Agents. Youth and Society, 47(1), pp. 51-69.
  6. Torney-Purta, J. and Barber, C. (2019). Fostering Young People’s Support for Participatory Human Rights Through Their Developmental Niches. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 81(4), pp. 473-481.
  7. United Nations (2019). Plan of Action for the 4th Phase of the World Programme in Human Rights Education. Geneva: United Nations. OHCHR | Fourth phase

Recommended as Resources for Developing Education Strategies:

  1. European Wergeland Centre (2018). Tool for Democratic School Development. Oslo: European Wergeland Centre. Tool for Democratic School Development - The European Wergeland Centre (theewc.org)
  2. Huddleston, T. (ed). (2014). Democracy in the Making: Good practices from five years of Regional Summer Academies “Democracy at School and Human Rights in Action”. Strasbourg: Council of Europe and European Wergeland Centre. Democracy in the Making - The European Wergeland Centre (theewc.org)