Assessing knowledge of children’s rights
How can we know what children know about their rights? Is it possible to assess this knowledge? If so, what is the best way to do it? Dr Aida Urrea Monclús was a visiting researcher at the VARiE Group. In her presentation at our Research Seminar she shared with us the findings of her collaborative…
Understanding children’s rights to peaceful assembly in the digital era
This post introduces the Climate Strike Online Study, a project at VARiE funded by the UCD Ad Astra Start Up fund that explores the experiences of climate activists participating in the Climate Strikes during the shift towards online protests as a result the COVID19 pandemic. Dr Amy Hanna, one of the co-researchers in the study,…
Why do teachers need to know about children’s rights?
The question answered in the following post aims to celebrate teachers in this #WorldTeachersDay and to recognise their commitment to the care and development of their students. It is precisely this commitment which might serve as a starting point for them learn more about children’s rights and to develop content knowledge on this area to…
Impact as a wicked problem in Children’s Rights Education
The ideas discussed in this post were presented in the webinar ‘Wicked Problems’ & Future Directions for Children’s Rights in Education’ organised by the Network 25 of the European Educational Research Association as part of the Reconnecting EERA events in light of the cancellation of ECER2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Using the idea of…
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