An exploratory study of human rights knowledge: a sample of kindergarten and elementary school pre-service teachers in Spain
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| contents | <p>This study aims to explore the level of information and knowledge 150 Spanish kindergarten and elementary school teachers in pre-service training have<br>about human rights. We compared two groups of students: students with no specific training and students with specific training (the students with specific training study<br>with the new training teaching programme that includes a compulsory subject related to citizenship education). The contents are organized around three thematic areas.<br>Human rights are included in the first area ‘Basic concepts to promote equality and participation in Elementary Education’; the other two areas are: ‘Learning to participate at Elementary School’ and ‘Building a civil school that promotes equality and participation at Elementary School’. It is a one semester subject with 3 h of teaching<br>per week. The main hypothesis is that a specific training on human rights will lead to an important improvement not only in student’s level of knowledge but also in the<br>way they categorize this specific content. We have administered a questionnaire designed for the study. In general, our results show that students of both groups have<br>a basic and limited knowledge about human rights. The group with specific training shows a higher level of knowledge than the other group and a different way of<br>organizing it. This would go in the direction of other studies of supporting and reinforcing the inclusion of specific training on human rights during the initial teacher<br>training programmes at the university.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | An exploratory study of human rights knowledge: a sample of kindergarten and elementary school pre-service teachers in Spain Messina, Claudia Jacott Jimenez, Liliana <p>This study aims to explore the level of information and knowledge 150 Spanish kindergarten and elementary school teachers in pre-service training have<br>about human rights. We compared two groups of students: students with no specific training and students with specific training (the students with specific training study<br>with the new training teaching programme that includes a compulsory subject related to citizenship education). The contents are organized around three thematic areas.<br>Human rights are included in the first area ‘Basic concepts to promote equality and participation in Elementary Education’; the other two areas are: ‘Learning to participate at Elementary School’ and ‘Building a civil school that promotes equality and participation at Elementary School’. It is a one semester subject with 3 h of teaching<br>per week. The main hypothesis is that a specific training on human rights will lead to an important improvement not only in student’s level of knowledge but also in the<br>way they categorize this specific content. We have administered a questionnaire designed for the study. In general, our results show that students of both groups have<br>a basic and limited knowledge about human rights. The group with specific training shows a higher level of knowledge than the other group and a different way of<br>organizing it. This would go in the direction of other studies of supporting and reinforcing the inclusion of specific training on human rights during the initial teacher<br>training programmes at the university.</p> |
| title | An exploratory study of human rights knowledge: a sample of kindergarten and elementary school pre-service teachers in Spain |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-013-0267-1 |