Language, culture and identity: using rights as a theme for cross-curricular collaboration between citizenship and modern languages teachers

Marcus Bhargava, Rebecca Smith

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    Abstract

    This collaboration involved Citizenship and Modern Languages student teachers preparing and delivering workshops on human rights to approximately one hundred 16-17 year olds at a London secondary school in January 2010. We will explore the reasons for engaging in this particular collaboration, before analysing some of the difficulties the student teachers found. We argue that strong association by student teachers with a subject 'identity‘ is inevitable given the nature of the English National Curriculum and is desirable. However, as we suggest, this can have a detrimental impact on meaningful collaboration and the learning experience of young people when teachers are unable to recognise the different contributions that other subject areas can make in areas such as human rights education.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication statusPublished - May 2010
    EventLifelong Learning and Active Citizenship : Twelfth Conference of the ChildrenÔÇÖs Identity and Citizenship in Europe Academic Network - Barcelona, Spain
    Duration: 20 May 201022 May 2010

    Conference

    ConferenceLifelong Learning and Active Citizenship : Twelfth Conference of the ChildrenÔÇÖs Identity and Citizenship in Europe Academic Network
    Period20/05/1022/05/10

    Bibliographical note

    Note: Published in: Cunningham, Peter and Fretwell, Nathan (eds.) (2010) Lifelong learning and active citizenship : proceedings of the twelfth conference of the Children's Identity and Citizenship in Europe Thematic Network. London, U.K. : CiCe. pp. 140-148. ISBN 9781907675010.

    Organising Body: Children‘s Identity and Citizenship in Europe Academic Network

    Keywords

    • Education

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      Bhargava, M. & Smith, R., May 2010, Published in: Cunningham, Peter and Fretwell, Nathan (eds.) (2010) Lifelong learning and active citizenship : proceedings of the twelfth conference of the Children's Identity and Citizenship in Europe Thematic Network. London, U.K. : CiCe. pp. 140-148. ISBN 9781907675010. Organising Body: Children‘s Identity and Citizenship in Europe Academic Network Organising Body: Children‘s Identity and Citizenship in Europe Academic Network.

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