Controversial Topics in Children’s Rights and Education
NW 25. Research on Children's Rights in Education Name
This special call invites contributions that explore controversial issues in the theory, practice, and politics of children’s rights in education. In today’s global “poly-crisis” (Morin et al., 1999), characterised by war, climate emergency, widening inequalities, and digital transitions, the field of children’s rights in education faces new challenges and controversies. Competing interpretations of children’s rights often reveal tensions between universalism and cultural pluralism, advocacy and critique, as well as between rights-informed policymaking and ideological agendas. The increasing polarization of the world further exacerbates these tensions. The special call encourages interdisciplinary contributions that question established assumptions and propose new research directions.
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