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Justice-sensitive education: the implications of transitional justice mechanisms for teaching and learning.
- Source :
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Comparative Education . Aug2017, Vol. 53 Issue 3, p333-350. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- This article introduces the notion of 'justice-sensitive education' - derived from the ideals and practices of transitional justice (TJ) in countries emerging from conflict. It describes three mechanisms for this: structural reforms (relating to inequity and division); curriculum change (the treatment of history, human rights and citizenship) and institutional culture (critical thinking and democratic, participatory pedagogy). A case study of Sri Lanka provides fresh illustrations of actual or potential work in these three areas. There appear five challenges to a justice-sensitive education: the wider context of schooling; willingness of educators to confront the past; barriers to introducing the critical thinking required for new norms and values to take root; programming and planning; and difficulties in measuring the impact of TJ measures in education. Yet however imperfect, TJ mechanisms indicate a society that wants to learn from past mistakes and show that some form of justice is possible in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TRANSITIONAL justice
*HISTORY education
*CURRICULUM change
*CRITICAL thinking
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03050068
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Comparative Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124803721
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2017.1317999