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The Development of UNESCO's Programmes for Preventing Violent Extremism: Educational Norms, Institutional Politics and Declining Legitimacy
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Eleni Christodoulou – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2024
Since 2015, UNESCO has developed a variety of programmes for preventing violent extremism through education (PVE-E), under the framework of Global Citizenship Education and Target 4.7 of Agenda 2030. There have been formal board decisions to promote PVE-E, regional and international conferences and three key publications: a Teacher's Guide (2016),…
Descriptors: Prevention, International Organizations, Violence, Antisocial Behavior
How to Involve a Diverse Group of Young People in Local Government Decision Making: A Case Study of Danish Youth Councils
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Harada, Akiko – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
Following ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1989, councils involving young people have become widespread, both in developed and developing countries. However, these councils are said to reflect the hierarchical nature of parliamentary and representative democracy, leading to tokenistic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizenship Education, Program Development, Foreign Countries
Giving Children Space to Express Themselves: Exploring Children's Views and Perspectives of Contact Programmes in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Macedonia
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Misoska, Ana Tomovska – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
This paper presents the perspectives of 10-11-year-old children from conflict-affected areas in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Macedonia. By drawing upon Bronfennbrenner's ecological theory and Bourdieu's notion of habitus, the main aim of the paper is to show different reactions to intergroup contact based on the children's previous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conflict, Social Capital, Program Development