Browsing Faculty of Education by Author "Becker, Anne"
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Human rights literacy: Moving towards rights-based education and transformative action through understanding of dignity, equality and freedom
Becker, Anne; De Wet, Anna-Magrieta; Van Vollenhoven, Willie (Education Association of South Africa, 2015)The twentieth century has been characterised by the proliferation of human rights in the discursive practices of the United Nations (Baxi, 1997). In this article, we explore the continual process of rights-based education ... -
Human rights literacy: moving towards rights-based education and transformative action through understandings of dignity, equality and freedom
Becker, Anne; De Wet, Anna-Magrieta; Van Vollenhoven, Willie (Education Assoc South Africa, 2015)The twentieth century has been characterised by the proliferation of human rights in the discursive practices of the United Nations (Baxi, 1997). In this article, we explore the continual process of rights-based education ... -
Humanising higher education in South Africa through dialogue as praxis
Roux, Cornelia; Becker, Anne (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Faculty of Education, 2016)Freire (1993) premised his pedagogical theory on the assumption that humanisation is the fundamental objective of education, and he emphasised the role of dialogue as praxis in achieving this. In South Africa, race has ... -
Ideological illusions, human rights and the right to education: the in(ex)clusion of the poor in post-apartheid education
Becker, Anne; Du Preez, Petro (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2016)Against the background of global concern about the political and social consequences of human rights, this article uses an ideological lens to explore the (non)existence of the right to education in South Africa. We argue ... -
Moving towards understanding one an-other: Cornelia Roux on religion, culture and human rights
Becker, Anne; De Wet, Anna-Magrieta; Parker, Glynis (Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa (ASRSA), 2014)Professor Roux is a pioneer in the field of interreligious, intercultural and human rights education. This article will focus on her contribution to understanding diversity in humankind and to enhancing inclusivity. An ...