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Children’s rights in times of austerity: Social awareness of pre-service teachers in Portugal
| Resumo: | From 2010 ‒ and particularly after 2011, with the entry into force of the Financial Adjustment Programme ‒ Portugal's economic and financial situation worsened with the adoption of a set of austerity measures that have had, and continue to have, a direct impact on the families' well-being, and therefore on that of children (namely, in terms of access to health care, education and social support from the State). According to EUROSTAT data, as of 2011, 28.6% of Portuguese children were at risk of poverty and social exclusion. In this chapter, we will discuss the issue of Children's Rights in a context of social and economic cutbacks, according to three dimensions ‒ provision, protection and participation ‒ analysing how children's right to citizenship and civic engagement can become impaired in times of precariousness and social vulnerability. To this effect, we will assess pre-service teachers' perceptions about their role (and the school's role) as a platform for children's civic and political development, while also discussing the transformations operated at the University by the Bologna Process, which has shown a tendency to saturate teacher training curricula with didactics-related contents, to the detriment of issues such as personal and social development, and children's participation. |
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| Autores principais: | Lúcio, Joana Catarina Dias |
| Outros Autores: | Ferreira, Fernando Ilídio |
| Assunto: | Children’s rights pre-service teachers children’s participation teacher training austerity |
| Ano: | 2016 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | capítulo de livro |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | From 2010 ‒ and particularly after 2011, with the entry into force of the Financial Adjustment Programme ‒ Portugal's economic and financial situation worsened with the adoption of a set of austerity measures that have had, and continue to have, a direct impact on the families' well-being, and therefore on that of children (namely, in terms of access to health care, education and social support from the State). According to EUROSTAT data, as of 2011, 28.6% of Portuguese children were at risk of poverty and social exclusion. In this chapter, we will discuss the issue of Children's Rights in a context of social and economic cutbacks, according to three dimensions ‒ provision, protection and participation ‒ analysing how children's right to citizenship and civic engagement can become impaired in times of precariousness and social vulnerability. To this effect, we will assess pre-service teachers' perceptions about their role (and the school's role) as a platform for children's civic and political development, while also discussing the transformations operated at the University by the Bologna Process, which has shown a tendency to saturate teacher training curricula with didactics-related contents, to the detriment of issues such as personal and social development, and children's participation. |
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