Children's human rights is an issue that concerns Professor Audrey Osler, who is one of the staff members at the MSc in Human Rights and Multiculturalism.
- This topic is important to me, because of my experience, both professionally and personally.
I have taught in schools in England, and seen how some children are included while other children (often from minorities) are excluded.
I want to teach everyone to live together, says Osler.
Audrey grew up in England, in a blended family, with grandparents from India.
Osler's inaugural lecture at BUC was entitled "Multicultural Citizenship, Intercultural Learning and Children's Human Rights".
In the lecture she gave concrete examples of multiculturalism and human rights.
- An example is the United States during the second world war. Several residents of Japanese origin were put in camps, only because of their background.
Many still hold on to old traditions, but Osler urge us to be more to look ahead.
- Today's teachers must be open, and focus on the future. They must listen to their students, and ask about how children actually experience being in school, she says.
Opprettet: 06.09.2011 12:33 av Solveig Stormo Johansen
Oppdatert: 06.09.2011 14:03 av Jan-Henrik Kulberg
Audrey Osler is also Visiting Professor at Birkbeck, University of London and at University of Leeds, where she was founding director of the Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Education (CCHRE) from 2004.
In 2010 she was s Visiting Professor at Utah State University.
In 2007 she was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington in Seattle.
She has also held academic posts at the University of Birmingham and at the University of Leicester, where she was Chair in Education and director of research from 1999 to 2004.
She has recently completed work on multiculturalism, patriotism and the teaching of history.
Audrey Osler is currently working on education in post-conflict Cyprus and Iraqi Kurdistan.
She is an honourary research fellow at Hong Kong Institute of Education and at the University of Warwick.
She ascts as consultant and adviser on citizenship education, development education and human rights education for a number of international bodies, including UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the Fundamental Rights Agency and the British Council.
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