Khimani, Varun
(2019)
Developing curriculum on “minority rights in a democratic
society”.
Students’ Journal of Education and Development (5).
pp. 25-41.
Abstract
This study primarily focuses on two broad objectives: first, to develop an
understanding on the issues and challenges faced by minority groups in
a democratic society and the different approaches to address these; and,
second, to develop a curriculum module for middle-school students with the
aim of creating sensitivity among students towards the concerns of minority
groups. The literature on various democratic theories and minority rights
were reviewed for this study. The teaching module comprised concepts such
as democracy, minority rights, plural notions of good life, multiculturalism,
deliberation, positive discrimination and self-government. A baseline survey
and an endline survey were conducted at the beginning and end of this
module to check its effectiveness. This was towards analysing any shift in the
approach of students’ responses towards the given situations and to see if
the module had been able to make them consider the concerns of minority
groups. A combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis of their
responses suggests that some of the students had a positive change in their
approaches and had begun to think from the positions of minority groups.
| Item Type: |
Articles in APF Magazines
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| Authors: |
Khimani, Varun |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Curriculum, Developing curriculum, Education system, Education policy, Minority rights, Teaching module, Schools, Teaching and learning, Liberal equality in school, |
| Subjects: |
Social sciences > Education > Curricula |
| Divisions: |
Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > Students’ Journal of Education and Development |
| Full Text Status: |
Public |
| URI: |
http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/2263 |
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