The aims of this study are two-fold: (a) to describe facilitators' educational beliefs about human rights education (HRE), and (b) to identify which of these are shared and are idiosyncratic. Using research on teachers' educational beliefs as a starting point for this study, the following five dimensions of educational beliefs about HRE were explored: (a) participants and participating, (b) facilitation, (c) HRE, (d) learning to facilitate, and (e) Self and the facilitation role. A sample of facilitators from North and Central America, Eastern Europe, Western and Eastern Africa, and South and South-East Asia who were affiliated with a large-scale HRE training program were invited to participate in this study. Fifteen facilitators were interviewed, three of whom consented to providing additional data through stimulated recall sessions. Research results suggest that facilitators' shared educational beliefs about HRE represent universal principles of facilitation practices in the field, while idiosyncratic beliefs are linked to local needs and issues, respectively. Focusing on facilitators' shared educational beliefs provides the basis for a general model of possible relationships that exist between key components of HRE. Outcomes from this study indicate that the psychological construct of educational beliefs is both a significant factor and viable research focus involved in the professional practices of facilitators working in non-formal contexts. Implications for future research and professional development arising from this study of facilitators' edudtional beliefs in non-formal educational contexts are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115592 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Chin, Kevin. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 003132511, proquestno: AAINR66267, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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