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Quennerstedt, Ann – Education Inquiry, 2011
The study presented in this paper examines and compares how issues of children's rights in education are constructed in policy in two nations: Sweden and New Zealand. Claims for human rights for children originate from international human rights agreements, but have to be incorporated into national policy. The central interest of the analysis is…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Childrens Rights, Civil Rights
Barton, Len; And Others – 1992
This monograph on international disability issues offers three main papers giving English, Australian, and New Zealand viewpoints. The first paper is by Len Barton from England and is titled "Disability and the Necessity for a Socio-Political Perspective." Barton attacks the medical model of disability and argues that people with…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Civil Rights
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Ballard, Keith D. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1990
Recent changes in New Zealand educational administration are empowering parents to seek integration into mainstream classrooms for their children with disabilities. These changes include an emerging economic model of schools, the establishment of the right of all children to education in state schools, and recognition of the rights of Maori…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Advocacy, Civil Rights, Disabilities