SELB has now become the Centre for Inclusive Education (C4IE).
For all enquiries, please visit research.qut.edu.au/c4ie
Education is a fundamental human right which also facilitates access to other rights and aids personal development. The right of each student to an education is directly relevant to education practice and policy, however significant confusion exists about children’s rights and particular rights are often given priority over others.
This is problematic, as human rights principles assert that rights are indivisible, interconnected, interrelated, universal, interdependent, and equal. Considering certain rights to be ‘more important’ than others in different contexts and for different children may lead to practices that are rights-restricting as opposed to rights-enabling.
Researchers in the SELB Children’s Rights strand focus on research that critically considers and explores the tensions present in the education rights discourse and showcases rights-inclusive and rights-respecting examples relevant to a child’s education, particularly their engagement, learning, behaviour, participation, voice and wellbeing.
Current Projects
Recent publications
Voice Inclusive Practice: A charter for authentic student engagement
7 citations on Web of Science
7 citations on Scopus
A critical realist reflection on the use of social media as third space for rights education in early childhood
- 1 citations on Scopus
The human rights of children with communication needs in school
Children's rights, educational research and the UNCRC
