Global education and citizenship - Essay Example

Plato’s belief that talent was distributed non-genetically and thus is present in all children; therefore children should be trained by the state so that they may be qualified to resume the role of the ruling class in a state. Education as defined today is the organized teaching of a particular curriculum to students. “Education is the application of pedagogy, a body of theoretical and applied research to teaching and learning. It draws on other disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, sociology and anthropology.

” [1] The earliest written piece of evidence found on the rights of children is a statement made by Thomas Spence in his famous book ‘The Rights of Infants”, published in 1796. Earlier than this period emphasis was only laid of the importance of education and no specifications were laid. While in the USA child rights movement was not born till 1800 with the concept of the “Orphan Train”; this special train was run of orphan children who used to work. It was not until 1853 that the first Children’s Aid Society was founded; who gave street children homes.

There was very little and slow process on the movements for the rights of the children as this gave the world cheap labor and nor did the masters have to give any additional benefits. Various movements, committees and constitutional amendments were seen before the first effective step for the promotion of child rights was taken. After the Human Rights resolution was unanimously adapted on 8th March 1989, the commission decided that children around the world require special consideration and protection.

It was decided that a draft convention on the rights of children would be adapted. This would define who fall under the category of a child; plans for continuous improvement of the situation of children all over the world would be drafted and acted upon. Convention on the Rights of