 | Empowering Children: Children''s Rights Education as a Pathway to Citizenship In Empowering Children , R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell assert that educating children about their basic rights is a necessary means not only of fulfilling a country's legal obligations, but also of advancing education about democratic principles and the practice of citizenship. Howe R. Brian : R. Brian Howe is a professor in the Department of Political Science and director of the Children's Rights Centre at Cape Breton University. Katherine Covell is a professor in the Department of Psychology and executive director of the Children's Rights Centre at Cape Breton University. |
