Digital Era Education: Re-evaluating Children’s Rights to the Internet

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10.2991/978-2-494069-59-6_15How to use a DOI?

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Child Law; COVID-19; Education Right; Human Rights; Rights to internet

Abstract

The world has passed the era of the conventional teaching method, which refers to eye-to-eye interaction where education is delivered through recitation and memorization techniques. These days, instead of passively receiving information and replicating it during assessments, students are involved in interactive sessions or spaced learning meant to develop their critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills. The pedagogy is also substituted with the modern one, which involves technological gadgets and the internet. The primary purposes of this paper are to assess the legal recognition and essentialness of children’s rights to the internet for educational purposes compared to the dilemma of crafting the right as a fundamental human freedom. The writing is based on socio-legal research using a qualitative approach. Data were collected through library studies and analyzed critically using the content analysis method. The paper concludes that the internet is the primary component of nowadays education, and it brings numerous benefits to children’s development. Hence, it becomes essential for all children to access the global network and practice their fundamental human rights for development purposes. Thus, the paper proposes that in compliance with the current digital era, children’s rights to the internet be legally recognized and regulated deliberately to support the education system and achieve the right objectives.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nurul Hidayat Ab Rahman
AU  - Nazura Abdul Manap
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/22
TI  - Digital Era Education: Re-evaluating Children’s Rights to the Internet
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Law and Digitalization (ICLD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 164
EP  - 177
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-59-6_15
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-59-6_15
ID  - Rahman2022
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