Ms Anna FitzGerald1
1University Of Technology, Sydney (Faculty Of Law), Sydney, Australia
Biography:
Bio to come
Abstract:
In our increasingly literate world, the right to education is regarded as fundamental to human flourishing and as essential for providing individuals with access to other rights, freedoms and opportunities in life. A person's capacity for full enjoyment of the right to work, the right to vote (in an educated and politically informed fashion), freedom of thought and freedom of expression, all rely to a large extent on a person's capacity to fully access their right to education. Yet, children with learning related disabilities, as a group, face well documented patterns of educational disadvantage and injustices within schooling systems – both in Australia and around the world. The research reveals that this group of children often miss out on the educational inputs and early interventions that studies in educational neuroscience and neuroplasticity show are essential for steering their learning and development on a positive course. But, aspects of these educational harms and injustices are not well captured within the current frameworks of law. In this presentation I will advocate for a re-conceptualization of our thinking regarding educational justice for children with learning related disabilities from a neuroplasticity-informed perspective.