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Bibliography: Human Rights (Part 122 of 406)

Allan, Sonia; Jackson, Glenda (2010). Fundamental Elements in Examining a Child's Right to Education: A Study of Home Education Research and Regulation in Australia. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, v2 n3 p349-364 Jul. Home education provides valuable educational and developmental opportunities for children. An examination of Australia's research indicates many best educational practices, including more informed mediation, contextualised learning, and opportunities to exercise autonomy. Key features include learning embedded in communities and program modification in response to students' needs. Current state and territory legal requirements are examined within the context of this research and Australia's obligations to international human rights treaties. All jurisdictions accept home education as one way to meet compulsory education requirements. The extent to which respective laws then reflect understanding of home education research and practice varies. Most jurisdictions allow for a variety of educational approaches. Some oversight regulation could however be modified to reflect a better understanding of home education. Consultation with home educators and reference to research would assist… [PDF]

Honeyman, Catherine A. (2010). Social Responsibility and Community Development: Lessons from the Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial in Honduras. International Journal of Educational Development, v30 n6 p599-613 Nov. This article extends understanding of the connections between education, social capital, and development through a mixed-methods case study of the Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial, or SAT, an innovative secondary-level education system. The quantitative dimension of the research used survey measures of social responsibility to compare 93 SAT students to 88 other students in conventional Honduran schools, with samples based on the naturally occurring (non-random) presence of one of these two different educational programs in each of nine nearby Honduran communities. Preliminary findings suggest that students in the SAT program held a greater sense of social responsibility than their peers in conventional schools. Students' statements about their own educational experiences were analyzed in order to identify some of the characteristics of the SAT program that may have led to this difference. The SAT approach to developing social responsibility is contrasted to a human rights focused… [Direct]

Ransom, Marilee (2012). Teaching Strategies: The Convention on the Rights of the Child–Suggestions for Educator Action. Childhood Education, v88 n6 p394-397. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history, yet the United States has failed to ratify it, despite the efforts of countless supporters. Opponents of ratification in the United States have been effective at preventing ratification by asserting that the CRC will damage family relationships and undermine parental authority, among other things (Fagan, Sauders, & Fragoso, 2009; Farris, 2005; Schlafly, 1993). The author believes–as do many in the pro-ratification community–that these concerns are unwarranted for a number of reasons. First, the language of the CRC is clear with regard to the important role of parents. Second, the author believes that most of the rights contained in the CRC are already granted to children under U.S. law. Third, the CRC can be ratified with statements that can address parental rights and other issues in a manner sufficient to satisfy opponents (Smolin, 2006). Fourth, treaties in the United… [Direct]

Thyer, Bruce A. (2007). Psychologists' Advocacy for the Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships. American Psychologist, v62 n7 p713 Oct. Comments on the article by G. Herek, "Legal recognition of same-sex relationships in the United States: A social science perspective." Herek provided a useful overview of psychological research relevant to the legal recognition of same-sex marriages. Another avenue of advocacy that the American Psychological Association could undertake would be to take advantage of its status as an accredited nongovernmental organization at the United Nations and aim to amend the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, originally approved in 1948. This document, noble in many respects, contains standards that limit the rights of gays and lesbians to legally marry. It is troubling that the very United Nations that advocates for human rights around the globe perpetuates these hetero-normative standards. Amending the United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights would be a positive step toward providing a legal rationale and international precedent for equal civil rights for gays… [Direct]

Kang, Soon-Won (2010). Multicultural Education and the Rights to Education of Migrant Children in South Korea. Educational Review, v62 n3 p287-300 Aug. This study reviews the current state of multicultural education for migrant children in South Korea and calls for a critical reorientation of multicultural education for all. Racism was deepened during the colonial period in Korea, and continues to this day. Thus I argue that the ambivalent, dualistic ethnic prejudice distorted by colonialism can be resolved only through a decolonization of thinking. Currently South Korea is moving from being a homogeneous and mono-cultural community into a heterogeneous and multicultural society. In this context, immigrants are subject to discrimination and excluded from ethnocentric Korean society, and abused in terms of universal human rights. This is the environment for the urgently needed multicultural education. Multicultural education is one of the avenues through which we are able to confront racism today throughout the world. Multicultural education in Korea needs to be reconsidered in accordance with the rights to education for all children… [Direct]

Woito, Robert, Ed. (1977). International Human Rights Kit. Designed for students, educators, and citizens interested in human rights, the booklet presents resources for learning about the facts, perspectives, and existing procedures and institutions to promote human rights. Chapter one explores the relationship between human rights and war. Chapter two presents a self-survey to help readers clarify personal values; a discussion of 49 common questions about human rights; and an examination of the compatibility of social and cultural rights with civil and political rights. In chapter three, transcripts of speeches by government representatives from the United States, Communist world, Third World, and the United Nations offer various perspectives on foreign policy goals and attitudes toward human rights. A detailed analysis of the International Bill of Rights comprises chapter four. Chapter five indicates the international human rights instruments which have been ratified by various countries, and reveals the limited relationship between…

Canning, Cynthia (1978). Human Rights/Human Needs. Momentum, v9 n4 p4-7 Dec. The faculty of Holy Names High School developed an interdisciplinary human rights program with school-wide activities focusing on three selected themes: the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in conjunction with Human Rights Week; Food; and Women. This article outlines major program activities. (SJL)…

Boschki, Reinhold; Reichmann, Bettina; Schwendemann, Wilhelm (2010). Education after and about Auschwitz in Germany: Towards a Theory of Remembrance in the European Context. Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, v40 n1 p133-152 Mar. This article provides an overview of education after and about Auschwitz (Holocaust education) in Germany in both theory and practice, with particular attention to three critical areas. The first is the status of research in, as Adorno famously phrased it, "education after Auschwitz" within the context of contemporary Germany. German society is pluralistic, and is built on the third and fourth generations of young Germans since the National Socialist Era. These Germans cannot and do not want to be identified as perpetrators, but they must deal with a strong and growing right-wing extremist movement. The second area, given these challenges, is the fact that Holocaust education can fail. And finally, the European dimension of Holocaust remembrance means teaching about Auschwitz in the context of a general effort to resist inhumanity, as well as attempts to identify the connections between learning after and about Auschwitz, on the one hand, and learning and understanding… [Direct]

Maadad, Nina, Ed.; Tight, Malcolm, Ed. (2014). Academic Mobility. International Perspectives on Higher Education Research. Volume 11. International Perspectives on Higher Education Research Academic mobility promotes the development of joint research activities, broadens the horizons of researchers, lecturers and professors, and promotes knowledge flows between institutions. This book offers a contemporary perspective on the mobility of academics across the globe with contributions by authors based in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. With a focus on the context for and experience of academic mobility in Africa, Australia, Europe, the Gulf and the United States, issues such as historical perspectives and contemporary reflections, the impact of English as the 'lingua franca' of academe in South Africa, the motivations and experiences of international academics working in the United Arab Emirates, the integration of foreign-born faculty within Israeli academia, academic mobility within the US, and, the legal status of academic mobility, this volume is both comprehensive and… [Direct]

Alo, Edita (2010). Democratic Approaches in Education and Language Teaching. Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, v41 n2 p123-132 Apr. In this paper the author asserts that as post- conflict Kosovo has emerged from the stage of emergency rehabilitation towards long-term development planning to independence, its peaceful and successful development largely depends on the development of a strong education system based on tolerance and human rights values. This paper looks at ways to promote an education system which accessible to all and also builds on the human potential of Kosovo by encouraging democratic behavior amongst the younger generation. The author asserts that traditional teaching in schools is no longer appropriate and looks at efforts to introduce new approaches to teaching. She suggests that a transformation is needed in order to have effective reforms. Part of this transformation suggests that educators in Kosovo will need to better understand that, while the country may be undergoing a transformation, teaching is a changing and dynamic profession with continuing demands and that education and… [Direct]

Bronkhorst, Daan; Devine, Carol; Hansen, Carol Rae; Moritz, Frederic A.; Poole, Hilary, Ed.; Rolle, Baptiste; Sherman, Rebecca; Southard, Jo Lynn; Wilde, Ralph; Wilkinson, Robert (1999). Human Rights: The Essential Reference. This reference work documents the history of human rights theory, explains each article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, explores the contemporary human rights movement, and examines the major human rights issues facing the world today. This book is the first to combine historical and contemporary perspectives on these critical issues. The book is organized into four distinct parts. Part 1 traces the evolution of our modern concept of human rights from the classical world to the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the document that defines our modern understanding of human rights. Part 2 provides a detailed explanation of all 30 articles of the Universal Declaration. Part 3 offers an overview of the post-1948 human rights movement and its key players, including descriptions of United Nations governmental and nongovernmental organizations throughout the world and biographical sketches of individuals who have had a significant impact on the human…

Rendel, Margherita (1997). Whose Human Rights?. During the last 50 years, principles, institutions, and policies of human rights have been developed worldwide. This book brings together European and international conventions on human rights, the rights of women, and the users and uses of education, and places them in their wider context. It examines issues in how human rights work, the ways in which women have benefited, and the role of education in human rights. Chapter 1 offers an account of how human-rights legislation has been brought to fruition, with a focus on the process in Great Britain. Chapter 2 examines the international development of human rights, and chapter 3 describes the various ways in which education can be used to advance human rights. Chapter 4 examines the ways in which education appears in human-rights instruments. How do the provisions meet women's needs? The fifth chapter considers how these rights are globally and regionally implemented and enforced. Chapter 6 assesses the right to education in England…

Cifuentes, Persida; Hones, Donald (2012). "Los Papeles No Trabajan": The Papers Don't Do the Work. Multicultural Education, v20 n1 p2-8 Fall. Schools across the United States serve children from families that have crossed the U.S. border without documents. Some of these children have crossed the border themselves. For teachers and other educators, the Supreme Court decision of "Plyler v. Doe" (1982) has set the precedent that all children in the United States are entitled to a public education, regardless of their immigration status. Nevertheless, undocumented immigration remains a highly polarizing issue, and the struggles of immigrant children and their families often takes a back seat to political posturing. The authors of this article believe that it is an act of both courage and solidarity for teachers to provide support for undocumented children and their families. They also assert that it is a moral duty supported by international human rights agreements signed by the United States. The following research study raises questions about how the United States serves and supports the children and families who… [PDF]

Brabeck, Mary M.; Rogers, Lauren (2000). Human Rights as a Moral Issue: Lessons for Moral Educators from Human Rights Work. Journal of Moral Education, v29 n2 p167-82 Jun. Proposes a cross over between moral education and human rights work, suggesting that human rights documents allow moral educators to learn from human rights activists and educators. Argues that Latin Americans and other marginalized groups can inform moral education work. Includes five suggestions for incorporating human rights into moral education programs. (CMK)…

Philippou, Stavroula (2012). "Europe" as an Alibi: An Overview of Twenty Years of Policy, Curricula and Textbooks in the Republic of Cyprus–and Their Review. European Educational Research Journal, v11 n3 p428-445. This article compares discourses on "Europe" in Greek-Cypriot policy, curricula and textbooks over approximately the last twenty years, from the early 1990s, when Cyprus applied for European Union (EU) membership, until 2011-12, the school year during which the recently revised curricula were gradually introduced to schools for implementation. This period spans both before and after the accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the EU in 2004, the year when an educational reform was also launched. As this reform has been mainly materialised through curriculum review processes, and as "Europe" has been repeatedly invoked to legitimise and explain its necessity, it renders Cyprus a useful case study, within the "problematique" of this special issue, in terms of exploring the shaping and governing of a European education policy space via "European" curricula. Findings indicate distinct differences and continuities between the two periods; although… [Direct]

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Bibliography: Human Rights (Part 123 of 406)

Frankel, Charles (1978). Human Rights and Foreign Policy. Headline Series 241. A discussion is presented of the meaning of human rights, implications of human rights for foreign policy, and obstacles to its realization on a global scale. Chapter I identifies human rights as a critical issue, commends President Carter's initiative in this area, and points out difficulties of implementing a human rights policy. Chapter II raises questions about the (1) intellectual background of the human rights concept, (2) concrete meaning of human rights, (3) ability of an American human rights policy to be consistent and principled, and (4) global implications of a human rights policy declared by a world power such as the United States. A historical analysis of the human rights concept is presented in chapter III. The author compares its role in the Judeo-Christian tradition, Roman stoicism, the writings of John Locke, and contemporary philosophy. Chapter IV explores a philosophical rationale for human rights based on religious, metaphysical, utilitarian, and social-contract…

Wang, Zhihe (2002). Toward a Postmodern Notion of Human Rights. Educational Philosophy and Theory, v34 n2 p171-183 May. The idea of human rights has increasingly been playing a very important part in people's contemporary life, the political in particular, the cultural in general. This explains why Dr. Griffin in \Beyond Anarchy and Plutocracy: the need for global democracy\ includes a chapter on human rights. \My contention,\ Dr. Griffin writes, \is that now, in the light of globalization, the idea of human rights should inspire a movement for global democracy.\ According to Griffin, global democratic government needs the notion of human rights as at least one of its starting points. In turn, the full implementation of human rights relies on global democratic government. Griffin mentions several obstacles to realizing the idea of human rights. The idea of state sovereignty is regarded as a major obstacle on the way to the full implementation of human rights. According to Griffin, \As long as this doctrine of Sovereignty is retained, therefore, the idea of human rights, with its moral universalism,… [Direct]

Torney-Purta, Judith (1981). Human Rights: Descriptions of Classroom Activities. Twenty-seven classroom activities to help elementary and secondary students learn about human rights are described. The three major objectives of human rights education and teaching are: (1) to foster the attitudes of tolerance, respect, and solidarity inherent in human rights; (2) to provide knowledge about human rights, in both their national and international dimensions, and the institutions established for their implementation; and (3) to develop the student's awareness of the ways and means by which human rights can be translated into social and political reality at both the national and the international levels. Because research has indicated the importance of the years before adolescence in human rights education, activities have been included for this age group as well as for advanced students. The majority of activities are more suitable for classrooms where teachers are used to engaging in open discussions with their students. However, many of the activities can also be… [PDF]

Baker, David P.; Henck, Adrienne; Schaub, Maryellen (2017). The Globalized "Whole Child": Cultural Understandings of Children and Childhood in Multilateral Aid Development Policy, 1946-2010. Comparative Education Review, v61 n2 p298-326 May. Current global conceptions of childhood dictate that all children are entitled to a childhood that provides protection, preparation, and child development for the whole child. We analyze 65 years of policy documents from the influential multilateral agency UNICEF focusing on how cultural ideas have changed over time and how they have blended into the contemporary idea of the child and childhood that is distinctly different from the period immediately following World War II. The results present a rich description of these trends including the greater elaboration of educational development during childhood, movement from an image of the simple unidimensional child to greater complexity and multiple dimensions, the whole child, and a shift away from imagining children as creations of particular local cultural contexts to a global, one-size-fits-all child with universal requirements and rights to human development, the globalized whole child…. [Direct]

Manson, Patrick (1998). Teaching Strategy: Human Rights Around the World and at Home. Update on Law-Related Education, v22 n3 p41-42 Fall. Presents a lesson on human rights for middle and secondary school students in which they identify human rights, cite examples of human-rights abuses and affirmations, and relate actions to the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Explains that students identify human-rights issues globally and at home. (CMK)…

Coussey, Mary (2008). Tough, but Where's the Love?. Adults Learning, v20 n4 p10-11 Dec. Every government wants to appear to be tough on asylum seekers. But in failing to offer newcomers immediate access to English language learning one runs the risk of missing out on significant economic and social cohesion benefits. In this article, the author argues that asylum seekers need to get English language support in their first six months in the UK and be provided with immediate access to language training. She contends that language is key to social integration and, while she believes language learning cannot be called a human right, it is the means by which newcomers access their basic human rights and "become effective" in a country. It is particularly important for asylum seekers, since they are denied the opportunity to take up any other forms of gainful activity and are "among the most vulnerable sections of society". There is research that shows that those who have English language training in the early phases are much more likely to carry on… [Direct]

Greyling, A. J. (2009). Reaching for the Dream: Quality Education for All. Educational Studies, v35 n4 p425-435 Oct. Quality and equality in education is the dream of many. In South Africa hope was pinned onto the transformation that was to follow the major political changes of the 1990s. The promotion of inclusive education is rooted in a philosophical and principled position that all children should have educational rights and opportunities as encased in the Bill of Rights. Therefore, inclusive education became part of a greater initiative to establish and support a culture of human rights in our society. This article reports on factors educators, as instruments of change, perceive as problematic to them in rendering quality and effective teaching. This is followed by a critical reflection against a backdrop of their qualifications, attitudes and commitment…. [Direct]

Nail, Allan (2009). Pedagogy of the Living Dead: Using Students' Prior Knowledge to Explore Perspective. English Journal, v98 n6 p49-55 Jul. One reason zombie films are so frightening, and perhaps so popular, is because zombies represent a unique type of monster. Rather than frightening people because they are so alien to the world as people understand it, zombies are horrifying in how closely they resemble people. Zombies are people and represent the potential of zombie characteristics in everyone, which is simultaneously scary and revealing. Zombies and other undead denizens can provide for meaningful scaffolding onto knowledge that students already possess. In this article, the author describes how he incorporated zombies into his classroom to liven up his students' study of cultural knowledge, debates about human rights, and literary analysis. (Contains 1 note.)… [Direct]

Jones, Tricia S. (2006). Combining Conflict Resolution Education and Human Rights Education: Thoughts for School-Based Peace Education. Journal of Peace Education, v3 n2 p187-208 Sep. Peace education embraces a wide range of programs and initiatives. Two of those subfields, human rights education and conflict resolution education, are often considered too different in goals, models and content to be seen as partners in the same educational effort. A review of recent literature confirms that few conflict resolution education programs include a strong human rights emphasis. And many human rights education programs contain little in the way of conflict resolution education. In this article, I suggest that these types of peace education may be more productively combined than originally thought, especially in school-based and youth-based programs in the United States. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.)… [Direct]

Smith, Charisa (2013). Nothing about Us without Us! The Failure of the Modern Juvenile Justice System and a Call for Community-Based Justice. Journal of Applied Research on Children, v4 n1 Article 11. The modern juvenile justice system is failing our society. A literature review reveals resounding criticism of the system at all points–arrest, court processing, and incarceration. The current system does not effectively reduce recidivism, is wrought with racial disparities, operates with a minimal degree of cultural competence, violates human rights norms, and fails to empower and reform individuals who are directly affected. The current system shatters social bonds and does not hold governmental agencies accountable for wrongdoing or ineffectiveness. Community-based approaches more effectively reduce crime, cost less, are more empowering and culturally competent, help ameliorative civic fragmentation, and are more socially responsible. The definition of community-based approaches to juvenile justice entails any, and ideally all, of the following: 1) Empowerment of communities and youth who grapple with mass over-incarceration, poverty, violence, under-performing schools, a lack of… [PDF]

(1973). Population and Human Rights, Education and Information. A background paper for the Symposium on Population and Human Rights reviews the proceedings and resolutions of the United Nations Internal Conference on Human Rights of 1968, General Assembly resolutions, and relevant supporting statistics concerned with the relations of population and human rights. This information is organized into the following sections: 1) Human Rights and Law; 2) Rights and Duties; 3) Population Growth and Human Rights; 4) Effects of Rapid Population Growth on Education; 5) Education and Population Growth; 6) Communication Media and Population; and 7) Action to Promote Human Rights in the Light of Population Trends. (KSM)… [PDF]

Lied, Sidsel (2009). The Norwegian "Christianity, Religion and Philosophy" Subject "KRL" in Strasbourg. British Journal of Religious Education, v31 n3 p263-275 Sep. This article presents the judgement and dissent of the European Court of Human Rights in the "Case of Folgero and others v. Norway" regarding the subject "Christianity, Religion and Philosophy (KRL)" in Norwegian state schools. The verdict, reached with dissenting votes of 9-8, states that parents' freedom of ensuring their children an education in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions is violated in "KRL". The article also discusses a possible way of thinking in the process of creating a common, unifying subject for teaching about religions and beliefs in the Norwegian state school system. (Contains 4 notes.)… [Direct]

Zartner, Dana (2009). An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching International Law: Using the Tools of the Law School Classroom in Political Science. PS: Political Science and Politics, v42 n1 p189-195 Jan. As the world has grown more interconnected, many political science programs have added courses on international law, international organizations, the laws of war and peace, international human rights, and comparative judicial politics. While in many cases these are relatively new offerings within international studies, all of these subjects have long been part of the law school curriculum. There is, therefore, a long pedagogical history to be examined in terms of the techniques and content used in law schools to teach these courses. This paper examines a number of these techniques and discusses how they may be used in political science courses to enhance student learning opportunities…. [Direct]

Hollomotz, Andrea (2009). \May We Please Have Sex Tonight?\–People with Learning Difficulties Pursuing Privacy in Residential Group Settings. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, v37 n2 p91-97 Jun. Many residential group settings for people with learning difficulties do not provide individuals with the private space in which they can explore their sexual relationships in a safe and dignified manner. Lack of agreed private spaces seriously infringes the individual's human rights. Many people with learning difficulties who lack privacy have no other option but to escape to isolated public or semi-private spaces to be sexually active. This places individuals at risk. It is suggested that self-advocacy driven policy guidance must be developed which must require residential services to review their practice to ensure that they accommodate residents' need for privacy, whilst supporting them to lead safe sexual relationships…. [Direct]

Demir, Semra (2011). An Overview of Peace Education in Turkey: Definitions, Difficulties, and Suggestions–A Qualitative Analysis. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, v11 n4 p1739-1745 Aut. In modern world, advances and changes experienced in social, political, and economic domains cannot be effective in diminishing the unwanted behaviors displayed by individuals in a society. This underpins the need for creating a peace culture based on equality, justice, democracy, human rights, tolerance, and solidarity in a society. The purpose of this study is to examine the opinions of classroom teachers in Turkey about different aspects of peace as a concept and peace education in terms of problems, expectations, and suggestions. This research has been designed in accordance with qualitative research paradigm, and semi-structured interview technique has been employed as the data collection tool. 13 teachers have voluntarily participated in this study. Findings have revealed that participating teachers have similar definitions regarding not only global and national peace, but also individual peace. Predominantly test-oriented and exam-based education system have been found to be… [PDF]

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