(1969). Visual Insights from the Museum of African Art. Soc Educ, 33, 4, 412-417, 69 Apr. A 3-part article, including (1) \Social Education Visits a Museum, (2) African Art and Social Values / Edward Cutler, and (3) Artist Ben Shahn on Human Rights….

Parker, Franklin (1970). Teaching for World Understanding: A Bibliographical Essay on International and Multicultural Education. Phi Delta Kappan, 51, 5, 276-281, 70 Jan. Provides an extensive bibliography of books and teaching aids on world cultures. Peace, human rights, and the teaching of world affairs and world understanding are stressed. (LN)…

Tsutsui, Kiyoteru (2006). Redressing Past Human Rights Violations: Global Dimensions of Contemporary Social Movements. Social Forces, v85 n1 p331-354 Sep. This paper proposes a theoretical framework to analyze global dimensions of contemporary social movements and attempts to answer the empirical question: why did the social movement for former comfort women emerge in the late 1980s after more than 40 years of silence? The theoretical framework integrates the world polity approach into social movement theory to argue that global political and cultural transformations in recent years have expanded political opportunities at the global level and intensified international flows of mobilizational resources and discursive frames, increasing the potential for social movements on globally legitimated issues such as human rights. The empirical analysis on the rise and development of the comfort women movement shows that these global factors have been crucial in the emergence and success of the movement. (Contains 5 figures, 1 table and 20 notes.)… [Direct]

Woll, Lisa (2001). Organizational Responses to the Convention on the Rights of the Child: International Lessons for Child Welfare Organizations. Child Welfare, v80 n5 p668-79 Sep-Oct. Describes ways six large, international, child-focused nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have responded to the nearly universal ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Considers the role of NGOs in drafting the CRC, changes in their human rights/child rights programs, and the inclusion of children's participation in organizations. (JPB)…

(1985). Unesco and Education for Peace. Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, v15 n3 p445-53. Presented are the recommendations of the 1974 Unesco general conference concerning education for international understanding, co-operation, peace, and education relating to human rights and fundamental freedoms. (RM)…

Elfman, Lois (2009). An Ambassador on and off the Field. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, v26 n8 p10 May. This article features Oklahoma State University (OSU) soccer midfielder Yolanda Odenyo. Odenyo grew up in Sweden the daughter of a Swedish mother and Kenyan father. Each year, she would spend her summer months in either Kenya or Zaire. She believes her extensive travels gave her a global perspective and a strong appreciation for human rights and responsibilities. Her drive to excel on and off the soccer field has led to her selection as the Diverse 2009 Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar of the Year. She put on a fundraiser at OSU to create a scholarship fund for high school girls in Kenya. Odenyo has also served on the student athlete advisory committee and tutored other student-athletes for the academic services office at OSU. She's also been active in doing outreach work with her church, which started as an on-campus ministry run by the football strength coach and has now evolved into an off-campus church. Odenyo has taught life skills at a juvenile detention center in Oklahoma… [Direct]

Siler, Michael J. (1998). Reduction of Minority Public University Access in California: An Analysis of the Long-Term Human Rights Implications. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v25 n3 p16-33 Fall. Explores the political and social reasons behind the denial of affirmative action at the University of California and analyzes the probable impact and human rights effects of the policy. Because the state has not allocated sufficient funds to improve elementary and secondary education for Blacks and Latinos, their numbers will inevitably decline in the state university system. (SLD)…

Lo, Leslie Nai-kwai (2007). The Sustainable Development of Inclusive Education. Chinese Education and Society, v40 n4 p44-62 Jul-Aug. The advent of inclusive education has quietly changed the ecology of Hong Kong's educational system. Inclusive education is a product of education in the developed Western nations and has spread at the instigation of international organizations. It is a plan for educational development that is based on the concepts of human rights and peace and stresses respect for differences. However, it is also a means of managing schools that is easier to comprehend than to carry out. This paper attempts to explain the basic concepts of inclusive education, describe its operative elements, and discuss its practical problems. Drawing on research findings and developmental experience gained abroad and locally, the author makes some suggestions for the sustained development of inclusive education. [This report was translated by Ted Wang.]… [Direct]

Barnes, L. Philip, Ed. (2011). Debates in Religious Education. The Debates in Subject Teaching Series. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group What are the key debates in Religious Education teaching today? "Debates in Religious Education" explores the major issues all RE teachers encounter in their daily professional lives. It encourages critical reflection and aims to stimulate both novice and experienced teachers to think more deeply about their practice, and link research and evidence to what they have observed in schools. This accessible book tackles established and contemporary issues enabling you to reach informed judgements and argue your point of view with deeper theoretical knowledge and understanding. Taking account of recent controversy, and challenging assumptions about the place of religion in education, expert contributors cover key topics such as: (1) Effective pedagogy in RE teaching; (2) Exploring thinking skills and truth claims; (3) The relationship of science and religion in the classroom; (4) The place of school worship in contemporary society; (5) The role of RE in spiritual and moral… [Direct]

Sassen, Saskia (2003). Citizenship Destabilized. Liberal Education, v89 n2 p14-21 Spr. Explores how the complexity of citizenship provides a lens through which one might view such issues as globalization, human rights, and the relation between nation states and citizens. (EV)…

Shaw, Dagmar Thorpe (1979). Why America Should Support Native Rights. American Indian Journal, v5 n10 p23-24 Oct. The essay discusses Indian rights in the light of national and international law and describes the struggle for Indian rights as part of an international struggle for human rights and social justice. (SB)…

Andresen, Oliver, Ed.; Staiger, Ralph C., Ed. (1969). Reading: A Human Right and A Human Problem. A selection of papers presented at the Second World Congress on Reading held in Copenhagen in August, 1968, reflects the views of educators from 25 countries on facets of reading instruction. Central to the Congress was its stress on education as a human right. The raising of literacy goals and the roles played by various agencies in accomplishing this are themes which appear throughout the speeches. Topics discussed in papers in the collection include beginning reading, reading comprehension, preparation of teaching materials, descriptions of programs, teacher education, and reading problems. (MS)…

(1989). An Inventory of Human Rights Teaching Materials = Repertoire du Materiel Pedagogique Relatif aux Droits de la Personne. This document is an inventory designed to help educators more efficiently locate resources for teaching about human rights in the classroom. The types of materials identified in this document include: teaching units and guides, reference books, multi-media kits, filmstrips, tapes, video cassettes, supplementary curricular materials, and other bibliographies. In order to compile the inventory, the major teaching libraries in the province of Manitoba were surveyed. The source libraries are listed alphabetically, and library materials are classified according to the following topics: general information about human rights; stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination–general; discrimination–disability; discrimination–race; discrimination–sex/gender; and multicultural education. In the description of each item, the author is generally followed by the title, place of publication, publisher or producer and year of publication or production, when information is available. A brief…

Coulthard, Elizabeth J.; Husain, Masud; Malhotra, Paresh (2009). Role of Right Posterior Parietal Cortex in Maintaining Attention to Spatial Locations over Time. Brain, v132 n3 p645-660 Mar. Recent models of human posterior parietal cortex (PPC) have variously emphasized its role in spatial perception, visuomotor control or directing attention. However, neuroimaging and lesion studies also suggest that the right PPC might play a special role in maintaining an alert state. Previously, assessments of right-hemisphere patients with hemispatial neglect have revealed significant \overall\ deficits on vigilance tasks, but to date there has been no demonstration of a deterioration of performance over time–a vigilance decrement–considered by some to be a key index of a deficit in maintaining attention. Moreover, sustained attention deficits in neglect have not specifically been related to PPC lesions, and it remains unclear whether they interact with spatial impairments in this syndrome. Here we examined the ability of right-hemisphere patients with neglect to maintain attention, comparing them to stroke controls and healthy individuals. We found evidence of an \overall\… [Direct]

(1981). Native American Rights Fund: 1981 Annual Report. In 1981 the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) continued its program of providing legal representation to Indian tribes and groups in cases of major significance to Indian people throughout the country. Many significant Indian rights victories were achieved in 1981 in the areas of tribal existence, Indian natural resources protection, human rights and government accountability, and Indian education. After a detailed description of NARF, major activities during 1981 are presented in five sections: preserving tribal existence (25 cases); protecting tribal resources (36 cases); promoting human rights, which includes Indian education (19 cases); holding all levels of government accountable to Native Americans (10 cases); and furthering the development of Indian law (17 activities). The treasurer's report concludes the report. (ERB)…

Davila, Pauli; Naya, Luis Maria (2007). Education and the Rights of the Child in Europe. Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, v37 n3 p357-367 Sep. This article analyses the situation of the right to education in Europe, based on a comparative study of the recommendations made by the Committee on the Rights of the Child with respect to the reports submitted to the Committee by the European States Parties. The primary sources used are the Committee's concluding observations and the individual reports of the States Parties. The article analyses some of the educational aspects underlying the Convention on the Rights of the Child, such as obstacles to the enjoyment of the right to education, access to that right, discrimination in education, school discipline and human rights-based education. The conclusions suggest consideration of a European map, highlighting certain difficulties in such areas as access to education, discrimination against particular groups and a certain ambivalence in relation to the use of corporal punishment…. [Direct]

Gold, Howard B. (1978). Children's Rights and Child Abuse. Day Care and Early Education, 5, 3, 25-7, Spr 78. Presents a summary of the principles of human rights and of the shocking abuse which violates those principles. Describes an effort on a national level to combat this problem. (BR)…

Eggleston, John (1986). Multicultural Society: The Qualitative Aspects. Research Papers in Education, v1 n3 p217-36 Oct. This paper describes current European multicultural societies, and explores the social problems experienced in education and the related issues in employment, community life, social welfare, and human rights. (Author/MT)…

Smith, David J., Ed. (2013). Peacebuilding in Community Colleges: A Teaching Resource. United States Institute of Peace Offering lifelong and developmental learning to over 13 million students at nearly 1,200 schools, community colleges in the United States attract a student body with remarkable economic, ethnic, and cultural diversity. They provide students with skills and foundational knowledge upon which successful professional careers and rewarding personal engagement can be built. This identity makes community colleges uniquely suited to teach global awareness and community building. Yet the development of peacebuilding and conflict resolution curricula is still a relatively new effort at these institutions. In "Peacebuilding in Community Colleges," David Smith underscores the importance of community colleges in strengthening global education and teaching conflict resolution skills. Enlisting contributions by twenty-three community college professionals, Smith has created a first-of-its-kind volume for faculty and administrators seeking to develop innovative and engaging peacebuilding… [Direct]

Ishida, Atsushi; Kosaka, Kenji; Yonetani, Miya (2006). Determinants of Linguistic Human Rights Movements: An Analysis of Multiple Causation of LHRs Movements Using a Boolean Approach. Social Forces, v84 n4 p1937-1955 Jun. This paper applies a Boolean approach to examine the social background of movements for linguistic human rights. Predictive determinants to explain the occurrence of LHRs movements in this study included linguistic diversity within a country, literacy rate, population size, national income as an index of affluence, and the existence of a constitution supporting those rights. Data for 159 countries were collected and analyzed using a Boolean analysis. The result of the analysis shows that there are four combinations of economic and linguistic conditions that cause LHRs movements in a country. A further analysis with varying cutoff values reveals that the combination GD (higher gross income AND linguistic diversity) is the \strongest\ condition for LHRs movements in the four combinations…. [Direct]

(1984). Emerging Issues in Migration, Emigration, and Immigration. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v12 n3 p48-61 Fall. Reports on findings presented at three workshops on immigration and emigration at a 1982 conference on human rights. Addresses topics ranging from rights of refugees and migrants to philosophies of cultural pluralism. (KH)…

Pariente, Vita (1971). General Session 2: Speaker to be Announced. Audiovisual Instruction, 16, 6, 13-15, Jun/Jul 71. A brief review of a videotaped speech by comedian Bill Cosby entitled, A Human Right: The Right to Learn,\ presented at the annual convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. (AK)…

Munro, Brad (1989). Literacy: A Citizenship Participation Issue. TESL Talk, v19 n1 p80-85. Canada's ratification of the United Nations international human rights instruments demonstrates that literacy is not only an educational right but also a necessary prerequisite for effective participation in Canada's advanced society. (Author/CB)…

Gordon, June A. (2006). From Liberation to Human Rights: Challenges for Teachers of the "Burakumin" in Japan. Race, Ethnicity & Education, v9 n2 p183-202 Jul. The "Burakumin," a culturally defined minority group among ethnic Japanese, face continued discrimination even as effective national policies and programs offering educational and social equity are terminated. Based on interviews and conversations in Japan with activist educators, teachers and administrators, the schooling for children of "Burakumin" families is discussed in the context of human rights education and the changing economic and social context of urban Japan. Isolation combined with ostracization in a country where difference is seldom discussed have enabled the average Japanese to accept Government pronouncements of the eradication of discrimination. However, historical stereotypes, liberation struggles, and ambivalence about cultural identity continue to present teachers with difficult challenges in attaining the national goal of equal educational opportunity for all children…. [Direct]

Jonas, William (1999). Social Justice Report, 1999. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, HREOC. Report to the Attorney-General as Required by Section 46C(1)(a) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986. This report examines the disadvantaged and marginalized condition of the Indigenous peoples of Australia as a human rights issue, focusing on issues concerning Indigenous young people. Permeating the report is the idea that this disadvantage arises from a history of overt and structural discrimination and that special efforts and differential treatment are necessary and appropriate to redress disadvantage and achieve equality in Australian society. Chapter 1 examines current themes in debates about Indigenous policy: moving beyond welfare dependency, accountability of Indigenous programs and services, Indigenous participation in government decisions that affect them, and the national reconciliation process. Chapter 2 profiles Indigenous youth, aged 15-29, and aspects of disadvantage. Demographic and other data include population size, age structure, income, unemployment, overcrowded housing, participation in secondary and higher education, native language use, birth rates,… [PDF]

Audigier, F.; Lagelee, G. (1993). Civic Education: Teaching about Society, Passing on Values. Report of the Council of Europe Teachers' Seminar (57th, Donaueschingen, Germany, October 12-17, 1992). This seminar report describes debates that centered around three civic educational themes of identity/citizenship, civics and school life, and the study of the European Convention on Human Rights along with ideas presented at the opening of the seminar and general conclusions at the end. The discussion of civic education led to a range of solutions that included 13 human rights propositions to form the basis of civic education. The first section detailed identity and citizenship as the two key concepts of civic education. The concepts covered three types of meanings: (1) that which is imposed and attributed; (2) that which is built up; and (3) that which can be changed. The seminar focused on school life and dealt with the development of democratic attitudes, learning the rules of community life, and training strategies for teachers. The European Convention on Human Rights as a resource was emphasized. Teaching approaches describe rewriting the text, an explanation of the words,…

Richardson, Theresa (2011). John Locke and the Myth of Race in America: Demythologizing the Paradoxes of the Enlightenment as Visited in the Present. Philosophical Studies in Education, v42 p101-112. The English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) is one of the most prominent figures in the development of liberal Anglo-American political thought. Locke's writings had a significant influence on the American Revolution and founding principles of the United States in fundamental ways. The author argues that Locke's influence is pervasive not only in American political ideology but also in the contradictions between stated ideals and institutions that have sustained inequality and oppression in a land that values equality and freedom. Max Horkheimer and Theodore Adorno in their work on the Enlightenment note that every effort to rationalize the foundations of civil society also embedded those foundations in ideology and mythology. One of the myths that emerged out of the scientific revolution and effort to ground human progress in reason was the fiction of multiple races of humankind. This idea, while not uncommon in Anglo-European thought by the 19th century, became… [PDF]

Teruhisa, Horio (2000). Culture of Peace, Human Rights, and Living Together: The Significance and Prospects of Education in a Global Age Context. Asia Pacific Education Review, v1 n1 p13-22 Dec. Describes development of Global Age from Japanese perspective; discusses peace and human-rights activities of the United Nations Economic and Social Council; describes development of individual character and universal attributes; explains Japanese concept of living together; discusses awareness problems related to Japan's relationship with other Asian countries, especially Korea; describes implications for education. (Contains 20 references.) (PKP)…

Carding, Tony (1977). Humane Education and Some Implications. International Understanding at School, 32, 3-8, 77. The article explores some of the relationships between the value of humane education and those of education concerning the environment and education for international understanding and respect of human rights. (Author)…

Nower, Joyce (1970). Cleaver's Vision of America and the New White Radical: A Legacy of Malcolm X. Negro Amer Lit Forum, 4, 1, 12-21, Mar '70. Traces the development of Malcolm X's and Eldridge Cleaver's points of view as to the proper focus of attention in the struggle toward full human rights for the black American. (RD)…