(2006). Up against Giants: The National Indian Youth Council, the Navajo Nation, and Coal Gasification, 1974-77. American Indian Culture and Research Journal, v30 n2 p17-34. In the spring of 1977, members of the National Indian Youth Council (NIYC), along with the Coalition for Navajo Liberation, barraged the Secretary of the Interior and the chairman of the Navajo Nation with petitions calling for a halt to the proposed construction of several coal gasification plants on the Navajo Reservation in northwestern New Mexico. The petitions stated that the billion-dollar industrial venture would lead to "the inevitable genocide" of the local Navajo people whose culture and livelihood would "once again (be) trampled and ignored." The NIYC-led campaign to stop coal gasification began in 1974 and lasted through most of 1977. Their struggle was against not only the multinationals seeking to build and profit from the plants, but also the governments of both the United States and the Navajo Nation, which ignored the interests of the Burnham residents in their legislative wrangling over gasification. In this article, the author traces the history… [Direct]
(2015). Intercultural Education: The Position of Roma in Education=Obrazovanje za interkulturalizam: Polo≈æaj Roma u odgoju i obrazovanju. Online Submission Faculty of Educational Sciences has recognized the importance of education for interculturalism, and it organizes the conference entitled "Education for interculturalism" every five years, so that all participants could gain new insights about interculturalism and strengthen their intercultural competencies. Modern interculturalism, as a modern and current topic in scientific and public educational policy, appears in the 20th century in the United States as an expression of pragmatic interest for international convergence of majority and minority ethnic groups. Education must be directed to the full development of the humans and strengthen respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It must promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and further support the United Nations work on the maintenance of peace. Pedagogy as a scientific discipline has an important role in the development of intercultural society. It cannot… [PDF]
(2001). Examining Human Rights in a Global Context. The United Nations' founding in 1945 and the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights reflected the international community's growing commitment to the protection and recognition of what is now referred to as human rights. Despite increased international attention, human rights violations continue to occur at the local, regional, national, and global levels. This unit introduces students to the concept of human rights and adds issues to that concept to heighten their awareness of the complexities of protecting human rights. Students are encouraged to consider multiple perspectives when discussing case studies from around the world. The unit introduction contains a rationale and introduction to lessons; unit goals; connections to curriculum standards; materials needed; time required; subjects and suggested grade levels; simulation overview; and icons. Lesson 1, "What Are Human Rights?" considers an appropriate definition of human rights. Lesson 2,…
(2007). A Traumatic Reading of Twentieth-Century Rhetorical Theory: The Belgian Holocaust, Malines, Perelman, and de Man. Quarterly Journal of Speech, v93 n3 p308-343 Aug. In this essay, I seek to read the rhetorical theories set forth by Belgians Chaim Perelman and Paul de Man as responses to the Holocaust. To accomplish this aspiration, I draw from Dominick LaCapra's framework for the analysis of trauma and its expression in historical and theoretical texts. Reading the rhetorical theories of Perelman and de Man, two of the most prominent of the twentieth century, through a lens of trauma theory allows critics to see them as post-war efforts to deal with the implications of the absence of meaning, the murder and loss of 25,257 Belgian Jews, Fascism, genocide, and de Man's collaboration with the Nazis. I argue that Perelman's rhetoric theory better "works-through" the Belgian Holocaust than the one offered by de Man because it offers a vision of reason that can yield justice and places collaborators in the "grey zone" of totalitarian societies and logical positivism, thereby offering de Man partial absolution for his endorsement of… [Direct]
(2002). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (85th, Miami, Florida, August 5-8, 2002). Media Ethics Division. The Media Ethics division of the proceedings contains the following 6 papers: "A Masochist's Teapot: Where to Put the Handle in Media Ethics" (Thomas W. Hickey); "Stalker-razzi and Sump-pump Hoses: The Role of the Media in the Death of Princess Diana" (Elizabeth Blanks Hindman); "The Promise and Peril of Anecdotes in News Coverage: An Ethical Analysis" (David A. Craig); "Generation Y's Ethical Judgments of Sexual and Fear Appeals in Print Advertising" (Jeffrey J. Maciejewski); "The Effects of Visuals on Ethical Reasoning: What's a Photograph Worth to Journalists Making Moral Decisions?" (Renita Coleman); and "Rwanda, News Media, and Genocide: Towards a Research Agenda for Reviewing the Ethics and Professional Standards of Journalists Covering Conflict" (Kevin R. Kemper and Michael Jonathan Grinfeld). (RS)… [PDF]
(1978). Human Rights. Selected Documents, No. 5 (Revised). General Foreign Policy Series 310, Report No. 8961. The booklet contains the text of eight selected documents on human rights. The documents are Excerpts from the UN Charter; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and the American Convention on Human Rights. Each document is preceded by an introductory background statement which presents information on when and where the charter or declaration was signed, when it was accepted into U.S. law and practice, major objectives, and outstanding successes and failures of the treaties to date. The concluding section presents correspondence between President Carter, the Senate, and the Department of State regarding the treaties. (DB)… [PDF]
(2004). Teaching International Law: Concepts in International Relations. Center for Teaching International Relations This book is designed to introduce students to public international law. Topics covered include international public organizations, such as the United Nations and World Trade Organization, international courts, international human rights law, international trade law, and international environmental law. The goal of each study is to examine how nation states cooperate to govern international affairs. There are 10 lessons: (1) There Ought to Be a Law! (The Problem of Enforcement); (2) What Is International Law?; (3) A Dispute Over Fish (A Case Study in How International Tribunals Work); (4) United Nations 101; (5) Regional Organizations: The European Union; (6) Genocide in Rwanda; (7) The International Criminal Court; (8) The International Court of Justice; (9) The Role of NGOs in International Law; and (10) Protecting Labor Rights: The Banana Plantation Battle…. [Direct]
(2004). Reflections of Native American Teacher Education on Bear Ridge. Rural Educator, v26 n1 p15-23 Fall. This study examines an elementary teacher education certification program delivered by a state university to Native American teacher aides on the reservation. Data were collected over two semesters using a Freirean critical theory framework to analyze the data and to explicate the problematic nature of Native American education. Analysis of the data indicated that the program reproduced Euro-American cultural values, was insensitive to Native American history or values, and did little to support individual teachers. Suggestions include the need for the program to acknowledge and address the historical cultural genocide that occurred in the education of Native Americans and the cultural and political hegemony of the teacher education program. More focus needed to be placed on supporting individual participants and their academic and cultural struggles in becoming teachers. (Contains 1 footnote.)… [PDF]
(2006). Intercultural Education: Theory and Practice. Intercultural Education, v17 n3 p245-257 Aug. The paper examines the theoretical position of intercultural educational studies. It begins by stressing the vital importance of intercultural education and the progress that has been made in recent times. It then turns to the terminological shift that occurred two decades ago, from multicultural to intercultural education, which was accepted unquestioningly at the time. Retrospectively, we might ask what was the discursive strategy of this lexical change. Did it not serve to disguise the realities of much cultural interaction: conquest, slave trade, genocide? What are the theoretical (as distinct from the moral) premises of intercultural education? Is the aspiration realistically for an education able to negotiate between cultures rather than to show that there is more than one culture? As the subject appears not to be tightly focused, so the context is also under-theorized and effectively de-politicized. The international political, economic and cultural contextualization… [Direct]
(2006). Post-Trauma: Is Evidence-Based Practice a Fantasy?. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, v2 n1 p94-106. Trauma, bereavement, and loss are universal human experiences. Much has been written about the process that the bereaved go through following the loss of a loved one. Recent events such as 9/11, earthquakes in Turkey, genocides in Rwanda, community conflict in Northern Ireland, and the Asian Tsunami Disaster have drawn unprecedented public attention to the subject of traumatic bereavement. Increasingly, it is recognised that while most people are able to cope with loss generally by eventually restructuring their lives, those bereaved in traumatic circumstance often find it extremely difficult. As a consequence, a plethora of interventions have emerged, however, to-date, little is known about their actual effectiveness in helping the bereaved. With the emphasis of health and welfare professions on evidence-based practice (EBP) greater than ever and a raising awareness of accountability as key element of ethical practice, the call for EBP in traumatic bereavement is compelling. Using… [PDF]
(2006). Educating Students about the Holocaust: A Survey of Teaching Practices. Social Education, v70 n1 p51-54 Jan-Feb. More than half a century has passed since the horrific events of the Holocaust took place, but images of the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany are no less shocking than they were 60 years ago. Any discussion of the Holocaust inevitably leads to questions not only of how and why this event occurred in the modern era but, more importantly, how the legacy of the Holocaust can continue to raise international awareness of human rights abuses and genocide. One way of achieving this awareness is by providing holocaust education to the nation's young people. While this objective has obtained widespread support, there has been an absence of reliable nationwide information on how the Holocaust is actually taught in U.S. schools. This article attempts to fill that gap by presenting the results of a yearlong study commissioned by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum of teaching practices in Holocaust education in the nation's… [Direct]
(2007). Welcome to the Land of the Ideas: The Goethe Institute Fellowship Tour of Germany. International Journal of Whole Schooling, v3 n2 p39-52 Sep. There are many valid reasons for participating in an educators' tour of Germany. It is a nation that has a legacy of literary and political thought that has had a profound impact on the evolution of Western civilization. Germany has offered the world artistic and scientific genius and been the source of devastating war and unprecedented genocide. The historic opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the unification of Germany in 1990 underscore the importance of understanding the geopolitical role of modern Germany in the world community. Today, Germany is one of the world's leading export countries, a major contributor to the European Union and an internationally respected member of the United Nations. The Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP) supports teachers by disseminating teaching materials about modern Germany to K-12 Canadian and American teachers, program coordinators and university "methods" professors, promoting in-service teacher training, and offering… [PDF]
(2003). The Holocaust and History. Social Science Docket, v3 n1 Win-Spr. This theme based journal issue consists of articles and teaching ideas focusing on the Holocaust and history. This publication contains the following materials: (1) "Multiple Perspectives on the Holocaust?" (Alan Singer); (2) "Responses to 'Multiple Perspectives on the Holocaust'"; (3) "Escape to Cuba: Story of Laura Kahn, a Holocaust Survivor" (Jaimee Kahn); (4) "Guidelines for Teaching about the Holocaust" (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum); (5) "Facing History and Ourselves"; (6) "Using 'Facing History and Ourselves' to Teach about the Holocaust" (Michelle Sarro); (7) "Choices for the 21st Century" (introduction Jay Kreutzberger); (8) "Teaching about the Holocaust Using Literature" (Tammy Manor); (9) "Book Review" (John Osborne); (10) "Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl" (Gayle Meinkes-Lumia); (11) "New Jersey Mandate to Teach about the Holocaust and Genocide" (Barbara… [PDF]
(1993). Annotated Videography. This annotated list of 43 videotapes recommended for classroom use addresses various themes for teaching about the Holocaust, including: (1) overviews of the Holocaust; (2) life before the Holocaust; (3) propaganda; (4) racism, anti-Semitism; (5) "enemies of the state"; (6) ghettos; (7) camps; (8) genocide; (9) rescue; (10) resistance; (11) responses; (12) perpetrators; (13) liberation; (14) post-Holocaust; (15) Anne Frank; (16) Janusz Korczak; and (17) related films. The introduction contains a rationale for the use of videotapes as a teaching tool. A key to the guide describes the type of video, including whether the film is a documentary, survivor testimony, a docu-drama, animation, or drama, as well as whether the film is in color or black and white. Availability information also is provided with the source, address, and telephone number. (EH)… [PDF]
(2005). Coming to Justice: A Program for Youth around Issues of International Justice. Intercultural Education, v16 n2 p161-169 May. In this article I describe the origins, aims and content of a program developed by the Anne Frank House around issues of international justice. The program, designed for high school and university students who are 17-years-old and older, and entitled "Coming to Justice", takes the betrayal of Jews during the Holocaust as its starting point. Students from different countries critically examine through interactive exercises the history of the Nuremberg trials and then shift their focus to a genocide that took place during their lifetime: the conflict in Bosnia. Part of the program involves attending an actual trial at the International War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague. Internal evaluations show that attending a trial leaves a lasting impression on the student and a desire to remain focused on human rights issues…. [Direct]