(1967). As the Child Reads: The Treatment of Minorities in Textbooks and Other Teaching Materials. Conference Report, National NEA-PR&R Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Education (Washington, D. C., February 8-10, 1967). The conference on \The Treatment of Minorities in Textbooks and Other Teaching Materials\ was held on February 8-10, 1967 in Washington, D.C. It was sponsored by the National Education Association and the Committee on Civil and Human Rights of Educators of the Commission on Professional Rights and Responsibilities. Attending the conference were educators, publishers, government officials, and civil rights leaders. This conference report gives abridged speeches and reports on the panel discussion, workshops, and follow-up activity. Speeches and reports cover criteria for textbook selection; the roles of educators, publishers, government, and civil rights groups in providing multi-ethnic teaching materials; learning materials and minorities; integrated textbooks and the invisible Negro; treatment of religious groups in public and private school texts; the preparation of inservice teachers on the use of multi-ethnic texts; and the mass media and minority treatment. Also given are the… [PDF]
(2007). Intermediaries Supporting Sports-Based Youth Development Programs. New Directions for Youth Development, n115 p107-118 Fall. The authors describe intermediary organizations whose aim is to provide technical assistance to sports organizations about infusing a youth development emphasis into their programming. Team-Up for Youth, Sports PLUS Global, and the National Recreation and Park Association are the three organizations highlighted in this article. Team-Up for Youth's mission is to pioneer innovative strategies to support the healthy development of youth by strengthening and expanding afterschool sports and physical activity programs. Team-Up works with youth sports providers, policymakers and public officials, and staff and students at colleges and universities in the San Francisco Bay Area. It concentrates on five areas: training and education, coaching corps, grant making, public policy, and knowledge creating and sharing. Sports PLUS Global is an international organization that delivers educational training to communities using sports to promote human development, social change, and human rights. It… [Direct]
(2015). Expanding Museum Spaces: Networks of Difficult Knowledge at and beyond the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, v37 n2-3 p125-146. Analysis of how histories of violence are represented and received in cultural institutions such as museums and memorials is frequently framed in terms of conflict and hierarchies or competitions of suffering. In this article the author proposes a framework that imagines the broader and interconnected networks in which museum narratives and ideas about historical violence are represented and debated. The "networked" framework described here provides new ways of understanding how social conflicts such as "competitions of victimhood" play out in multiple and mutually reinforcing arenas…. [Direct]
(1987). Religious Freedom: A Human Rights Concern for Counselors. As minority groups, civil rights activists, and legislators push for cultural pluralism to replace the melting pot concept, the school counselor's role expands to include advocating and defending human rights. This study investigated religious practices in public schools, the perceptions of teachers regarding such practices, and the existence and use of guidelines related to religious-related activities. Teachers (N=93) who were enrolled in university education courses at California State University, Stanislaus, completed a questionnaire by indicating whether or not each of 20 specific events occurred in their schools and whether they thought such events should occur. Four additional items assessed whether teachers had guidelines regarding appropriate religious-related activities, whether they followed such guidelines, and whether they would follow such guidelines if developed. The results indicated that, although a majority of respondents wanted more religious-related activities,…
(1995). The International Basis for Intercultural Education Including Anti-Racist and Human Rights Education. Many international documents, building on the philosophy and contents of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations, support this declaration's standards and stress teaching and education as effective ways to make these standards reality. The two papers in this document describe and analyze some international documents for their implications for intercultural education. The first paper, "The Legal Character of International Documents on Intercultural Education," by Fons Coomans describes the legal character of international documents on intercultural education and explores whether they have legal standing with governments and their value at grass-roots level for students and teachers. In general terms, these documents are not enforceable against states, but they have great value as yardsticks and guidelines. The second paper, "The Implications of International Documents on Intercultural Education," by Pieter Batelaan, discusses obligations… [PDF]
(1999). Globalisation: Frame Word for Education and Training, Human Capital and Human Development/Rights. Language Australia Research Policy and Practice Papers. This booklet discusses some consequences of internationalization for national training systems from the standpoint of the following two broad approaches often taken by international organizations: (1) the human capital ideology, which assumes human capital is an appropriate basis for education policy; and (2) the human rights and human development ideology, which asserts that education is best conceived in humanistic terms rather than in terms of the instrumentalism espoused by human capital ideology. The booklet is divided into four parts. Part 1 considers the three main ways international organization impact on national education systems and explains why it is important for applied linguists, literacy experts, and human capital economists to engage in "professional conversation." Part 2 focuses on the following three topics: the concepts of internationalization and globalization; nations and the global economy as entities on a collision course; and the concept of the… [PDF]
(2001). Education International Policy Resolutions: 1995, 1998, and 2001. Education International (EI) convened its affiliates worldwide on the occasion of its third World Congress in Jomtien, Thailand in July 2001. EI is a worldwide trade union organization of education personnel, whose 25 million members represent all sectors of education from preschool to university, 311 national trade unions and associations in 159 countries and territories. At the 2001 World Congress, the EI member organizations stated their wish that EI continue to mobilize teachers, trade unionists, and the international community around issues such as the right to quality public education for all human beings, controlled globalization, greater social justice and better cooperation among people. This document contains a comprehensive presentation of resolutions adopted by EI. This includes resolutions passed at the 1995 World Congress held in Harare, Zimbabwe, the 1998 World Congress held in Washington, D.C., and the 2001 World Congress held in Jomtien, Thailand. Following the EI… [PDF]
(2005). Challenging Statutory Limitations on Children's Education Rights: A Re-Examination of the Canadian Supreme Court Decision in "Auton". Education and the Law, v17 n1-2 p43-52 Mar. The 2004 Supreme Court of Canada decision in "Auton" concerns the right of autistic children to access services held by their parents to be essential to their children's ability to participate as members of a democratic society. It is argued that the child's right to have his or her basic developmental needs met is a constitutionally protected one. Having those developmental needs met engages both education and health rights. In "Auton" the parents had sought funding for the service at issue from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Children and Families (which dealt with mental health services and other particular support programs for the families of disabled children) as well as from the Ministry of Education. The case raises central questions regarding the very nature of education and the constitutionality of a discretionary power of government to set out statutory limitations upon fundamental human rights including education rights. (Contains 4 notes.)… [Direct]
(1995). Education for Action. Undergraduate and Graduate Programs That Focus on Social Change. Expanded Third Edition. This book provides a comprehensive guide to graduate and undergraduate programs focusing on social change that are recommended by Food First, a non-profit research and education center with a mission of empowering citizens to address the root causes of hunger, poverty, and environmental decline. Listings provide the name and address of the institution; degrees offered; telephone, fax, and electronic mail information; a brief description of the programs offered; courses; key faculty; and admissions information. Listings include programs in agriculture, anthropology, area studies, development/international relations, economics, education, environment, ethnic studies, geography, history, human rights, law, peace studies, political science, public health/nutrition, sociology, urban planning, and women's studies. (MDM)…
(1994). Peace Education: Perspectives from Costa Rica and Japan. Peace Education Miniprints No. 62. This publication explores the views of two present members of the International Peace Research Association: Abelardo Brenes and Takehiko Ito. Brenes and Ito answer 13 questions related to peace education issues in their individual interviews. Abelardo Brenes is a professor at the University of Costa Rica and a consultant to the University for Peace, and has coordinated the Central American Program for the Promotion of Human Rights and Peace Education. Takehiko Ito is an associate professor at Wako University in Tokyo (Japan), chairperson of the Committee on Research of Peace and Disarmament Education of the Japanese Scientists Association, and secretary of Japanese Psychologists for Peace. (Author/CK)… [PDF]
(1993). Peace, Security, and International Conflict Management. Bibliography. This annotated bibliography presents information about 106 documents on issues of peace, security, and international conflict management. The items appear under the subheadings of: (1) "Arms Control, Disarmament, and Proliferation"; (2) "Causes and Nature of International Conflicts"; (3) "Conflict Management, Diplomacy, and Negotiations"; (4) "Human Rights and Ethnic and Religious Conflicts"; (5) "International Law and International Order"; (6) "International Organizations and Transnationalism"; (7) "Other Approaches and Overviews"; (8) "Religion and Ethics"; and (9) "Ready Reference and Bibliographies." A foreword, an introduction, author index, and title index also are included. (SG)… [PDF]
(1983). Assuring the Rights of the Severely Handicapped. One way of monitoring the effects of ethical and legal issues concerning severely handicapped students is establishing an additional level of review in the public schools. The Human Rights Committee (HRC) in one district, composed of multidisciplinary professional and community staff, has reviewed 56 individual behavior management programs considered too restrictive for approval by staff conference alone. The increase in number of behavior programs involving restraints and aversives after the HRC's establishment may be explained by the admission of more severely behavior disordered students in the public school setting and the provision for more in-depth discussion of treatments before they were instituted. (CL)…
(1982). An Annotated Guide to Current Periodicals in the Third World Resource Centre. Current journals, newspapers, and national newsletters focusing on specific areas or topics in the field of development are described. Part 1 consists of an alphabetical list by title of the periodicals included. Part 2 is an annotated listing under broad subject headings: communication, countries and regions, demography, economic and social development, economic policy and planning, education, environment and natural resources, ethnic groups, food and nutrition, human rights, international cooperation, international development, international relations, and technology. Information provided for each entry includes the full title, place of publication, name of publisher, subscription rates for 1982, and a brief description. A directory of publishers is appended. (RM)…
(1982). Preparing Leaders to Anticipate and Manage the Future: Part II: Critical Challenges for Leaders Who Anticipate and Manage the Future. Six major areas considered most likely to present stern challenges to educational leaders in the final years of the 20th century are: (1) changing demographics, (2) economics, (3) technology, (4) occupational and vocational education, (5) human rights, and (6) family structure. Relying on major reports, current periodicals, and personal experiences, the authors of this monograph identify key information about the six areas and stress the extent to which each area is and will be a challenge to educational leaders. The challenges are first described from a general perspective in each of the six areas and then linked to the urban school district of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). (MLF)… [PDF]
(1976). Equal Educational Opportunity for Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. This report of the Fourteenth National NEA Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Education focuses on equal educational opportunity for Asians and Pacific Islanders. Included in the document are various summaries of interest group input sessions. These were concerned with the following topics: 1) violence in the schools, 2) curriculum and instructional materials, 3) employment and its implications for education, 4) community organization, and 5) bilingual and multicultural education. Also included are an address on the educational process, and an address on the Southeast Asian Refugee Program. A listing of some events and dates of significance to Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. is included. (Author/AM)… [PDF]