(1974). A Sample Student Code. Phi Delta Kappan, 56, 4, 236-242, Dec 74. A sample student code developed by the Phi Delta Kappan Commission of Administrative Behaviors Supportive of Human Rights. (DW)…
(1979). Rights of the Next Generation of Children. Exceptional Children, v46 n2 p98-105 Oct. The article discusses whether research conducted as proposed on human beings may interfere with their human rights and values. (Author/DLS)…
(1999). Bush Talks. Bush Talks is an initiative of the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission that aims to identify the major human rights issues confronting rural and remote residents, to inform rural Australians about human rights, and to develop projects to advance human rights in rural Australia. This paper summarizes major issues raised by rural residents via 26 community hearings, 94 telephone comments, and 53 written submissions during 1998. These issues are: providing basic health services, ensuring fair access to education, meeting other essential needs, valuing children and young people, and building communities. Recurring themes are: consolidating services into larger regional centers has resulted in shortages of services and facilities that deprive rural residents of their rights; government funding of services on a per capita basis results in inadequate rural programs; and discrimination and insensitivity to Indigenous people, youth, aged people, immigrants, and those… [PDF]
(1999). Science Education and Human Rights: Explorations into Critical Social Consciousness and Postmodern Science Instruction. International Journal of Educational Reform, v8 n1 p37-44 Jan. Human-rights education can be realized in the science classroom. Taught from a critical postmodern perspective, science can serve the interest of social justice while embracing a teaching dialectic fostering critical social consciousness. First, science educators must examine scientific theory's role in promoting both human welfare and injustice. (65 references) (MLH)…
(1991). Human Rights and Equal Opportunities for People with Mental Handicap–With Particular Reference to Down Syndrome. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, v38 n1 p3-13. Issues of human rights and the mentally retarded, especially those with Down's Syndrome, are reviewed noting the influence of Christianity, definitions of "humanness," quality of life issues, utilitarian and formalist philosophies, the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons, and the right to work. (DB)…
(2001). Contesting Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation at the ICAE Sixth World Assembly: "Difference" Is a Fundamental Human Right.". Convergence, v34 n2-3 p100-16. Gives a brief history of the field of international adult education regarding sexual orientation, including events at the Sixth World Assembly. Presents 13 strategies for the elimination of homophobia and discrimination. Asserts that difference is a fundamental human right. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)…
(1998). Human Language Rights: An Islamic Perspective. Language Sciences, v20 n1 p55-62 Jan. Argues that Islam considers language a human right that must be guaranteed for all people due to language's advantageous effect on sociocultural relations. Denotes "right" as any action whose fulfillment might cause advantage or prevent damage to individuals or societies; and emphasizes that it is natural for individuals to use the language of their traditional environment. (36 references) (Author/CK)…
(2005). Learning and Transforming Reality: Women from Rosario's Neighborhoods Demand Access to Public Health Services Free of Discrimination. Intercultural Education, v16 n2 p129-135 May. This article focuses on the activities of two women's groups in Argentina — CLADEM and INSGENAR. CLADEM, which has a much broader presence in Latin America, aims to give a feminist perspective to the construction of real democracies with social justice, free of discrimination and with full exercise of human rights. INSGENAR is a local, non-governmental organization based in Rosario in the Province of Santa Fe, one of the provincial chapters of CLADEM-Argentina. We describe the human rights workshops that have been conducted with women in the past few years and their transformative impact…. [Direct]
(1979). Discrimination in Canada: A Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Concerned with Discrimination. To identify attitudes of the Canadian public toward discrimination, the Canadian Human Rights Commission surveyed a representative sample of 2,000 Canadians. This document describes the survey, presents highlights, and explains how the survey is being used. The specific purpose of the survey was to provide information on public opinion regarding discriminatory practices based on factors having nothing to do with the activity from which a person is excluded. Five categories of questions were presented to respondents–(1) knowledge, judgments, and attitudes relative to human rights agencies and legislation in Canada, (2) personal knowledge and experience of discriminatory practices, (3) changes in patterns of discrimination, (4) special programs or affirmative action for disadvantaged groups, and (5) the extent of tolerant attitudes. Findings from analysis of responses to questions in these categories indicated that 68% of respondents considered the commissions effective in removing…
(1976). Education: Privilege, Claim, or Right?. Educational Theory, 26, 1, 19-28, Win 76. Treatment of entitlement to an education as a privilege or a claim rather than a fundamental human right is criticized. (GW)…
(1980). A Survey of Student Attitudes toward and Knowledge of Civil Liberties and Human Rights Law. History and Social Science Teacher, v15 n2 p79-82 Win. This study reveals that Canadian secondary school students' knowledge of civil liberties and human rights laws is inadequate and that their attitudes are negative and inconsistent. Items on the survey include freedom of speech, assembly, and religion; right to counsel; access to a public facility; right of employment; and rental accommodation. (Author/KC)…
(2008). Historical Aspects of the Concept of "Compulsory Education": Rethinking the Rhetoric of Debates in Current Reform. Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, n3 p65-84 Dec. Current Educational Reform in Japan is oddly captured with confused conceptions of "compulsory education." The Ministry of Education blankets such connotations of it, as a national budget system, mandated school curriculum, responsible partnership of school with community and accountabilities of local school board, in defense of vested national budget against decentralization promoted by prefectural governors. However, the extended usage of "problems of compulsory education" results in the confusion of educational policies. This is because the core issues of current reforms are not concerned about whether school education should be compulsory or not, but on the future design of the public education system. This paper displays some historical aspects of the concept of "compulsory education," in order to enlighten the reason why the issues of it are expanded and unclear. Indeed, most people have confused the concepts of "public education,"… [PDF] [Direct]
(1999). Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Issue: The Case of Immigrant Latinos. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v21 n2 p107-33 May. Examines domestic violence from a human rights perspective. Explores the antecedents, dynamics, and effects of domestic abuse in light of the historical, philosophical, cultural, social, spiritual, and political realities of Latino immigrants in the United States. Discusses levels of awareness and responsibility necessary to break the intergenerational transmission of domestic violence in this population. Contains 58 references. (Author/TD)…
(1990). Teaching the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a U.S. Government Course. Social Studies, v81 n1 p19-25 Jan-Feb. Discusses the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a vehicle for learning democratic and humanistic values. Provides goals for instruction about the Declaration. Compares the Declaration to U.S. Supreme Court cases and congressional acts, and suggests classroom activities using it. Includes an appendix on Supreme Court cases and public laws. (RW)…
(1992). Raoul Wallenberg, Human Rights Hero: A Role Model for Students of Social Studies. Canadian Social Studies, v26 n3 p102-06 Spr. Discusses the life of human rights activist Raoul Wallenberg. Explains his role in the rescue of European Jews from the Nazis during World War II. Reviews Wallenberg's disappearance and the Soviet coverup of the incident. Suggests presenting Wallenberg as a role model for secondary school students, particularly those in Canada who share Wallenberg's citizenship. (SG)…