Darling, Linda Farr (2004). Teaching Human Rights in Elementary Classrooms: A Literary Approach. Canadian Social Studies, v39 n1 Fall. This article presents elementary social studies teachers with examples of children's literature that can be used to teach about children's rights as they were declared at the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Five books are summarized for younger audiences, and four are reviewed for older readers. The author also describes a recent informational book on fifteen children's rights appropriate for all elementary classrooms…. [PDF]

de Braslavsky, Berta P. (1978). Human Rights and Special Education in the Developing Countries. The paper provides some significant data, from the economic, social, cultural, and educational context, on some of the obstacles to fundamental rights in Latin America; and deals with special education in these countries, its scope and resources, and the attitudes and philosophical assumptions which help or hinder its expansion. Among recommendations for the future are that specific action be undertaken to prevent social causes attacking those children who are more liable to aggression and that funds be appropriated for more research. (SBH)…

Dunlap, Mike (2000). Conflicting Concepts of Human Rights: China vs. the West. This lesson was developed to be one of three or four similar components of a projected final unit entitled "Understanding Contemporary International Conflicts in the Light of the Past" in a 10th grade world cultures class. The lesson examines how cultural differences contribute to international conflicts. It presents an objective, cites student skills, and suggests mode of participation (8 to 12 students organized into two equal groups). Activities in the lesson are outlined for both groups, and an essay is assigned to complete the lesson. Three student readings are attached. (BT)… [PDF]

Moore, Margaret (1973). Human Rights And Home-School Communications: A Critical Review. Educational Review, 26, 1, 56-66, Nov 73. Recent British literature on home-school communication is discussed in relation to the rights of parents, teachers and pupils. (Editor)…

Scoble, Harry M.; Wiseberg, Laurie S. (1976). Amnesty International: Evaluating Effectiveness in the Human Rights Arena. Intellect, 105, 2377, 79-82, Sep/Oct 76. Describes Amnesty International, an organization formed in order to change the sociopolitical environment so that elites will have to act in a predetermined prohuman rights manner in all situations. The issues of torture and political repression were addressed in different nations, which practice the detention of political prisoners. (Author/RK)…

Mason, Micheline (1990). Disability Equality in the Classroom–A Human Rights Issue. Gender and Education, v2 n3 p363-66. Argues that the disabled are kept out of the mainstream of education by the lack of representation on decision-making bodies. Describes an exemplary mainstreaming project at a school in Guildford, Surrey. (DM)…

Waters, Gisele A. (2001). ESL Policy and Practice: A Linguistic Human Rights Perspective. Clearing House, v74 n6 p296-300 Jul-Aug. Finds that the reading performance of English-as-a-second-language students and English language learners immersed in regular education classes in a large urban school district was far below grade-level performance, across all categories of measurement; but that the performance of English language learners who had successfully exited from bilingual classes was consistently within or above the average range of performance. (SR)…

Finster, Matthew; Milanowski, Anthony (2016). Ways to Evaluate the Success of Your Teacher Incentive Fund Project in Meeting TIF Goals. Teacher Incentive Fund, US Department of Education This brief outlines some simple methods that Teacher Incentive Fund grants could add to their local evaluations to find out how well they are promoting attainment of the four overall TIF goals. The methods described in this brief can help grantees determine if they are moving toward improving effectiveness, student achievement, and equity. Grantees can use simple comparisons over time and, in some cases, comparisons to external standards such as statewide or district-wide trends to see whether measures of the key TIF goals are at least moving in the right direction. Grantees can also use their TIF evaluations to collect information about whether the number of effective teachers teaching poor, minority, and disadvantaged students in hard-to-staff subjects has increased. Last, surveys, interviews, and focus groups done as part of TIF program evaluations provide an opportunity to assess the support of educators for sustaining performance-based compensation and other human capital… [PDF]

Rausch, Alissa (2016). Early Educators as Agents of Social Change for Inclusive Practices: An Action Research Study. ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Colorado at Denver. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new course developed for students in the early childhood education (ECE) graduate and/or licensure in early childhood special education (ECSE)–a Colorado teacher licensure program–in the School of Education and Human Development at CU Denver. The study explored graduate students' learning in a course on social change agency in order to understand the extent to which personal and professional experiences coupled with course experiences impact the learning and perceived competence of students to act as agents of social change and the ways teacher educators can better support students' learning of the content. The problem of practice–the lack of quality inclusion for children with special rights–is discussed in the introduction. It is followed by an extensive review of the literature that informs (1) the components of the course, (2) the reasons why social change agency is important for early educators, and (3) a discussion of the proposed… [Direct]

H√§m√§l√§inen, Juha (2016). The Origins and Evolution of Child Protection in Terms of the History of Ideas. Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, v52 n6 p734-747. Dealing with the methodological challenge of historical expounding, this paper discusses the historical formation of child protection with regard to the history of ideas. The aim is to identify the early intellectual grounds of the idea of child protection. Due to the fact that the genesis and evolution of child protection are shaped by many kinds of moral, social, educational, judicial and political interests as well as varied educational, psychological, sociological and medical theories of child development, it is exceedingly laborious to define its core content. As a political concept, it germinated especially from aware people's societal and ethical awareness of the social distress of children and families in modernising societies. As a construction of the human mind, it concerns essentially values, cognition and political aspirations. The emergence of organised child protection activities can be viewed as a reaction to the social change of each prevailing time shaped by… [Direct]

Cornelius, Crista Lynn (2020). Preparing Teachers of Chinese as a Foreign Language for Emerging Education Markets. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University. One of the challenges facing the field of Chinese language pedagogy in the second decade of the 21st century is how to train teachers of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) to teach effectively in emerging education markets. Emerging CFL markets are the result of a widely perceived need to learn Chinese as a foreign language in places where historically relatively few people have studied Chinese, qualified Chinese language teachers are in short supply, and the availability of pedagogical materials based in the languages of the learners' local communities is limited. In emerging CFL markets initial Chinese language learning happens in the learners' culture. Native-speaking CFL teachers are likely to be less familiar with these cultures and may not share enough of a common language with learners to use any language other than Chinese as the primary language of instruction. This study confronts this frontier in Chinese language pedagogy from two complementary lines of inquiry. The… [Direct]

Rivera, Charlene (1993). Testimony Presented to the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (Washington, D.C.). The utility of the proposed Program Evaluation Standards to educational practitioners, and the adequacy of some of the standards in addressing issues in evaluation in culturally and linguistically educational environments are discussed, drawing on the author's experience as Director of the Evaluation Assistance Center East in Arlington (Virginia). As it stands, the proposed document is well written and generally clear, but it may be too long and complex for some potential users. The standards as they are written will certainly confirm and support good practices in the evaluation of bilingual education programs. Six are worthy of particular comment. Utility Standard 1 addresses the audience for the standards, and it is recommended that it should mention language minority groups explicitly. With regard to Utility Standard 5, Report Clarity, and Utility Standard 6, the standard on report dissemination, it is again imperative that language minorities be mentioned specifically. Concern… [PDF]

Bunda, Mary Anne (1985). Evaluation Issues Generated by Two Dimensions of Gifted and Talented Programs. AEL Occasional Paper 022. The paper describes problems endemic to the evaluation of programs for gifted and talented students. The goals of gifted and talented programs are often substantially different from those covered on outcome measures available to schools. When decisions are being made about the type of programs to be provided, parallel consideration should be given to how the program is to be evaluated. Two dimensions on which gifted and talented programs generally vary are acceleration vs. enrichment and in-class provision of instruction vs. pull-out programs. Examples are then given of programs which follow each of these four models: in-class enrichment, in-class acceleration, pull-out enrichment, and pull-out acceleration. Characteristics of good evaluation consider 30 standards organized into the following four categories of quality: utility, feasibility, propriety, and accuracy. A sampling of these standards as they apply to gifted and talented programs is discussed. These standards include:…

(1970). Program Plan for Improved Human Relations, 1970-1971. Rapid social change has brought with it conflicts which are manifest in the institutions of the community, particularly the school system, which latter has become a focal point for social, political, and judicial action. Mechanisms for problem solving must be established at all levels throughout the school system. A system of communications must be organized to provide for input from and feedback to all concerned groups. The county staff has identified a broad approach and specific application which it is prepared to recommend. In each school the principal and a small group of key personnel identified by the faculty and selected by the principal should be trained to use problem-identification and problem-resolution techniques. The training is to be directed specifically to the needs of the school system. The training should be accomplished through short two- and three-day workshops followed up by periodic single-day sessions. The building of the cadre in each school should take… [PDF]

(1970). American Civilization in Historic Perspective, Part I. A Guide for Teaching Social Studies, Grade 11. This teaching guide offers illustrative and reference materials that are both narrative and graphic on the three topics of Mass Media, Conflicting Ideologies, and Social Control. The objective is to furnish primary materials on these topics not easily available to teachers. Emphasis is on organizing the selections as short cases or studies. Related understandings are grouped together to emphasize this approach. The inductive method encourages students to examine the presentations objectively, analyze and interpret them in terms of the medium, and consider the historic development of the issues. Section 1, Mass Media, presents a study of the Power of the Press: A Case Study of the Tweed Ring, and the Mass Media Today, including the Agnew address and related material on network censorship. In section 2, Conflicting Ideologies, variations in the role and attitude of the pacifist in different periods of U.S. history and conflicting views regarding the influence of Communism in American…

(1973). Education and Racism: An Action Manual. This document is the culmination of a year of cooperative effort between the Michigan Education Association's Human Relations Division and the Human Relations Section of the National Education Association Teacher Rights. These two groups spent the 1971-72 school year working together, with invaluable assistance from New Perspectives on Race, Inc. to develop a program that addresses itself to institutional racism, the most crucial issue confronting the American education system. The contents are organized in two parts. Part I, \Racism and its manifestations in education,\ includes discussions of such topics as prejudice, racism, racist behaviors to be avoided, and becoming \antiracist/racists.\ Part II, \Antiracism activities,\ includes discussions of a curriculum on racism, and a workshop design for racism. The latter is described in some detail. The design for a different kind of racism workshop for teachers was developed cooperatively with the Michigan Education Association's… [PDF]

Hemming, Peter J. (2013). Spaces of Spiritual Citizenship: Children's Relational and Emotional Encounters with the Everyday School Environment. International Journal of Children's Spirituality, v18 n1 p74-91. This article addresses the issue of children's spiritual, relational and emotional encounters with the primary school environment, with reference to concepts and theories from both education studies and human geography. Drawing on mixed-method qualitative research in two case study institutions, the article examines pupils' photographed \special places\ and the embodied spiritual practices that occurred within everyday informal spaces around the school environments. The significance of adult power and children's spiritual agency is explored in the analysis, emphasising the potentially political nature of spiritual practices and processes. In so doing, the implications for spiritual citizenship are addressed as part of the current wider interest in children's rights and participation in school ethos and decision-making. (Contains 2 figures.)… [Direct]

Aronson, Deb; Bruner, Edward M.; Burbules, Nicholas C.; Dash, Leon; Finkin, Matthew; Goldberg, Joseph P.; Greenough, William T.; Gunsalus, C. K.; Iriye, Masumi; Miller, Gregory A.; Pratt, Michael G. (2007). The Illinois White Paper: Improving the System for Protecting Human Subjects–Counteracting IRB "Mission Creep". Qualitative Inquiry, v13 n5 p617-649 Jul. Our system of research self-regulation, designed to provide internal checks and balances for those who participate in research involving human subjects, is under considerable stress. Much of this crisis has been caused by what we call mission creep, in which the workload of IRBs has expanded beyond their ability to handle effectively. Mission creep is caused by rewarding wrong behaviors, such as focusing more on procedures and documentation than difficult ethical questions; unclear definitions, which lead to unclear responsibilities; efforts to comply with unwieldy federal requirements even when research is not federally funded; exaggerated precautions to protect against program shutdowns; and efforts to protect against lawsuits. We recommend collecting data. We also call for refinements to our regulatory system that will provide a set of regulations designed for non-biomedical research. This will enable IRBs to direct attention to the areas of greatest risk while intentionally… [Direct]

Kumar, Akhilesh; Singh, Rajani Ranjan; Thressiakutty, A. T. (2015). Normalization vs. Social Role Valorization: Similar or Different?. International Journal of Special Education, v30 n3 p71-78. The radical changes towards services for persons with disabilities were brought by Principle of Normalization, originated in 1969. As a consequence of Normalization, disability as a whole, and intellectual disability in particular, received the attention of the masses and the intelligentsia began advocating normalization ideologies which became very popular across the globe as the right-based ideology, which in turn, initiated integration, inclusion, community-based rehabilitation and other non-segregating practices. But "Normalization" came under criticism because of its simplicity resulted in an evolution in thinking which shifted the term "Normalization" to "Social Role Valorization" (SRV). Although, Normalization and SRV uplifted the lives of persons with disabilities, a disagreement appeared about their similarity. The present study critically examines the guidelines of these two human services for similarities and differences upon several criteria… [PDF]

G√ºlpinar, Mehmet Ali; Isoglu-Alka√ß, √úmm√ºhan; Yegen, Berrak √áaglayan (2015). Integrated and Contextual Basic Science Instruction in Preclinical Education: Problem-Based Learning Experience Enriched with Brain/Mind Learning Principles. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, v15 n5 p1215-1228 Oct. Recently, integrated and contextual learning models such as problem-based learning (PBL) and brain/mind learning (BML) have become prominent. The present study aimed to develop and evaluate a PBL program enriched with BML principles. In this study, participants were 295 first-year medical students. The study used both quantitative and qualitative methods (mixed design). First, the students' hemispheric preferences were defined using the Human Information Processing Survey and reassessed using event-related potentials (ERPs). Then, by considering BML principles, a six-week PBL program was revised and evaluated using both quantitative and qualitative tools, including evaluation forms, exam scores, expert observations, document reviews, and interviews. With regard to hemispheric preferences, 59.9% of the students preferred both hemispheres, 28.9% preferred the right, and 11.2% preferred the left, and these partially correlated with ERP P300 recordings. The evaluation study showed that… [PDF]

Lombardo, Lucien X.; Polonko, Karen A. (2015). Peace Education and Childhood. Journal of Peace Education, v12 n2 p182-203. Peace studies and peace education are multifaceted processes focusing on diverse audiences from children in elementary grades to those involved in political negotiations at the highest levels. This paper addresses the foundational importance of including conflict embedded in adult-child relationships in peace education. It conceptually grounds assignments for university level courses designed to teach concepts linked to peace education through the vehicle of understanding violence against children. Such learning is designed to liberate students from the hegemony of adultism, the colonial relationship between adults and children and in turn to contribute to the advancement of peace education. Such pedagogy reflects the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child's call for educational measures to protect and support children's human dignity. Such an approach is especially relevant for peace education, as a large body of research across disciplines has provided substantial evidence of a… [Direct]

Gachahi, Michael W.; Kimosop, Maurice K.; Ngari, Job Njeru (2018). Influence of Children Government on Learners Discipline Management in Public Primary Schools in Nyandarua County, Kenya. Pedagogical Research, v3 n4 Article 15. Discipline management plays a pivotal role in enhancing learners' academic achievement. The Children Government is a key component geared towards enhancing children rights and creating a conducive learning environment. However, the inclusion of children government in discipline management in primary schools has not been appreciated by primary school teachers and administrators. The teachers and school administrators view the learners as too young to engage in discipline management. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of children government on learners discipline management in public primary schools in Nyandarua County, Kenya. The study adopted the descriptive research design. The study was guided by the Role Theory as advanced by Biddle which argued that human behaviour is guided by expectations held by individuals. The target population was 2517 comprising of 151 deputy head teachers and 1024 teachers, 1338 student government members and four education officials…. [PDF]

Demirel, Ihsan Nuri (2015). Educational Managers' Opinions Regarding the Inservice Training in Turkey: A Case Study of the Agri Province. Educational Research and Reviews, v10 n12 p1586-1592 Jun. In this study, research was carried out in order to find out whether the certificate system which requires attendants of in-service training is adequate; whether their achievements are sufficiently evaluated in the appointment and ranking processes; whether in-service training is accepted as both a right and a responsibility of the institutions; whether the units responsible for the coordination of in-service training on a national and local level in Turkey are sufficient, and whether human relations are deemed important in in-service training programs as part of views of the Directors of the Agri National Education Directorate, the Principals and Vice Principals of Primary-Secondary Schools in the context of Administration and Supervision. The directors administered a survey which contained information on in-service training in order to determine their level of knowledge on this training in terms of administration and supervision. The sample for the research is composed of 105… [Direct]

Dobzhansky, Theodosius (1973). Genetic Diversity and Human Equality. The idea of equality often, if not frequently, bogs down in confusion and apparent contradictions; equality is confused with identity, and diversity with inequality. It would seem that the easiest way to discredit the idea of equality is to show that people are innately, genetically, and, therefore, irremediably diverse and unlike. The snare is, of course, that human equality pertains to the rights and to the sacredness of life of every human, not to bodily or even mental characteristics. Thus, the defenders of equality become entangled in the same snare when they attempt to minimize or deny human genetic diversity. They overlook the fact, or fail to understand, that diversity is an observable fact of nature, while that of equality is an ethical commandment. At least in priciple, equality can be withheld from, or bestowed upon, members of a society or citizens of a state regardless of how similar or diverse they are. Inequality is also not biologically given but is rather a socially…

Smith, Michael R. (1990). Liability for Failure To Provide AIDS Training. Jail Law Bulletin, n14 Jul. The U.S. Constitution guarantees a right to privacy that requires deputies and jailers to avoid the unnecessary disclosure of sensitive information about a person. This privacy right especially covers Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-related (AIDS) information, and it even protects the immediate family of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The right to privacy is not absolute, but sheriffs and jailers must have a compelling reason before they reveal that a person is infected. This right to privacy is not surrendered or waived because an inmate tells a jail officer about his or her medical condition. HIV is not transmitted through everyday casual contact, and there is no reason for the information to be public. Federal courts will base their decisions about AIDS-related practices and policies on the most recent medical evidence. Deputies and jailers will come in contact with HIV-infected patients. Jailers who receive no training will make decisions based on… [PDF]

Kroon, Brigitte; Lundgren, Henriette; Poell, Rob F. (2017). Personality Testing and Workplace Training: Exploring Stakeholders, Products and Purpose in Western Europe. European Journal of Training and Development, v41 n3 p198-221. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how and why personality tests are used in workplace training. This research paper is guided by three research questions that inquire about the role of external and internal stakeholders, the value of psychometric and practical considerations in test selection, and the purpose of personality test use in workplace training. Design/methodology/approach: This research paper uses multiple-case study analysis. Interviews, test reports, product flyers and email correspondence were collected and analyzed from publishers, associations, psychologists and human resource development (HRD) practitioners in Germany, the UK and The Netherlands between 2012 and 2016. Findings: Themes emerge around industry tensions among practitioners and professional associations, psychologists and non-psychologists. Ease of use is a more important factor than psychometrics in the decision-making process. Also, practitioners welcome publishers that offer free… [Direct]

Thomas, Arthur E. (1972). The Student Rights Issue: The Strategy for the Prevention of Genocide. Position Paper No. 2. Education for black children in the United States is still an education for slavery. Public education for the oppressed has one objective: to destroy the positive self-image of black children. The destruction of self-image is necessary to destroy motivation in black children. This makes the climate ripe for genocide. The core of the student rights issue is that students have a right to like themselves and to believe they are important. Destructive school policies, be they suspensions, corporal punishment, denial of freedom of expression, tracking, or an irrelevant curriculum all contribute to the denial of a student's confidence in his own worth. These and other practices of school systems around the country promote a disease among students and their parents which is called mindlessness. Mindlessness is a precursor to fascism and genocide. It promotes dependence on and acceptance of decision making by government officials, teachers, and schools, when, by all rights, decisions should…

Banjoko, Ajamu A. (2009). Restorative Discipline as an Alternative to Retributive Discipline within the Juvenile Court System: An Analysis of the Metro County Juvenile Court Community Restorative Board. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Georgia State University. Giroux (2003) indicated that the prison industry has become a major economic industry with many states spending more money on prison reforms than on educational reforms. Juvenile delinquent behavior should be punished but fair treatment and equal rights for all human beings under the rule of law is paramount to punishment. Casella (2001) indicated that the prison population has sky-rocketed, and by 1995 forty-eight states passed laws to facilitate the prosecution of juveniles as adults and therefore children are placed in adult prisons where they are at a higher risk of not only attack and rape, but of suicide. The research established a rationale for restorative justice discipline as an alternate to punitive retributive discipline in order to potentially decrease the number of youth offenders facing incarceration. Crime control is the responsibility of all citizens not just the government and this responsibility reflects the foundational tenets of restorative justice. Bazemore… [Direct]

Moldenhawer, Bolette; √òland, Trine (2013). Disturbed by "The Stranger:" State Crafting Remade through Educational Interventions and Moralisations. Globalisation, Societies and Education, v11 n3 p398-420. This article addresses two questions. First, how does a state, in casu the Danish welfare state, based on universalism and social rights as regards its citizens, deal with immigrants and their descendants through education? Second, how does such a state manage to make its differential treatment of human beings work legitimately, that is, what arguments, what interventions and moralisations, are used through the workings of school education? The article carries out an analysis of policies since the 1980s and depicts the construction of "the stranger" parallel to an analysis of the state crafting processes that go on in terms of professional educational interventions in "H√∏jmarken" School, a school placed in an urban poor area…. [Direct]

Gereluk, Dianne (2013). The Democratic Imperative to Address Sexual Equality Rights in Schools. Educational Theory, v63 n5 p511-523 Oct. Issues of sexual orientation elicit ethical debates in schools and society. In jurisdictions where a legal right has not yet been established, one argument commonly rests on whether schools ought to address issues of same-sex relationships and marriage on the basis of civil equality, or whether such controversial issues ought to remain in the private sphere. Drawing upon an antiperfectionist liberal framework, Dianne Gereluk argues that schools have an obligation to educate students in two important ways. First, students must develop an awareness and understanding of the range of acceptable and permissible ways of life that may lead to human flourishing. Second, students must understand the requisite protections and recognition afforded to individuals in a pluralist society…. [Direct]