(1998). Update on Law-Related Education, 1998. Update on Law-Related Education, v22 n1-3. This document consists of three issues of a serial devoted to law-related education (LRE) that offers background information on a wide range of legal issues and teaching strategies for LRE. The title themes for the three issues include: (1) "Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly, Petition"; (2) "Law in the New Information Age"; and (3) "Human Rights." Background articles are provided along with teaching materials on such topics as the U.S. Constitution, public school prayer, human rights around the world, health care, and conducting and comparing surveys. Additionally, sections on "Update on the Courts" and "Update on Congress" provide current information on Supreme Court and other federal court cases and decisions and current activities of the U.S. Congress. Teaching materials propose methods that involve class discussion, collaborative learning, and role playing activities. Many lesson plans include student handouts and visuals. (LB)… [PDF]
(2001). Asian Views on Gender-Inclusive English. Online Submission All languages change (Fromkin and Rodman 1993). Language educators must be aware of these changes and help keep their students up to date with them. One area of change in the English language is the controversial shift from gender-exclusive language, such as "Everyone should do his duty" and "Man has done great damage to the environment," to gender-inclusive language such as "Everyone should do their duty" and "People have done great damage to the environment" (Crystal 1995). We present two studies on the use of gender-inclusive English. The first assesses Asian second-language educationists' views on this shift in the use of English. The second gathers information on how Singaporean students view and use gender-inclusive English. Two Questionnaire's are appended. [This article was published in Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center (Ed.), "Human rights education in Asian schools" (Vol. 4, pp. 129-148). Osaka: Editor.]… [PDF]
(2005). "Working Harder to Be the Same": Everyday Racism among Young Men and Women in Sweden. Race, Ethnicity and Education, v8 n3 p319-342 Sep. Despite Sweden's international reputation for human rights and democratic values, racism within Swedish schools is a relatively new issue, emerging only with the increased ethnic diversity of Swedish schools in recent years. This paper is thus one of the first Swedish interview studies on the perceptions of young men and women in Sweden from both minority and majority ethnic backgrounds about their everyday experience of racism and prejudice. What, for instance makes them believe, as the study found, that they need to work much harder than other young people to become "full members" of Swedish society? While many of the young people's experiences are similar to those in other countries, it can be seen that Sweden, despite its international human rights record, is not exempt from racism and xenophobia within its own national boundaries. Greater effort therefore needs to be expended, it is argued, on counteracting and challenging these tendencies, particularly in the school… [Direct]
(1975). Political and Legal Progress Since 1964. Integrated Education, 13, 3, 16-17, May-Jun 75. The stated purpose of this testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, is to evaluate the political and legal progress–or lack of it–that has been made toward achieving racial equality in the decade since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law. (Author/JM)…
(1975). Integrating Economic Policy with Fair Employment Policy. Integrated Education, 13, 3, 46-48, May-Jun 75. This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, notes that a study of 250 of the largest corporate employers with respect to their civil rights compliance posture suggests that microeconomic policy for the economy needs to be much better integrated with Fair Employment Practice Policy. (Author/JM)…
(1990). Prospects for Democracy in the People's Republic of China. Update on Law-Related Education, v14 n3 p13-15,46-48 Fall. Provides historical background to the recent democracy movement in China and its outcomes. Examines the extent of human rights violations and whether democracy can take hold in China. Highlights implications of government repression for international relations. Argues Chinese democracy will require restoration of political pluralism and civil rights and will depend upon the emergence of a strong leader. (NL)…
(2004). Keynote Review. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, v32 n1 p6-8 Mar. In two recent cases the courts have declined to accord to carers any formal right to a private and family life with the person for whom they care. This paper briefly considers why it is that the courts still view carers as people merely in need of services and sympathy rather than people entitled to such basic human rights…. [Direct]
(2008). A Qualitative Study on Changes of Educational Values among Teacher. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, v8 n2 p467-479 May. The purpose of this qualitative study was to evaluate both the positive and negative changes in the aims and practices of current schools and, in addition, identify teacher values that have influenced the Turkish educational system from the early years of the Turkish Republic till now. With this in mind, a set of semi structured open-ended questions were directed to 50 retired teachers in Ankara, Samsun, and Corum. Questions aimed to identify the comparative views and thoughts on education, living conditions, and teaching objectives between 1940 and 2006. The information for eight study problems were listed, grouped and summarized in ten-year sessions. For descriptive purposes, Microsoft Excel version 7.00 was used in order to provide frequencies, percentages, and graphical representations of the data for the first two questions. The answers to the remaining six questions were categorized and conceptualized line by line for each respondent. According to the results, there have been… [PDF]
(1992). Conventionally Theirs: An Overview of the Origins, Content, and Significance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Social Education, v56 n4 p207-10 Apr-May. Traces development of idea of special rights for children. Describes United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child as change in view of children's rights as part of human rights. Includes innovations such as participation rights, rehabilitation for children suffering exploitation or cruelty, and articles on adoption and administration of justice. Urges arousal of public support for ratification. (DK)…
(2010). Deaf People, Modernity, and a Contentious Effort to Unify Arab Sign Languages. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, San Diego. This dissertation examines a project to unify sign languages across twenty-two Arab countries. Proponents of the project, mainly pan-Arab governmental bodies with the support of members of the staff at the Al Jazeera satellite network, have framed the project as a human rights effort to advance the welfare of deaf Arab people. They have urged its institutionalization in schools for deaf children and have promoted it as the official language of deaf Arab people. The project is controversial and has a number of shortcomings. First, from a lexicostatistical analysis of five natural sign languages found in the region: Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, and Palestine, the author finds that they are unlikely to be descendants of a common ancestor. As such, attempting to unify them would be unsound by scholarly linguistics standards. Second, there are cultural, political, and social objections to the project that have been raised by deaf Arab people who are resistant to the unification… [Direct]
(1975). Discrimination in Employment. Integrated Education, 13, 3, 44-45, May-Jun 75. This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, expressly focuses on discrimination in employment, asserting that this has had the most direct effect on minorities and women in the country; while legal protections have grown stronger, they have not been used effectively. (Author/JM)…
(1975). Equal Opportunity Housing. Integrated Education, 13, 3, 95-97, May-Jun 75. This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, by the executive director of the Housing Opportunities Council for Metropolitan Washington, emphasizes that if the federal government took an active role in dealing with equal housing opportunity, it could do much to attain it. (Author/JM)…
(1975). Changing Housing Patterns in Metropolitan Washington. Integrated Education, 13, 3, 98-100, May-Jun 75. This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, summarizes extensive studies of changing minority residential patterns in metropolitan Washington and less extensive studies of other groups; the prospects for future desegregation and for using the growing economic potential of minority families are discussed. (Author/JM)…
(1973). In Praise of Science: On the Progressive Social Inheritance of Our Movement's Activists. Freedomways, 12, 3, 216-229, Sum 73. Argues that out of the struggle for human rights, for freedom, the Afro-American community has developed, over an historical period covering two centuries of this Republic, the fullest example of the struggle for consistent democracy; the most mature expression of the working-class democratic tradition to yet develop in the U.S. (Author/JM)…
(1982). Science Policy: Former NAS Official Reviews World Science. Chemical and Engineering News, v60 n35 p15-21 Aug 30. Issues discussed with Thomas F. Malone (former Foreign Secretary-National Academy of Sciences) include: scientists role in dealing with such global problems as nuclear war and needs in developing countries; scientific relations with China/Soviet Union; scientific enterprise/human rights; science/technology role in foreign policy; and political obstacles to free scientific exchange. (Author/JN)…