Human Rights Education: Theory, Research, Praxis

Over the past seven decades, human rights education has blossomed into a global movement. A field of scholarship that utilizes teaching and learning processes, human rights education addresses basic rights and broadens the respect for the dignity and freedom of all peoples. Since the founding of the United Nations and the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, human rights education has worked toward ensuring that schools and non-formal educational spaces become sites of promise and equity.

Bringing together the voices of leaders and researchers deeply engaged in understanding the politics and possibilities of human rights education as a field of inquiry, Monisha Bajaj's Human Rights Education shapes our understanding of the practices and processes of the discipline and demonstrates the ways in which it has evolved into a meaningful constellation of scholarship, policy, curricular reform, and pedagogy. Contributions by pioneers in the field, as well as emerging scholars, constitute this foundational textbook, which charts the field's rise, outlines its conceptual frameworks and models, and offers case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. The volume analyzes how human rights education has been locally tailored to diverse contexts and looks at the tensions and triumphs of such efforts.

Historicizing human rights education while offering concrete grounding for those who seek entry into this dynamic field of scholarship and practice, Human Rights Education is essential reading for students, educators, researchers, advocates, activists, practitioners, and policy makers.

Contributors: Monisha Bajaj, Ben Cislaghi, Nancy Flowers, Melissa Leigh Gibson, Diane Gillespie, Carl A. Grant, Tracey Holland, Megan Jensen, Peter G. Kirchschlaeger, Gerald Mackie, J. Paul Martin, Sam Mejias, Chrissie Monaghan, Audrey Osler, Oren Pizmony-Levy, Susan Garnett Russell, Carol Anne Spreen, David Suárez, Felisa Tibbitts, Rachel Wahl, Chalank Yahya, Michalinos Zembylas.

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Human Rights Education: Theory, Research, Praxis

Over the past seven decades, human rights education has blossomed into a global movement. A field of scholarship that utilizes teaching and learning processes, human rights education addresses basic rights and broadens the respect for the dignity and freedom of all peoples. Since the founding of the United Nations and the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, human rights education has worked toward ensuring that schools and non-formal educational spaces become sites of promise and equity.

Bringing together the voices of leaders and researchers deeply engaged in understanding the politics and possibilities of human rights education as a field of inquiry, Monisha Bajaj's Human Rights Education shapes our understanding of the practices and processes of the discipline and demonstrates the ways in which it has evolved into a meaningful constellation of scholarship, policy, curricular reform, and pedagogy. Contributions by pioneers in the field, as well as emerging scholars, constitute this foundational textbook, which charts the field's rise, outlines its conceptual frameworks and models, and offers case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. The volume analyzes how human rights education has been locally tailored to diverse contexts and looks at the tensions and triumphs of such efforts.

Historicizing human rights education while offering concrete grounding for those who seek entry into this dynamic field of scholarship and practice, Human Rights Education is essential reading for students, educators, researchers, advocates, activists, practitioners, and policy makers.

Contributors: Monisha Bajaj, Ben Cislaghi, Nancy Flowers, Melissa Leigh Gibson, Diane Gillespie, Carl A. Grant, Tracey Holland, Megan Jensen, Peter G. Kirchschlaeger, Gerald Mackie, J. Paul Martin, Sam Mejias, Chrissie Monaghan, Audrey Osler, Oren Pizmony-Levy, Susan Garnett Russell, Carol Anne Spreen, David Suárez, Felisa Tibbitts, Rachel Wahl, Chalank Yahya, Michalinos Zembylas.

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Over the past seven decades, human rights education has blossomed into a global movement. A field of scholarship that utilizes teaching and learning processes, human rights education addresses basic rights and broadens the respect for the dignity and freedom of all peoples. Since the founding of the United Nations and the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, human rights education has worked toward ensuring that schools and non-formal educational spaces become sites of promise and equity.

Bringing together the voices of leaders and researchers deeply engaged in understanding the politics and possibilities of human rights education as a field of inquiry, Monisha Bajaj's Human Rights Education shapes our understanding of the practices and processes of the discipline and demonstrates the ways in which it has evolved into a meaningful constellation of scholarship, policy, curricular reform, and pedagogy. Contributions by pioneers in the field, as well as emerging scholars, constitute this foundational textbook, which charts the field's rise, outlines its conceptual frameworks and models, and offers case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. The volume analyzes how human rights education has been locally tailored to diverse contexts and looks at the tensions and triumphs of such efforts.

Historicizing human rights education while offering concrete grounding for those who seek entry into this dynamic field of scholarship and practice, Human Rights Education is essential reading for students, educators, researchers, advocates, activists, practitioners, and policy makers.

Contributors: Monisha Bajaj, Ben Cislaghi, Nancy Flowers, Melissa Leigh Gibson, Diane Gillespie, Carl A. Grant, Tracey Holland, Megan Jensen, Peter G. Kirchschlaeger, Gerald Mackie, J. Paul Martin, Sam Mejias, Chrissie Monaghan, Audrey Osler, Oren Pizmony-Levy, Susan Garnett Russell, Carol Anne Spreen, David Suárez, Felisa Tibbitts, Rachel Wahl, Chalank Yahya, Michalinos Zembylas.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780812293890
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 04/04/2017
Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 368
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Monisha Bajaj is Associate Professor of International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco. She is coeditor of Peace Education: International Perspectives and author of Schooling for Social Change: The Rise and Impact of Human Rights Education in India.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations vii

Introduction Monisha Bajaj 1

Part I Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations of Human Rights Education

1 Symbol and Substance: Human Rights Education as an Emergent Global Institution Susan Garnett Russell David F. Suárez 19

2 Emotions, Critical Pedagogy, and Human Rights Education Michalinos Zembylas 47

3 Evolution of Human Rights Education Models Felisa L. Tibbitts 69

4 The Right to Human Rights Education: Conceptual Perspectives Peter G. Kirchschlaeger 96

Part II Global Research in Human Rights Education

5 Challenges and Complexity in Human Rights Education: Teachers' Understandings of Democratic Participation and Gender Equity in Post-Conflict Kurdistan, Iraq Audrey Osler Chalank Yahya 119

6 Human Rights Education in Postcolonial India Monisha Bajaj Rachel Wahl 147

7 Politics, Power, and Protest: Rights-Based Education Policy and the Limits of Human Rights Education Sam Mejias 170

8 Contentious Human Rights Education: The Case of Professional Development Programs on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity-Based Refuge Protection Oren Pizmony-Levy Megan Jensen 195

Part III Transformative Human Rights Education Praxis

9 Historicizing Critical Educational Praxis: A Human Rights Framework for Justice-Oriented Teaching Melissa L. Gibson Carl A. Grant 225

10 Expanding the Aspirational Map: Interactive Learning and Human Rights in Tostan's Community Empowerment Program Beniamino Cislaghi Diane Gillespie Gerry Mackie 251

11 Human Rights Education's Role in Peacebuilding: Lessons from the Field Tracey Holland J. Paul Martin 267

12 Leveraging Diversity to Become a Global Citizen: Lessons for Human Rights Education Carol Anne Spreen Chrissie Monaghan 291

Afterword Nancy Flowers 317

Appendix A Sample Discussion Questions for Use with This Book 335

Appendix B Further Reading in Human Rights Education 337

List of Contributors 339

Index 347

Acknowledgments 355

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