Bringing Human Rights Education to US Classrooms [electronic resource] : Exemplary Models from Elementary Grades to University /
Katz, Susan Roberta.author.
McEvoy Spero, A.author.
This book offers research-based models of exemplary practice for educators at all grade levels, from primary school to university, who want to integrate human rights education into their classrooms. It includes ten examples of projects that have been effectively implemented in classrooms: two from elementary school, two from middle school, three from high school, two from community college, and one from a university. Each model discusses the scope of the project, its rationale, students' response to the content and pedagogy, challenges or controversies that arose, and their resolution. Unique in integrating theory and practice and in addressing human rights issues with special relevance for communities of color in the US, this book provides indispensable guidance for those studying and teaching human rights.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; PART I Overview of Human Rights Education; CHAPTER 1 Building a Human Rights Education Movement in the United States; CHAPTER 2 The Challenges and Triumphs of Teaching for Human Rights in US Schools; PART II Pedagogical Tools; CHAPTER 3 Each One, Teach One: ; CHAPTER 4 The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living: ; CHAPTER 5 Bringing to Life Human Rights Education in the Science Classroom; CHAPTER 6 Challenging Islamophobia in the Middle School Classroom:
CHAPTER 7 Tout moun se moun "Every Person Is a Human Being": CHAPTER 8 Know Your Rights: Understanding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; CHAPTER 9 Teaching The Crucible through Human Rights; CHAPTER 10 Reframing a Community College Social Problems Course through a Human Rights Perspective; CHAPTER 11 Teaching and Learning Asian American Leadership: A Human Rights Framework; CHAPTER 12 Female Genital Mutilation: A Pedagogical Tool to Explore Global Violence against Women; Afterword:  Will Human Rights Education Be Decolonizing?; Notes on Contributors; Index
Includes index.
This book offers research-based models of exemplary practice for educators at all grade levels, from primary school to university, who want to integrate human rights education into their classrooms. It includes ten examples of projects that have been effectively implemented in classrooms: two from elementary school, two from middle school, three from high school, two from community college, and one from a university. Each model discusses the scope of the project, its rationale, students' response to the content and pedagogy, challenges or controversies that arose, and their resolution. Unique in integrating theory and practice and in addressing human rights issues with special relevance for communities of color in the US, this book provides indispensable guidance for those studying and teaching human rights.
School management and organization.
School administration.
Education—Philosophy.
International education .
Comparative education.
Human rights.
Curriculums (Courses of study).
Education—Curricula.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
Educational Philosophy.
International and Comparative Education.
Human Rights.
Curriculum Studies.
Educational Policy and Politics.