Restoring dignity in public schools
Subtitle: human rights education in action
By: Maria Hantzopoulos
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807757420; 9780807757468; 9780807774663
Subjects: Human rights; Study and teaching (Secondary); Urban high schools; Transformative learning; Curricula; Democracy and education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: (Re)framing urban schools: beyond accountability, discipline, and punishment in public educational reform; title: Unpacking human rights education: a framework for centering human dignity; title: Transforming school culture by centering human dignity: infusing HRE in school reform; title: The components of care: ways to build transformative student-teacher relationships in schools; title: The components of respect: strategies to build tolerance, empathy, and community across generations; title: The components of critical questioning: building a culture of curiosity, intellectualism, and activism; title: The components of participation: schooling that fosters democracy and student agency; title: Navigating multiple and complex social worlds: HRE, social change, and broader civic engagement; title: Why we need school cultures with humanity and dignity at the core: what matters in school reform.