Human rights education
Subtitle: reflections on policy and practice
By: edited by Fionnuala Waldron and Brian Ruane
Publisher: The Liffey Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781905785889
Subjects: Human rights; Study and teaching
Description: "This important new publication focues on human rights education in theory and practice. It has three main themes that are inter-related and developed over a range of national and international contexts. The first theme addresses the role of human rights teaching in citizenship education and in education for sustainable development. The second theme focuses on the rights of children in education and the concept of 'voice'. The third theme locates human rights education in curriculum design and school practice. This book, which brings together a range of papers originally presented at a confrence hosted by the Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education in St. Patrick's College in Dublin, makes an important contribution to current thinking and best practice in human rights education"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Human rights education / Fionnuala Waldron; title: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and education for cosmopolitan citizenship / Hugh Starkey; title: Human rights, diversity and citizenship education / James A. Banks; title: Human rights education for a sustainable future : the relationship between human rights education (HRE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) / Peter G. Kirchschlaeger; title: Implementing children's rights : considering the views of children in the individual education plan (IEP) process / Anita Prunty; title: Between celebration and crisis : the role of drama in human rights education / Paula Murphy; title: 'For once just listen to a kid' : children's rights and local communities / Susan Pike; title: 'Bringing alive the spirit of huiman rights' : Irish teachers' understanding of and dispositions towards human rights and human rights education / Brian Ruane, Fionnuala Waldron, Catherine Maunsell, Anita Prunty, Maurice O'Reilly, Anne Marie Kavanagh and Susan Pike; title: Human rights and journalism education / Colum Kenny; title: Initiatives as 'actions' : a practice perspective on citizenship and human rights education / Fintan McCutcheon; title: Conclusion / Fionnuala Waldron and Brian Ruane.