Human rights education: theory, research, praxis

Bringing together the voices of those deeply engaged in the politics and possibilities of human rights education, Monisha Bajaj's Human Rights Education shapes our understanding of its practices and processes and demonstrates how it has come to be a meaningful field of scholarship, policy, curricular reform, and pedagogy.

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

Symbol and substance : human rights education as an emergent global institution / Susan Garnett Russell and David F. Suørez -- Emotions, critical pedagogy, and human rights education / Michalinos Zembylas -- Evolution of human rights education models / Felisa L. Tibbitts -- The right to human rights education : conceptual perspectives / Peter G. Kirchschlaeger -- Global research in human rights education -- Challenges and complexity in human rights education : teachers' understandings of democratic participation and gender equity in post-conflict Kurdistan, Iraq / Audrey Osler and Chalank Yahya -- Human rights education in postcolonial India / Monisha Bajaj and Rachel Wah -- Politics, power, and protest : rights-based education policy and the limits of human rights education / Sam Mejias -- Contentious human rights education : the case of professional development programs on sexual orientation and gender identity/based refuge protection / Oren Pizmony-Levy ad Megan Jensen -- Historicizing critical educational praxis : human rights framework for justice-oriented teaching / Melissa L. Gibson and Carl A. Grant / Expanding the aspirational map : interactive learning and human rights in Tostan's community empowerment program / Beniamino Cislaghi, Diane Gillespie, and Gerald Mackie -- Human rights education's role in peacebuilding : lessons from the field / Tracey Holland and J. Paul Martin -- Leveraging diversity to become a global citizen : lessons for human rights education / Carol Anne Spreen and Chrissie Monaghan