Studies in comparative education

Education for Human Rights: An International Perspective
Edited by Douglas Ray and Dien Tran. 1994. 304 p.
ISBN: 92-3-103039-6
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The folly of humans makes disasters more deadly, be it war, natural catastrophes or disease. This book presents theoretical studies and national experience on how education might respond, thereby making people more aware and successful in managing difficult situations. The fifteen authors, drawn from many parts of the world, deal with human rights (especially those of women, children, minorities and indigenous populations), equality of educational opportunity, cultural values, social responsibility, international understanding, co-operation and peace.

 

The ultimate objective is a global society not necessarily without conflict but in equilibrium—and an end to bayonets and bombs.

Contents

 

 

  • Introduction: theorical and national studies-what can be learned? by Douglas Ray
  • Rights, education, and the evolution of the curriculum by Douglas Ray
  • Cultural values and the 'free development of personality' by David Radcliffe
  • Toward an international definition of education for social responsibility by Douglas Ray
  • The distinction between education about peace and development and value-centred education intended to promote them by Birgit Brock-Utne
  • Educational rights: perspectives and practices in China by Zhou Nan-Zhao
  • Education in India by Malavika Karlekar
  • Education in Viet Nam: the 'great power' intervention and its aftermath by Dien Tran
  • Education in Sudan: diversity and adversity by Assa Ibrahim
  • Education in the United Republic of Tanzania: an experiment in African social democracy by Ruth Malisa
  • Human rights in education: the Czech and Slovak experience by Vlastimil Parizek
  • Russian education for international understanding, co-operation and peace, and education to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms by Natalia Voskresenskaya
  • Top-down, bottom-up and from within perspectives on education for democracy by Magnus Haavelsrud
  • Educational issues in the reunified Germany by Douglas Ray and Dien Tran
  • Multicultural and global education in Canada by Ratna Ghosh
  • Indian education and rights in Peru: the search for equality by Maria Amelia Palacios Vellejo
  • Colombia: a collective of schooling offering children an opportunity to realize their full potential by Beatriz Franco
  • Curriculum planning for personal economic independence: some insights from Trinidad and Tobago by Norrel A. London