Safe Spaces : Human Rights Education in Diverse Diverse / edited by Cornelia Roux.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roux, Cornelia.

Series:

Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the crucial issues affecting Human Rights Education in contexts of culture, religious and societal diversity. It exhibits an impressive scholarly achievement, capturing and combining the insights of both established academics and emerging researchers. Each author succeeds in distilling the knowledge of their particular fields of interest, as well as conveying the essence of their intuitive understanding and the richness of the context. This book considers a variety of connected content and methodological issues in three major sections: ‘Philosophical and policy perspectives’, ‘Gender discourses: diverse perspectives’ and ‘Discourses on narratives as safe spaces’. The Edition is further strengthened by allowing international reviewers the opportunity of engaging with the contributors in the Introduction and Conclusion, an innovative departure from conventional formats and which will provide a global perspective to the readers. The focus of the various chapters succeeds in establishing both a foundation and platform for dialogue surrounding human rights and human rights education in modern policy and governance. Aptly named “Safe Spaces”, the Edition offers in-depth and credible (“safe”) nuances (“spaces”), in terms of the somewhat reified concept of human rights, at a time when human rights remains a highly topical and contested international issue. As such, the book imparts an immense scope of theoretical and empirical perspectives, reflected by the distinguished intellectuals who navigate the terrain of their respective disciplines with profound erudition. This book represents a collaborative effort of immeasurable value. This exemplary edition is both timeous, and will prove timeless.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Cornelia Roux

Introduction / Liam Gearon

Discourse, Betrayal, Critique / André Keet

A Social Justice and Human Rights Education Project / Cornelia Roux

The Human Right to Education, the Ethical Responsibility of Curriculum, and the Irony in ‘Safe Spaces’ / Petro Du Preez

Identity, Identification and Sociolinguistic Practices / Juliet Perumal

Identity Premised on Equality of Difference as a Fundamental Human Right / Anne Becker

Are Children’s Rights Duty-Free? / Bruno Vanobbergen

Religious Diversity in Public Education / Kyriaki Topidi

Let’s Find a Way to Learn about our Rights / René Ferguson

Power and Privilege / Johan Botha

Girls’ Experiences of Religious and Cultural Practices / Annamagriet De Wet

Using Interdisciplinary Feminist Theory to Arrive at an Understanding of Critical Educators who put Human Rights at the Center of School Curriculum / Dolana Mogadime

Transcending Narratives / Greta Galloway

Embracing Diverse Narratives for a Postmodernist Human Rights Education Curriculum / Shan Simmonds

Plurality in Society Mirrored in the Teacher’s Multivoiced Self – Internalized Inequality / Ina Ter Avest

Concluding Chapter / Ida Sabelis

About the Authors / Cornelia Roux.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789460919350

9460919359

9789460919367

9460919367

OCLC:

858885245