| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 180 pages) |
| Contents |
(Re)framing urban schools: beyond accountability, discipline, and punishment in public educational reform -- Unpacking human rights education: a framework for centering human dignity -- Transforming school culture by centering human dignity: infusing HRE in school reform -- The components of care: ways to build transformative student-teacher relationships in schools -- The components of respect: strategies to build tolerance, empathy, and community across generations -- The components of critical questioning: building a culture of curiosity, intellectualism, and activism -- The components of participation: schooling that fosters democracy and student agency -- Navigating multiple and complex social worlds: HRE, social change, and broader civic engagement -- Why we need school cultures that center dignity: what matters in school reform |
| Summary |
"For many students in urban public schools, the routines of standards-based instruction and frequent testing remove the possibilities for sustained inquiry and critical engagement in school and with the larger world. Restoring Dignity in Public Schools demonstrates how urban public schools can create thriving, authentic centers of learning. Drawing from rich narratives of human rights education (HRE) in action, the author shows how school leaders can create an environment in which a culture of dignity, respect, tolerance, and democracy flourishes. The book examines the dynamics of HRE in practice, defines its constituent elements, and explains how these components work in tandem to produce schooling that encourages young people to critically interact with the world around them and imagine different alternatives for the future. This timely book provides a viable alternative to the currently favored strategies of increased testing, privatization, and disciplinary control."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
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Urban high schools -- Curricula -- United States
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Transformative learning -- United States
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Democracy and education -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Democracy and education
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Human rights -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Transformative learning
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780807774663 |
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0807774669 |
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