Human rights education : forging an academic discipline

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ISBN	9780812251791 (hbk.)
Call Number	JC571 C276 2020
Author	Cargas, Sarita
Title	Human rights education : forging an academic discipline / Sarita Cargas
Imprint	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020.
Physical	197 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents Note	1. The Arc of Human Rights and Human Rights Education in History --2. The Current State of HRE in Higher Education: Confusion or Consensus? --3. Disciplining Human Rights --4. Educating Through Human Rights: Living Rights in the Classroom --5. Educating For Human Rights: Affecting Values and Teaching Advocacy --6. Educating About Human Rights: Designing a Human Rights Curriculum and Courses --Afterword. A Vision for Future Directions --Appendix I. The University of Connecticut Capstone Appendix II. Sample Curriculum Map for Program SLOs --Appendix III. Websites for HRE Resources and Syllabi --Appendix IV. Abbreviated List of Suggested Texts for Core HRE Courses
Summary	Sarita Cargas contends that the field of human rights should be treated as an academic discipline in higher education contexts, possessing as it does a canon of literature, a community of scholars, and a methodology. Her book offers practical recommendations for creating human-rights programs at the university level in the United States.
Subject	Human rights--Study and teaching (Higher)
Subject	Critical pedagogy
Subject	Political science
Subject	Education, Higher
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