Overview
- Demonstrates the ideological imperatives of globalisation and human rights education reforms
- Evaluates the problematic ties between globalisation, the state, and human rights education reforms
- Provides a timely overview of changes in human rights education reforms and policy research worldwide
- Offers a valuable sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers alike
Part of the book series: Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research (GCEP, volume 22)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
Keywords
- globalisation and comparative education
- critical theory
- cultural capital
- curriculum reforms
- discourses of globalisation
- education reforms
- education ideologies
- education policy
- neo-liberal ideology
- policy-driven education reforms
- standards-driven education reforms
- educational quality
- values education
About this book
Written by authors from diverse backgrounds and regions, the book examines current developments in research concerning human rights education, and citizenship education globally. As such it enables readers to gain a more holistic understanding of the nexus between nation-state, national identity and human rights education both locally and globally. It also provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly insights into international concerns in the field of human rights education in the context of global culture.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Prof. Zajda’s works can be found in 480 publications in 4 languages and 10,529 university library holdings globally. He was awarded an ARC Discovery Grant ($315,000) for globalising studies of the politics of history education: a comparative analysis of history national curriculum implementation in Russia and Australia (with Monash University, 2011–2015). Further, he is an elected fellow of the Australian College of Educators (FACE).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Human Rights Education Globally
Editors: Joseph Zajda
Series Title: Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1913-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1912-2Published: 03 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1915-3Published: 29 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-1913-9Published: 02 June 2020
Series ISSN: 2543-0564
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0572
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 213
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Curriculum Studies, Education Policy