Human Rights, Diversity, and Citizenship Education

The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a propitious time for educators to examine its implications for educating citizens in multicultural nation states. The author argues that students must experience democratic classrooms and schools that reflect their cultures and id...

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Published in:The Educational forum (West Lafayette, Ind.) Ind.), 2009-04, Vol.73 (2), p.100-110
Main Author: Banks, James A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Citizenship
Citizenship Education
Civil Rights
Civil rights movements
Classroom Techniques
College students
Colleges & universities
Community
Cultural identity
Cultural Pluralism
Democracy
Education
Equality
Ethnic Groups
Ethnicity
Foreign Countries
Global Approach
Human rights
Ideology
Immigrants
Immigration
Irish Americans
Languages
Linguistics
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority Groups
Multicultural Education
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Polish Americans
Schools
Self concept
Social Justice
Social Status
Society
Student Diversity
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
World War II
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Summary:The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a propitious time for educators to examine its implications for educating citizens in multicultural nation states. The author argues that students must experience democratic classrooms and schools that reflect their cultures and identities to internalize human rights values, ideals, and behaviors. Schools in nations around the world make it difficult for students to acquire human rights ideals and behaviors because they pursue assimilationist goals that do not provide students civic equality and recognition. Citizenship education needs to be reformed so that it will help students to internalize human rights ideals and behaviors.
ISSN:0013-1725
1938-8098
DOI:10.1080/00131720902739478