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Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research 17
Joseph Zajda
Sev Ozdowski Editors
Globalisation,
Human Rights
Education and
Reforms
Globalisation, Comparative Education
and Policy Research
Volume 17
Series Editor
Joseph Zajda, Faculty of Education and Arts, School of Education, Australian
Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia
Editorial Board for the Series
Professor Robert Arnove, Indiana University
Professor Birgit Brock-Utne, University of Oslo
Professor Martin Carnoy, Stanford University
Professor Lyn Davies, University of Birmingham
Professor Fred Dervin, University of Helsinki
Professor Karen Evans, University of London
Professor Kassie Freeman, Alcorn State University
Professor Andreas Kazamias, University of Wisconsin
Professor Leslie Limage, UNESCO
Professor MacLeans Geo-JaJa, Brigham Young University
Professor Nikolai Nikandrov, President, Russian Academy of Education (Moscow)
Professor Marcella Mollis, University of Buenos Aires
Professor Susan Majhanovich, University of Western Ontario
Professor Val Rust, UCLA, USA
Advisory Board
Professor Abdeljalil Akkari, University of Geneva
Professor Beatrice Avalos, National Ministry of Education, Chile
Sheng Yao Cheng, Chung Chen University
Professor Kingsley Banya, Misericordia University
Professor Karen Biraimah, University of Central Florida
Professor David Chapman, University of Minnesota
Professor David Gamage, University of Newcastle
Professor Mark Ginsburg, University of Pittsburgh
Professor Yaacov Iram, Bar Ilan University
Professor Henry Levin, Teachers College Columbia University
Professor Noel McGinn, Harvard University
Professor David Phillips, Oxford University
Professor Gerald Postglione, University of Hong Kong
Professor Heidi Ross, Colgate University
Professor M’hammed Sabour, University of Joensuu
Professor Jurgen Schriewer, Humboldt University
Professor Sandra Stacki, Hofstra University
Professor Nelly Stromquist, University of Southern California
Professor Carlos Torres, UCLA
Professor David Willis, Soai University, Japan
Aims & Scope
The Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research series (volumes
13–24) aims to present a global overview of strategic comparative and international
education policy statements on recent reforms and shifts in education globally, and
offers new approaches to further exploration, development and improvement of
comparative education and policy research globally. In general, the book Series
seeks to address the nexus between comparative education, policy, reforms and
forces of globalisation.
The Series will present up-to date scholarly research on global trends in
comparative education and policy research. The idea is to advance research and
scholarship by providing an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of
information for researchers, policy-makers, college academics, and practitioners in
the field. Different volumes will provide substantive contributions to knowledge
and understanding of comparative education and policy research globally. This new
book series will offer major disciplinary perspectives from all world regions.
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viii Foreword
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x Preface
nomic, cultural, and social change have affected the nature of the debate in human
rights education. The impact of globalization on HRE and policy is a strategically
significant issue for us all. The volume is focussed on the importance of HRE, both
locally and globally. It presents an up-to-date scholarly research on global trends in
HRE curricular initiatives and policy research. It provides an easily accessible and
practical yet scholarly source of information about the international concerns in the
field of globalization, HRE, and policy research. The volume, as a sourcebook of
ideas for researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers in globalization and HRE
developments, provides a timely overview of current developments in HRE reforms
and policy research.
Reference
MacNaughton, G., & Koutsioumpas, K. (2016). Universal Human Rights Education in the Post-
2015 development agenda. In J. Zajda & S. Ozdowski (Eds.), Globalisation, human rights
education and reforms. Dordrecht: Springer.
Globalisation, Comparative Education
and Policy Research Series Volumes 13–24
Joseph Zajda, BA (Hons), MA, MEd, PhD, FACE, is associate professor in the
Faculty of Education and Arts at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne
Campus). He specializes in globalization and education policy reforms, social jus-
tice, history education, and values education. He has written and edited 32 books
and over 150 book chapters and articles in the areas of globalization and education
policy, higher education, and curriculum reforms. Recent publications include:
Zajda, J. (2015) (Ed.). Nation-building and history education in a global culture.
Dordrecht: Springer. http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789401797283
Zajda, J. (2016) (Ed.). Globalisation, ideology and politics of education reforms.
Dordrecht: Springer. http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319195056
Zajda, J. & Rust, V. (Ed.) (2016). Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms.
Dordrecht: Springer. http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319281902
He is the editor and author of the Second International Handbook on
Globalisation, Education and Policy Research. Springer (2015). http://www.
springer.com/education+%26+language/book/978-94-017-9492-3; Zajda, J (2014).
Globalisation and Neo-liberalism as Educational Policy in Australia. In H. Yolcu
and D. Turner (Eds.), Neoliberal Education Reforms: A Global Analysis. New York:
Taylor & Francis/Routledge; Zajda, J. (2014). The Russian Revolution. In G. Ritzer
and J. M. Ryan (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization Online;
Zajda, J. (2014). Ideology. In D. Phillips (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Theory
and Philosophy. Thousand Oaks: Sage; Zajda, J. (2014). The Russian Revolution. In
G. Ritzer and J. M. Ryan (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization
Online; Zajda, J. (2014). Values Education. In D. Phillips (Ed.), Encyclopedia of
Educational Theory and Philosophy. Thousand Oaks: Sage; Zajda, J. (2014). The
Politics of Russian History Education in the Russian Media. Educational Practice
and Theory, 36(2). Values Education. In D. Phillips (Ed.), Encyclopedia of
Educational Theory and Philosophy. Thousand Oaks: Sage; Zajda, J. (2011).
Globalisation and Values Education in the History/Social Studies Classroom. Zajda
(2011), Educational Practice and Theory, 33(1), 83–96; Zajda (2008). Schooling
the New Russians, James Nicholas Publishers (2008).
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xiv Contents
Jan Blaauw is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen
in the Netherlands. He is researching the phenomenon of history textbook censor-
ship in contemporary democracies. He is historian by education, journalist by pro-
fessional experience of more than a decade and holder of a degree in history
teaching. He is interested in textbook related controversies, conflicts related to text-
book authorization and the reciprocal relationships between authority and history
education in democratic societies. He recently published ‘Restriction in the Age of
Rights and Choice’ in World Studies in Education Vol. 16:1 (2015) and ‘Textbook
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xvi Contributors
André Keet is a Research Associate with the Centre for the Advancement of Non-
Racialism and Democracy at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and the
Director of the Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice (IRSJ) at the University
of the Free State, South Africa. He serves on various structures in the human rights
and higher education sectors. He is a productive social justice researcher, higher
education practitioner and academic citizen. His research and postgraduate supervi-
sion focus on Social Justice, Social Cohesion and Reconciliation; Critical Studies
in Higher Education Transformation; and Human Rights and Human Rights
Education. E-mail: andrekeet@gmail.com
Contributors xvii
in Immigration Detention: A Last Resort?” and the National Inquiry into Mental
Health Services “Not for Service”. He has worked in senior government positions
for over 20 years and published widely on refugee issues, multiculturalism and
human rights. Currently, he works at two Australian universities and is Chair of the
Australian Multicultural Council and of the Australian Council for Human Rights
Education. E-mail: s.ozdowski@uws.edu.au
Behnaz Tavakoli was born in Tehran, Iran. After earning his Bachelor degree, he
began to work voluntarily in society for protecting the rights of the child (SPRC) in
Iran. This experience motivated him to academically deepen his knowledge in the
field, through studying ‘European Master of Childhood Studies and Children’s
Rights’ at Free University of Berlin. He is currently a doctoral candidate at Humboldt
University of Berlin, supervised by Prof. Dr. Detlef Pech and Prof. Dr. Claudia
Lohrenscheit. E-mail: Behnaz.Tavakoli@hu-berlin.de
Contributors xix
Felisa Tibbitts is Professor of the Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice
(IRSJ), University of the Free State, South Africa. She is the Founder and Senior
Advisor of Human Rights Education Associates (HREA – www.hrea.org), which
she directed from 1999 to 2010. She has worked with government and international
agencies in developing curriculum and policies that support the integration of
human rights into teaching and training, including the Office of the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, UNICEF, UNESCO, UNDP, OSCE, the Council
of Europe, the Organization of American States and non-governmental organiza-
tions, such as Amnesty International. She has been engaged in adult trainings in
over 20 countries, serves on numerous advisory committees and has published arti-
cles, book chapters and manuals addressing such topics as HRE in schools and the
empowerment model of HRE. She has guest edited special issues of Intercultural
Education and Journal of Social Science Education. E-mail: fltibbitts@gmail.com
Yvonne Vissing is Professor and Policy Chair for the United Nations Convention
on the Rights of the Child, Founding Director of the Center for Childhood & Youth
Studies and Chair of the Sociology Department at Salem State University in Salem,
Massachusetts, USA. E-mail: yvissing@salemstate.edu
Joseph Zajda is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Arts at the
Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus). He specializes in globalisa-
tion and education policy reforms, social justice, history education and values edu-
cation. He has written and edited 32 books and over 150 book chapters and articles
in the areas of globalisation and education policy, higher education, and curriculum
reforms. He is also the editor of the 24-volume book series Globalisation and
Comparative Education (Springer, 2009 and 2016). Recent publications include:
xx Contributors
Zajda, J. (2014). The Russian Revolution. In G. Ritzer & J. M. Ryan (Eds.), The
Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization Online; Zajda, J. (2014). Values
Education. In D. Phillips (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy.
Thousand Oaks: Sage. He edits World Studies in Education, Curriculum and
Teaching and Education and Society for James Nicholas Publishers. His works are
found in 265 publications in four languages and 9,105 university library holdings
globally. He was awarded ARC Discovery Grant ($315,000) Globalising Studies of
the Politics of History Education: A Comparative Analysis of History National
Curriculum Implementation in Russia and Australia (with A. Taylor, Monash
University, 2011–2015). Elected as Fellow of the Australian College of Educators
(June 2013). E-mail: joseph.zajda@acu.edu.au
Chapter 1
Globalisation and Human Rights Education:
Emerging Issues
Abstract Globalisation, economic, cultural and social change has affected the
nature of the debate in human rights education. The chapter explores human rights
education research and the problematic relationship between human rights educa-
tion and the state, against the background of globalisation, and social and cultural
factors. Human rights education is an attempt to answer the following question:
How can we contribute to the creation of a more equitable, respectful, peaceful and
just society for everyone globally.
Human rights education is essential to the full realization of human rights and fun-
damental freedoms and contributes significantly to promoting equality, respect for
human dignity, preventing discrimination and enhancing participation in democratic
J. Zajda (*)
Faculty of Education and Arts, School of Education, Australian Catholic University,
East Melbourne, VIC, Australia
e-mail: joseph.zajda@acu.edu.au
S. Ozdowski
Equity and Diversity, University of Western Sydney,
PO Box A959, Sydney South, NSW 1235, Australia
Centre of Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Sydney,
Sydney, NSW, Australia
e-mail: s.ozdowski@uws.edu.au
There are numerous definitions and conceptions of human rights. There exists a
global consensus that human rights refer to freedom, justice, and equality: the rights
that are considered by most societies to belong automatically to everyone. Ozdowski
(2015) stresses that human rights help us to recognise that every person has ‘inher-
ent dignity and value’ and that in this sense human rights are global – they are the
same for all people. This is what makes human rights truly ‘universal’ and global.
Furthermore, human rights, from a cultural perspective, are international mores,
and norms that help to protect all people everywhere from severe political, legal,
and social abuses. Human rights include the right to freedom, diversity, privacy, due
process, and property rights. The right to freedom of religion, the right to a fair trial,
and the right to engage in political activity are significant principles of a pluralist
democracy. These rights exist in morality and in law at the national and international
levels. The main sources of the contemporary conception of human rights are the
Universal Declaration of Human Right (United Nations 1948). The 1948 United
Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights defined the fundamental rights of
people, including:
• The right to life
• Freedom of thought, opinion, and religion
• The right to a fair trial and equality before the law
• The right to work and education
• Freedom from torture and arbitrary arrest
• The right to participate in the social, political and cultural life of one’s country.
The creation of a more equitable, respectful, inclusive, and just society for everyone
is a dream for all concerned citizens on spaceship Earth, be they democratic policy
makers, empowering and egalitarian pedagogues, and informed and active citizens,
who believe in human rights education and the much needed policy reform. The
United Nations declared 1995–2004 as the Decade of Human Rights Education. It
stressed that the human rights education was a powerful tool to fight racism and
discrimination in all spheres of education and in society. Social and cultural dimen-
sions of human rights education include ideology, power, inequality, education,
gender, ethnicity, race, religion, and social justice.
Major discourses of human rights education remain at a policy rhetoric and
humanistic pedagogy level. As such they tend to be uncritical of the existing status
quo of legitimized social and economic inequality. We could ask the following:
What social action is needed to move from proclaiming the rights and obligations of
people in a given country, towards effective and empowering implementation of
those rights and obligations? How can we best ensure that the rhetoric of human
4 J. Zajda and S. Ozdowski
rights is matched by reality? We need to recognise that the ideology and the politics
of human rights play a significant part in the discourse of human rights education.
Furthermore, there is an ambivalent nexus between social stratification, inequal-
ity and human rights. The greater the social inequality, the less one finds human
rights and social justice. The prospect of widening inequalities in education, due to
market-oriented schooling, and substantial tolerance of inequalities and exclusion,
are more than real (Milanovic 2012, 2013). Access and equity continue to be endur-
ing concerns in education. This was confirmed in the OECD (2009) study: ‘Across
OECD countries, over 40 % with less than an upper secondary qualification are not
even employed…Even those with higher levels of education are vulnerable if they
become unemployed. Around half of the unemployed young adults aged 25–34 with
lower and upper secondary attainments are long-term unemployed’ (OECD 2009,
p. 13).
Children’s Rights
Fundamentally, human rights education movement refers to the transfer and acqui-
sition of knowledge concerning human rights and the necessary skills of how to
apply them. Human rights education is also about adoption of universal values and
behaviours that are respectful of others and compliant with such universal stan-
dards. This is especially important in a globalised world, where many different cul-
tures and religions meet and need to interact peacefully (Zajda 2015). The UDHR
in particular, and other relevant treaties, provide us with universally agreed basic
standards of decent behaviour; standards that are cross-cultural and trans-national.
Thus, human rights education provides us with an all-important link between uni-
versal and therefore global human rights standards and local values and practices.
As such, human rights education encourages intercultural dialogue, reduces con-
flict and builds mutual respect around universal values. It delivers an important
peace building capacity, as it develops the relevant knowledge, skills, understanding
and attitudes: all necessary for a peaceful and harmonious co-existence. It also
empowers individuals to participate in a broader community and in authentic demo-
cratic processes which promote inclusive citizenship, equality and advancement of
the rule of law (Ozdowski 2005).
Some recent research suggests that human rights education does not address our
growing diversity and interdependence, which is needed to help students address
global complexities affecting their lives (Spreen and Monaghan 2015). We need to
explore research dealing with the recent shift from HRE to Global Citizenship
Education (GCE) (Dill 2013; Spreen and Monaghan 2015).
There are many models of human rights education. Tibbitts (2002) for example,
identifies three predominant models that are ‘linked implicitly with particular target
groups and a strategy for social change and human development’ (p. 163). These
include the Values and Awareness Model, which focuses on HRE in school curricula
and public awareness campaigns as a primary vehicle of transmitting basic knowl-
edge of human rights issues and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(UDHR); the Accountability Model which targets professionals directly involved in
public or civil service (e.g. lawyers, policemen) and focuses on knowledge related
to specific rights instruments and mechanisms of protection; and the Transformational
Model which seeks to empower vulnerable populations to recognize human rights
abuses and to commit to their prevention (see also Tibbitts 2008).
pedagogy during the twentieth century. This was a new thinking in education, in
contrast to the traditional education of the nineteenth century, which was based on
preparation for the university. Learning by doing, or experiential learning, is the key
principle of progressivist pedagogy. Experiential learning, as opposed to traditional
and rote learning, denotes knowledge acquired from experience, rather than formal
schooling (Dewey 1938). Experiential learning theory (ELT) defines learning as
‘the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experi-
ence. Knowledge results from the combination of grasping and transforming experi-
ence’ (Kolb 1984). ELT offers a pragmatic and holistic perspective of the learning
process. Experiential learning can be traced to the experimental pedagogy of John
Dewey, Jean Piaget, Carl Rogers, Ivan Illich, Paulo Freire and others. Experiential
learning is relevant to other major educational theories, ‘including: critical peda-
gogy, progressive pedagogy, empowerment-based pedagogy, and transfomational
pedagogy’ (Zajda 2008).
Reconstructionist perspective in education and human rights education focuses
on improving people’s lives in their cultural settings. Since culture is ubiquitous in
our society, with its core elements of ideology, organizations, language, values and
technology, it is most relevant to human rights education. By examining the existing
economic and social conditions, defining inequality, individuals become more
aware of factors responsible for it, and engage in social actions to change the condi-
tions perpetuating economic and social inequality. The Transformational Model of
human rights education of Tibbitts (2008), is an excellent example of this.
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GENERAL INDEX.
A.
Alcoholism, v. 573
rheumatoid, ii. 78
Athetosis, v. 457
Atrophy, v. 1266
B.
Beriberi, i. 1038
inflammation of, acute and chronic, iv. 123, 126, 128, 341
C.
Caisson Disease, the, iii. 855
renal, iv. 42
Cardiac murmurs and their relation to valvular heart disease, iii. 651
Catalepsy, v. 314