International perspectives in social justice programs at the institutional and community levels [Kõva köide]

This book contains 11 essays by an international group of researchers working in education and other areas, who explore the role of education in getting people out of poverty and oppression through social justice education at the institutional and community level, emphasizing education as a human right and promoting social justice among students. They address education as a fundamental right that can lift people out of poverty, empower women, safeguard children from exploitative labor, and promote democracy; education as a fundamental factor of development and teaching human rights through experiential learning; skill development for Bangladeshi immigrant workers in Kurdistan, Iraq; prison education through open and distance learning in India; work-integrated learning and service learning in Australia; promoting international human rights values through reflective practice in clinical legal education in the UK; implementing equity-minded academic and mentoring support services for foster youth in university writing programs; promoting gender equality in colleges of education in Ghana using a gender-responsive scorecard; the use of digital activism in changing attitudes towards peace and human rights; and ethical issues in the Nordic education model and its use in terms of social value creation and the promotion of equality in education. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)