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Josefine Scherling; Tuija Kasa – Ethics and Education, 2024
This article constitutes a review of the concept of resistance in critical human rights education (CHRE) and its relevance for democratic education (DE). Our conceptual analysis draws on resistance studies, the emerging study of CHRE, and its implications for DE, which we suggest are interconnected. Although resistance is tied to the history of…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship Education, Civil Rights, Resistance (Psychology)
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Nimrod Aloni; Wiel Veugelers – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2024
In two different occasions in the twentieth century John Dewey and Maxine Greene stressed the point that educators should attend to 'what the known demands of us'. Following this dictum, from a critical perspective and with a constructive pedagogical spirit, in this paper we portray a new paradigm for values education that addresses the major…
Descriptors: Activism, Educational Philosophy, Teaching Methods, Humanism
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Boateng, Anabella Afra – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2020
When a representative democracy implicitly or explicitly undermines minority rights and prevents marginalized people from actively participating in a democratic process, it facilitates social exclusion. This paper focuses on how Ghana's democracy, coupled with traditions, aggravate social exclusion. The research discusses the democratization…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Human Dignity, Democracy, Social Isolation
Williams, Ken – Academy for Educational Development, 2009
Leadership and leadership development are popular topics today. Concurrent with the construction of leadership theory, leadership development has emerged as a practice, with programs, consultants, reports, and networking opportunities proliferating. Given the reality of limited resources, it is critical that investments in and approaches to…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Human Dignity, Empathy, Leadership