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Episode Synopsis
In Episode 28, Maria Hantzopoulos discusses her work with non-governmental organizations, as well as her work in designing curriculum, which deals with human rights. Maria then shares what she views are challenges to mainstream narratives in global history, and the idea of curriculum interventions as contested spaces. She emphasizes the intersections of HRE and peace education, as well as the challenges of meeting students who have skill deficits. Next, Maria talks about the relationships between HRE and social justice and the development of a critical consciousness, as well as the heightened emphasis on decolonial education. Maria then describes the importance of using human rights language and concepts when addressing social change movements in the US, along with highlighting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as a tool with young people. Maria shares influential role models for her work in human rights education and a significant quote, which guides her work in HRE.Topics discussed:Work with non-governmental organizationsWork designing human rights curriculum Challenges to mainstream narratives in global history Curriculum interventions as contested spacesIntersections of HRE and peace education Challenges in meeting students’ needs who have skill deficits Relationship between HRE and social justice Development of critical consciousnessHeightened emphasis on decolonial educationImportance of using human rights language and concepts in social change movementsUDHR as tool to use with young peopleInfluential role model and significant quote Full topic listing available for PDF download HERE.Listen on our HREUSA podcast website HERE.Introduction and Closing Music Credit: “Awakening-Spring” by Ketsa, from the Album Night Vision. Available at the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/night-vision/awakening-spring/ This music is used in accordance with this Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Information about that license is available here https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Human Rights Education Now! is produced and distributed in accordance with Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International. Information about this license is available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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