Human Rights Education Globally (Globalisation #22) (Hardcover)
1 Current research on human rights education globally.- 2 A review of human rights education in higher education.- 3 Insights from students on human rights education in India, South Africa, Sweden and the United States.- 4 The state of HRE in higher education worldwide.- 5 Human rights education as a link to the counterbalance strategy of the Sanctuary Cities against federal immigration programs in the USA.- 6 The promises and challenges of human rights cities.- 7 HRE in the era of global aging: The human rights of older persons in contemporary Europe.- 8 Human rights as an instrument of social cohesion in South Asia.- 9 Evaluating research on human rights education globally.
Joseph Zajda is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus). He specialises in globalisation and education policy reforms, social justice, history education and values education. He has written and edited 42 books and over 150 book chapters and articles on globalisation and education policy, higher education and curriculum reforms. He is also the editor of the 24-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research (Springer, 2009 & 2020). Recent publications include: Zajda, J. (2018). Globalisation and education reforms: Paradigms and ideologies Dordrecht: Springer; Zajda, J. (2017). Globalisation and national identity in history textbooks. Dordrecht: Springer; Zajda, J. & Rust, V. (Ed.) (2016). Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms. Dordrecht: Springer; Zajda, J. (2015). (Ed.). Second International Handbook of Globalisation, Education and Policy Research. Dordrecht: Springer.Prof. Zajda's works can be found in 480 publications in 4 languages and 10,529 university library holdings globally. He was awarded an ARC Discovery Grant ($315,000) for globalising studies of the politics of history education: a comparative analysis of history national curriculum implementation in Russia and Australia (with Monash University, 2011-2015). Further, he is an elected fellow of the Australian College of Educators (FACE).