Professor Bajaj on Human Rights Education in India: Policy, Pedagogy and Practice

Join us for a lunch discussion with

Monisha Bajaj

Assistant Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University

Visit east.stanford.edu for a copy of the paper to be discussed and to contribute questions!

As human rights education (HRE) becomes a more common feature of international policy discussions, national textbook reforms, and grassroots educational strategies worldwide, greater clarity about what HRE is, does, and means is needed. This presentation reviews existing definitions and models of HRE and offers a case study of one non-governmental organization’s (NGO) approach to school-based instruction in India. Specifically, findings are presented on how household-, school-, and community-level factors mediated students' understandings of HRE. Data suggest that a variety of factors at the three levels contribute to the HRE program’s successful implementation in government schools serving marginalized students (where most NGO programs are in operation in India today).

More details, including how to RSVP, will be available at the start of winter quarter.

Support for Prof. Bajaj’s visit comes from the Charles F. Riddell Fund, administered by the Office of Residential Education, Stanford University.