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"This Is A Public Record": Teaching Human Rights Through The Performing Arts, Andrea Mcevoy Spero
"This Is A Public Record": Teaching Human Rights Through The Performing Arts, Andrea Mcevoy Spero
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Urban youth in the United States often experience daily human rights violations such as racism and violence. Therefore, Human Rights Education (HRE) can strengthen their understanding of these issues and unleash their power to act toward positive change. This qualitative study attempted to gain a deeper understanding of the use of performance arts to teach human rights in an urban high school setting.
The following meta-question guided this research: "Is it possible for HRE which integrates the performing arts as a pedagogical tool to provide a transformative educational experience for students?" To address this question, the study explored: 1) how …