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ERIC Number: EJ450817
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Teaching Human Rights in the Former USSR during Perestroika.
Nikitin, Anatoly F.
Social Education, v56 n4 p231 Apr-May 1992
Discusses the changing concept of human rights and important freedoms as the Soviet Union moved away from Communism toward democracy. Describes steps that have been taken in human rights education by various nongovernmental organizations. Suggests that the first priority is to educate children about human rights and, in so doing, develop the spirit of toleration. (DK)
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Citizenship Education, Civil Liberties, Democracy, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Relations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Marxism, Social Change, Socialization, Student Participation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Convention on the Rights of the Child; Glasnost; Perestroika; United Nations; USSR