Felisa Tibbitts
Dr. Felisa Tibbitts is an expert on human rights education and education for democracy. She is Chair in Human Rights Education in the Department of Law, Economics and Governance at Utrecht University and a Lecturer in the International Education Development Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 October 2020 #WorldTeachersDay | Lessons from the Pandemic: “Embracing our Humanity”, by Felisa Tibbitts.
Felisa Tibbitts
A common thread connecting educators and learners worldwide during this pandemic is a shared humanity. Teachers, administrators, students, and their families on short notice have had to respond to the demands placed on schooling when schools closed. Those closing doors required educators to reimagine classroom teaching, this is certainly true....
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 April 2020 “Coronavirus Curriculum”, by Felisa Tibbitts.
Felisa Tibbitts
The pandemic is stretching the limits of school systems’ abilities to deliver education with the assistance of technology. The struggles of local and national education systems are well documented, and leaders are scrambling to address an overwhelming set of inter-connected challenges to the well-being of students, teachers, staff and administrators...
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 July 2017 Preparing for Difficult Conversations
Felisa Tibbitts
How can educators facilitate difficult conversations in their classrooms? If we believe that democratic citizenship is linked with engagement in social issues, then undoubtedly these topics also include those that make us feel uncomfortable. Or are complex or even unresolvable. If there are different points of view on a hot...
Preparing for Difficult Conversations