Teaching a Human Rights Education Through Youth Athletics

<p>Throughout my research and work in education I realized there is often a disconnect between schooling and students especially in low-income areas. It can be incredibly difficult to feel confident at school when the curriculum is not relatable to your experiences and life. In this paper I explore how an athletic program can be used to teach a Human Rights Education to fill in the gaps the traditional school day may not provide. I used a Human Rights Education framework with the teacher/coach as a facilitator and a Critical Race Theory lens examining intersectionality, counter-story telling, and interest convergence in the school day. I interviewed 14 students at two different urban elementary schools who take part in a “junior coach” leadership program to get an oral history perspective on their lives, experiences in school, and how sports impacted them. Based on my findings I provide recommendations on how best a coach, teacher, team, and community can support and empower students to solve community problems and inspire students to follow their dreams. In the Appendix there are some sample lesson/practice plans on how a coach can use a Human Rights Education at a sports practice. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Human Rights Education (HRE)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Beaman, Jacob J

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Monisha Bajaj

• Human Rights Education
• Athletics
• Sports
• Critical Race Theory
• Coach
• Team
• Teacher as a Facilitator
• Child Psychology
• Curriculum and Social Inquiry
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Educational Leadership
• Educational Methods
• Educational Psychology
• Elementary Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Health and Physical Education
• Health Psychology
• Humane Education
• Indigenous Education
• Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching
• School Psychology
• Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
• Sports Studies
• Student Counseling and Personnel Services

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/500

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1528