Stories of individuals working for positive change offer an inspiring and personal approach to the subject of human rights.

178Caught between Invisibility and Stereotyping:Teaching the Novel Shabanu—Margaret Smith CroccoFictionalized accounts of women of the world offer one way to compensate for the absence of women in global education materials. But, as exemplified by the novel Shabanu, this approach brings with it a host of its own problems. 183

A number of education theorists propose that promoting civic engagement in classrooms is essential to supporting children in learning how to participate in shaping decisions that affect their lives. Müge Olğun Baytaş and Stephanie Schroeder examine civic education with younger students and note that early childhood and elementary educators can take a leading role in fostering civic engagement and agency with even the youngest of children. The authors share an approach where children’s literature can be used to introduce young children to the concept of citizenship as active civic and…

Ken Carano, Western Oregon University

When teachers are driven mainly to transmit a prescribed curriculum, student curiosity is left by the wayside.