Dr. Teresa M. Cappiali is an academic and international consultant. She founded NOIWE, a Sweden-based organization focused on transforming education using Transformative-Emancipatory Pedagogy (TEP). For over 14 years and across five continents, she has developed this framework, combining knowledge, empathy, and critical thinking to create classrooms grounded in dialogue and collective transformation.
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OUR MISSION The Human Rights Educators USA (HRE USA) is a collaborative network to learn, teach, organize, advocate, and innovate for human rights education in the United States.
Dr. Teresa M. Cappiali is an academic and international consultant. She founded NOIWE, a Sweden-based organization focused on transforming education using Transformative-Emancipatory Pedagogy (TEP). For over 14 years and across five continents, she has developed this framework, combining knowledge, empathy, and critical thinking to create classrooms grounded in dialogue and collective transformation.
n this engaging, hands-on lesson, students investigate the health of our democracy by analyzing graphs, charts, and other visual data on voter turnout in the United States.
New research from scholar Ari Kim, titled Civic Capital in Uneven and Uncertain Times, highlights that open classroom climates serve as a “great equalizer” for students’ civic development.
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We are proud to launch the Kirby Edmonds Fellowship Campaign, one of our most important fundraisers of the year.
Help us reach our next milestone, there’s still time to contribute!