Author Bio
Junko Tanaka was born and raised in Japan, where she taught at a public elementary school for four years. She immigrated to the United States in 1999 and obtained a master's degree in Teaching English as a Second Language. Junko began teaching in California in 2001. Engaged in teaching Japanese language and culture in addition to the core curriculum in English, Junko has been promoting human rights education through ethnic studies. The highlight of her curriculum is the Fred Korematsu biographical play project ,and she coordinates a school-wide civil rights assembly every year to teach the principles of democracy and equal rights through the life of Fred Korematsu. In 2020, Junko received the Elgin Heinz Teacher Award for her contribution to the education of diversity and social justice through Japanese language and cultural education. Currently, Junko teaches fourth grade and is raising three children while pursuing a doctoral degree in human rights education at the University of San Francisco
Recommended Citation
Tanaka, J.
(2022).
Book Review: Children's Rights Education in Diverse Classrooms: Pedagogy, Principles and Practice by Lee Jerome and Hugh Starkey.
International Journal of Human Rights Education, 6(1).
Retrieved from https://repository.usfca.edu/ijhre/vol6/iss1/12
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