Småland & Copenhagen, August 2013
Network Newsletter No.
5: "Teach Global Citizenship"
For everyone who is engaged in developing
global citizenship.
The
focus of this newsletter is Human Rights Education. This can be defined as "a way to build and strengthen human
rights knowledge as well as the required attitudes and skills" for
right-holders as well as duty-bearers ("Toolbox", p. 8).
This
also links strongly with a learner centered pedagogy. Watch inspirational 11
year old Dalton Sherman address over 20,000 educators asking “Do you believe in me?” here
TOP 10 OF HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION: “Human Rights Education should:
1. Build knowledge, skills, values and attitudes.
2. Create action and change to build and promote a universal
culture of human rights.
3. Clearly link and refer to the human rights system, instruments
and standards.
4. Promote participation and empowerment.
5. Promote accountability and rule of law.
6. Promote non-discrimination, equality and the protection of
vulnerable groups.
7. Be learner centred.
8. Be contextualised, concrete and local.
9. Apply interactive and participatory learning methodologies.
10. Be well planned and managed" ("Toolbox" ..., p.
9).
"The Human Rights
Education Toolbox. A practitioners guide to planning and managing human rights
education"
These
113 pages are based on the work and experience of educators from the Danish
Institute for Human Rights whose starting point is: "... if you want your
learners to become participatory citizens, you should give them space to voice
their opinions and share their experiences. We call it to "walk the talk"
or "practice what you preach"".
The
content is a very clear description of the aims of human rights education,
overview of learner centered pedagogy, and tools to practitioners on planning,
implementing and evaluation. Focus is on human rights education activities in
adult education courses, but most of it goes for kids,too.
The
toolbox can be used by novice educators as a starter of reflection and
planning. It can also be used by experienced educators as a tool for reflection
and inspiration.Furthermore, this book is also recommendable for use in teacher
education as part of theory as well as practical training.
The Story of Human Rights
To
watch a 9 minute video detailing the story of human rights (available in 17
different languages) please click here.
This video gives an overview of the history of human rights from Cyrus the
Great (ca. 600 - 529 BCE) to the UN declaration in 1948. The last 3 minutes
focus on why the intentions of universal human rights are still far from being
realized today!
Also
available on the www.humanrights.com
website are 30 US Public Service announcements, ranging from between 30 seconds
to 1 minute that are used as thought provokers/to open debate & discussion
on human rights. To watch these videos click here.
UN Cyber Schoolbus: Human
Rights in Action
Website for kids: “It takes all kinds.
Fighting homophobia in schools."
Danish
version click here
English
version click here
Introduction
to the aims an ideas behind this human rights project Click here ___________________________________________________________________
To read any of my previous newsletters simply visit my blog http://teachglobalcitizenship.blogspot.dk/
Yours
Egon Hedegaard,
Independent instructor
and Developer of Education
Email: eghedegaard@gmail.dk
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