CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION,CHARACTERISTICS, OBJECTIVE AND CURRICULUM OF HRE

SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY

Ms. Anisha pahal JYOTI

Teacher assistant 14060284

B.ED

INTRODUCTION

ACCORDING TO UNESCO DIRECTOR- GENERAL KOICHIRO MATSUURA

“ HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION IS INDISPENSABLE FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO FULLY ENJOY AND CLAIM A LIFE OF SECURITY AND DIGNITY. “

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION IMPLIES THAT EDUCATION WHICH ENABLES AN INDIVIDUAL TO UNDERSTAND HIS RIGHTS.

IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

• LEARING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS AS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THE PREPARATION OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE FOR LIFE IN A DEMOCRACY

• THE HISTORICAL STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE A TOPIC IN CURRICULUM

• HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION OF THE PROBLEM

• HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION MAY HAVE TO FACE THE PROBLEM OF THE IDEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL DIMENSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEBATE

OBEJCTIVES OF HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

A.KNOWLEDGE• HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

• VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES

• EQUALITY OF PEOPLE

• MAINTENANCE OF PEACE

• UNDERSTANDING OF RIGHTS

• UNIVERSIALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS

B. ATTITUDES AND VALUES

• RESPECT

• ECOLOGICAL CONCERN

• OPEN-MINDEDNESS

• COMMITMENT TO PEACE AND JUSTICE

C. SKILLS

• CRITICAL THINKING

• MULTI DISCIPLINARY

• ASSERTIVENESS

• PARTICIPATION

• COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

• COOPERATION

CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

UNIVERSALITY

INDIVIDUALITY

PARAMOUNTCYPRACTICABILITY

ENFORCEABILITY

UNIVERSALITY -

RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES IN ALL SITUATIONS.

INDIVIDUALITY -

THE HUMAN RIGHTS ARE INDIVIDUALISTIC BECAUSE THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS DERIVED FROM THE ACCEPTANCE OF MAN AS FREE AND EQUAL ON DIGNITY AND RIGHTS.

PARAMOUNT –

HUMAN RIGHTS ARE PARAMOUNT IN THE SENSE THAT ‘NO ONE CAN BE DEPRIVED OF HUMAN RIGHTS WITHOUT A GRAVE AFFRONT TO JUSTICE.

PRACTICABILITY –

HUMAN RIGHTS ARE PRACTICAL IN THE SENSE THAT THEY ARE THE CLAIMS WHICH ARE NOT PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BE REALISED.

ENFORCEABILITY –

THESE RIGHTS ARE ENFORCEABLE BECAUSE THERE FRUITS CANNOT REACH TH PEOPLE. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO ENSURE THEIR IMPLEMENTATION.

CURRICULUM OF HRE

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AS THE CORE OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

CURRICULUM SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS:

1.MAIN CONCEPTS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS – DIFFERENT HUMAN RIGHTS

2.MANIFESTATIONS AND PHENOMENA

3.PERSPECTIVES AND LEVELS OF HUMAN RIGHTS – INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

4.ROLE OF UNO AND ITS AGENCIES IN THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

5.MECHANISM FOR CHECKING VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

6.NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

7.CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS

References

• Education for human rights – Jagdish Chand , anshah publishing house

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