Post on 16-Jul-2015
Pedagogical foundations of Human Rights Education (HRE)
HRE is concerned with experiences and approaches to the issues of education in: Cooperation as societal value rather than
competition, Democratic values and processes, Respect for cultural diversity, Equitable gender perspectives, Removal of domination and oppression, and Emancipation, liberation and freedom
Elements of a pedagogy of human rights education. Understanding the context and present
societal reality Identifying the current barriers or unjust
structures and processes to human rights education
Planning education inextricably linked to issues of mal-development, patriarchy, inequity and exclusion
Educating for a coherent and necessary response to the barriers to human rights
Why HRE?
For examining critically the barriers to equitable education and development
For seeking alternative perspectives and strategies of education and development that would meaningfully realize human rights aspirations
Central issue of gender equity in human rights Entrenched patriarchal societal structures Hierarchical and authoritarian power forces
based on dominations and oppressions. Existing unequal treatment to women and girls
and Practices of discrimination and violation of
women's human rights
HRE: A VIEW POINT Human rights education is both a tool for and the
process of the struggle for social change toward fulfillment of human rights.
To begin with, it requires to examine current discourse on gender and social equity
Essentially, human rights education opens a dynamic and evolving space for equitable human rights
The Learning Process
Pedagogy refers to a planned learning environment and processes through which learners develop cognitively, experientially and affectively in response to interaction with facilitators and supporters of learning
Teachers and learners must pursue explicit purposes of equity and inclusion in learning
Education to be seen as the full development of the human personality and potentials.
1. Such a pedagogy is to be contrasted with a pedagogy of social reproduction in which patterns of hierarchy, abuse and exclusion may be legitimized and preserved.
to pursue the search for justice and to develop their unique beings in an atmosphere of safety, caring, and compassion
challenge social and cultural domination. Vested interests, persistent habits, and bureaucratic can be obstacles to the incorporation of a human rights pedagogy into formal education
Principles of HRE
These principles include: Full respect for all people regardless of class,
caste, sexual preference, race, gender, religion, income, ability, age, or other condition;
Participation of students in their own education and sharing in the decision-making process;
Celebration of human experience as an expression of diversity and uniqueness as well as an important source of knowledge and wisdom; and
Treating education as social process
Preconditions for HRE in schools Professional collectivism of teachers for
development of curriculum materials and instructional approaches suitable for HRE.
Adherence to convention on the Rights of the Child, which includes the child's rights to dignity, security, participation, identity, freedom of thought, access to information, and privacy.
What to do? Create a just and caring learning community
of teachers and students; Develop the critical consciousness necessary
to sustain rationality; self-reflection and self-transformation;
Democratize functioning of classrooms and schools.
Bring about radical changes in the preparation of teachers as facilitators and coordinators of HRE