Rights, Respect, Reesponsibility Hamphire County Council (UK)

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Rights, Respect, ReesponsibilityHamphire County
Council (UK)

• The programme is based on the CRC and reflects
  the precepts of the Children Act 2004, but goes
  far beyond traditional rights-awareness
  approaches.
• The CRC is taught as a body of knowledge and is
  promoted as a framework for a schools
  leadership, ethos, teaching and learning, and its
  relationships with the community and the wider
  world.
• Its vocabulary is practised and reinforced in a
  range of contexts in the classroom (lessons,
  child-led class charters) and around the school
  (displays, assemblies, visitors).

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Rights, Respect, ReesponsibilityHamphire County
Council (UK)

• The universality and internationalism of rights
  provide a context for rights promotion and
  exploring rights violations both near and far.
• The Convention acts as a framework for a lot of
  schools citizenship work (Healthy Schools,
  relationships education, drugs education,
  emotional literacy, school councils).
• A rights perspective is integrated across the
  range of subjects, topics and studies (without
  necessarily disrupting existing planning).

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Rights, Respect, ReesponsibilityHamphire County
Council (UK)

• Teachers.
• Feel empowered and rejuvenated
• Have more time to teach, achieve good progress
  and there is less low-level disruption
• Find that the classroom and school atmosphere is
  healthier teachers enjoy their jobs more

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Rights, Respect, ReesponsibilityHamphire County
Council (UK)

• Students.
• Understand and feel that they have rights, and
  that others do as well, and that everyone has the
  responsibility to respect the rights of others
• Show a greater concern for themselves and others
• Find that their language becomes more
  sophisticated and they are more likely to use
  higher order thinking

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• Find that their approach to resolving conflict is
  less adversarial
• Find that there is less bullying
• Are more likely to attend school
• Are less likely to be excluded

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AI Human Rights Friendly Schools

• What is a human rights-friendly school?
• school-wide atmosphere of dignity
• Democratic, participatory approach
• Empowerment of all for participation
• Inclusivity, fostering mutual responsibility
• Student involvement in debates about change
• Rich learning about HR inside and outside of the
  classroom

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AI Human Rights Friendly Schools

• Four major areas of school life
• School participation and governance (school
  policies)
• Relations between members of the school community
• Curriculum
• Extra-curricular domain

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St. Patricks College

• Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education
  (along with AI-Ireland)
• Framework development education, inter-cultural
  education, HRE locate knowledge, values and
  pedagogical approaches within initial education
  of primary school teachers

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St. Patricks College

• Year 1 Self
• Focuses on teachers own experiences,
  perceptions and knowledge
• Year 2 Practice
• Engagement in practical seminars focused on
  pedagogies
• Year 3 Context
• Integration within whole school setting

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Centre for HRE, University of Lucerne

• Pre- and in-service teacher training
• Supports schools in their efforts to incorporate
  HRE in their curriculum
• Workshops for companies, administrators, etc.
• Research in HRE
• Annual International Human Rights Forum

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Centre for HRE, University of Lucerne

• HRE course for pre-service teachers at
  University of Lucerne
• With Social Work School of University of Applied
  Sciences and Arts in Lucerne, introduced new
  module on human rights open to all students at
  both universities