Programmatic Areas

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Programmatic Areas

• Peace education
• Citizenship education/education for democratic
  citizenship
• Human rights education
• Moral/values education
• Lifeskills (intra- and inter-personal) education

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HRE Goals for Wider Society

• To contribute to the building and defense of a
  universal culture of human rights, with a view to
  the promotion and protection of human rights and
  fundamental freedoms

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HRE Goals at the Personal Level Competencies

• Knowledge and understanding
• Attitudes and values
• Skills and behavior
• Core competencies should drive curricular and
  associated teacher preparation

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Curricula

• is a plan of action in relation to teaching
  and learning that could be either formal or
  nonformal. Curricula can include
• learner objectives
• learning content
• teaching methodologies and techniques
• instructional materials
• methods of assessment

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CORE COMPETENCIES CHART HRE COURSE OR LESSON
Knowledge Understanding Attitudes Values Skills Behaviors







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• What are the core HRE competencies associated
  with the lesson or course that you teach?
• Looking at these competencies, which would you
  say might be minimum standards for HRE?
• Which of these are specific to HRE and, say, not
  to citizenship education?

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CORE COMPETENCIES CHART HRE COURSE OR
LESSON (Updated post-training) required for
any HRE learning program
Knowledge Understanding (range awareness to understanding) Attitudes Values Skills Behaviors
History and philosophy of human rights 3 generations of HR 3 dimensions of HR (legal, political, ethical) origins of the United Nations UDHR Valuing of and engagement with human rights and justice themes Application of human rights framework to social and political experiences and issues, from personal to international domains
International human rights standards (ICCPR, ICESCR and other treaties of special relevance to learners) Link between rights and responsibilities Distinction between duty bearers and rights holders
Arguments for and against universal human rights indivisibility of rights Caring for those suffering human rights violations (especially more vulnerable groups) Recognizing human rights violations, including their root causes and consequences
Human rights mechanisms and accountability at the international and national levels (including institutions and actors) Motivation to promote and protect human rights Demonstration of individual and collective strategies to express points of view carry out public awareness activities organize public actions influence mainstream politics in other ways
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CORE COMPETENCIES CHART HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
Knowledge Understanding Attitudes Values Skills Behaviors
Human rights principles (link w/standards participation non-discrimination capacity development accountability) Critical stance based on the idea and concept of human rights
Recognition of relationship between human rights, peace security, development and globalization
Link between human rights issues (enjoyment, violations) at local, national and global levels