Geneva, 9-15 July 1995

Theme
Education about human rights and peace : Issues and Guidelines for teaching

Contents

I. Background

1.1.The organisation responsible for the training session
1.2. The participants and speakers

II. Structure and aims of the training session

III. Subject matter of the training session

3.1. Issues

3.1.1 The purposes of education in human rights and peace

3.1.2 The sharing of universal values: preconditions and obstacles

3.1.3 Personal autonomy and school democracy

3.1.4 Evaluation, exclusion and social justice

3.2 Guidelines for teaching

3.2.1 Familiarisation with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

3.2.2 Familiarisation with the International Convention on the Rights of the Child

3.2.3 Using pictures to teach human rights

3.2.4 Prejudices and discrimination

3.2.5 School democracy and co-operation in disadvantaged areas

3.2.6 School rules and democracy

3.2.7 Formative and selective evaluation

3.2.8 Beggar children

IV. Summary