scholarly journals CISCOS: Collaborative and transdisplinary human rights education

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Raley

CISCOS (Connecting Inclusive Social Planning, Community Development and Service Provisions for Persons with Disabilities), is an Erasmus+ Project, run by the University of Siegen in Germany. The goal of CISCOS is to create a course that can be used throughout the EU, to address the challenges in the local implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). The ultimate goal of this education work is to embed human rights principles at the local level. The products of the project will include the development of a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) in English, and course documents that can be used in several languages. The goal of this work is to improve the implementation of the UN CRPD at the local level.

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-356
Author(s):  
Taixia Shen

Purpose – There has been a lack of human rights education for a long period since New China was founded. Human rights education appeared at the university level in the 1990s, and has developed quickly over the past decade in mainland China. The purpose of this paper is to argue that human rights education in mainland China has had its own characteristics and problems during its development, and intends to identify and solve its problems in order to achieve sustainability. Design/methodology/approach – First, this paper surveys the development of human rights education in mainland China. Second, it summarizes its characteristics and problems objectively, and then gives some ideas and suggestions for its future sustainable development. Findings – Human rights education in mainland China has seen great improvement, although it also has its own characteristics and has had problems during its development. The ideas about and approaches to human rights education development in mainland China should be adjusted. Ensuring and promoting the respect of human rights in society is the main goal of human rights education. Balanced development, independent development, the encouragement of and investment by the government and society in the subject and the high quantity and quality of available human rights teachers are the guarantees for a sustainable model of human rights education in mainland China. Originality/value – This paper studies the history and current situation of human rights education in mainland China, summarizing its characteristics and existing problems completely and objectively. This paper states that human rights education in mainland China should change its theories and its approaches to development.


Author(s):  
Poonampreet Kaur

In this article named human rights and teacher education emphasis is made on relationship between Human rights and Teacher Education. As Universal Declaration of Human rights has considered the importance of fundamental rights of an individual. It also explains importance of Human rights in Indian Context as well as throws light on specific needs of Human Rights Education. It stress on the point that, in order to introduce Human Rights Education in the curriculum of all the levels of School Education, first it should be the part of the curriculum of the Teacher Education. Human Rights should be part of all school subjects, and should permeate the students whole learning experience, However because circumstances are different in each country and region, teachers have used many different tactics for fitting Human rights into their school curriculum. Teacher should start teaching Human rights at a ‘grassroots’ level in whichever way they can, with the permission of the principle or local level officials by persuading the local or national educational authorities to change the system. The activities related to Human rights education give children skills, knowledge and attitudes which they will need to work towards a world free of Human rights Violations. The Teacher Training Programmes should enable the teachers to set their own teaching goals in Human Rights for each class. So, Human Rights Education makes the teacher trainees aware of Human Rights and their significance in life.


Author(s):  
José Felipe Ojeda-Hidalgo ◽  
Sandra Yetzari Trapala - Sánchez ◽  
Annherys Isabel Paz - Marcano

 El artículo analiza la responsabilidad social universitaria desde la perspectiva de los ex rectores de diferentes universidades que aceptaron ser parte del libro “La responsabilidad social de la universidad mexicana a mitad del siglo XXI” se interpreta su discurso a través de las dimensiones de la ISO 26000. La investigación se desarrolló mediante un enfoque cualitativo a través de 13 discursos de ex rectores considerando los procedimientos establecidos por la Teoría Fundamentada de los datos como estrategia para analizar la información recopilada. Se identificaron las siete dimensiones a lo largo de los discursos de los ex rectores que son la gobernabilidad, los derechos humanos, prácticas laborales, prácticas justas de operación, asuntos de los consumidores, el medio ambiente y el desarrollo e involucramiento de la comunidad. Abstract The article analyzes the university social responsibility from the perspective of the former rectors of different universities that accepted to be part of the book “The social responsibility of the Mexican university in the middle of the 21st century”, his speech is interpreted through the dimensions of ISO 26000 The research was developed through a qualitative approach through 13 speeches of former rectors considering the procedures established by the Grounded Theory of the data as a strategy to analyze the information collected. The seven dimensions were identified throughout the speeches of former rectors that are governance, human rights, labor practices, fair operating practices, consumer affairs, the environment and community development and involvement.


Author(s):  
Jerome Cranston ◽  
Melanie D. Janzen

This paper presents the findings from a collaborative inquiry research study that explored instructors’ perspectives and students’ perceptions of an innovative ten-day graduate level human rights education course for educators. The course was the result of a partnership between the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The purpose of the course was to encourage students to critically examine human rights; specifically, whose human rights stories get told, how they get told, and by whom. The findings suggest that while there were worthwhile insights gained when considering on teaching about, through, and for human rights, there were also significant challenges that can inform other courses that encourage students to adopt a critical stance with topics, like human rights, that seem unassailable. Cet article présente les résultats d’une recherche menée en collaboration dont l’objectif était d’explorer les perspectives des instructeurs et les perceptions des étudiants concernant un cours de cycle supérieur de dix jours pour éducateurs sur les droits de la personne. Le cours était le résultat d’un partenariat entre la Faculté d’éducation de l’Université du Manitoba et le Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne. L’objectif du cours était d’encourager les étudiants à examiner les droits de la personne de façon critique, en particulier les récits concernant les droits de la personne qui sont racontés, la manière dont ils sont racontés et par qui. Les résultats suggèrent que, bien que le cours ait permis d’acquérir des connaissances utiles qui peuvent être enseignées sur les droits de la personne et pour ces droits, il a également permis de mettre à jour des défis importants qui pourraient s’appliquer à d’autres cours dans lesquels on encourage les étudiants à adopter un point de vue critique sur des sujets tels que les droits de la personne qui semblent inattaquables.


2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn Saaltink ◽  
Frances A. Owen ◽  
Donato Tarulli ◽  
Christine Y. Tardif-Williams

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