[hr-education-na] Re: Goals and objectives of HRE

Kimberly Wescott's suggestion to provide in-service education for teachers
of all disciplines to incorporate HRE to all disciplines is an excellent
idea. I have been retired for a number of years now, but have taught
"Human Rights Awareness through Poetry" to college creative writing
classes. I have taught an interdisciplinary unit with a biology teacher
and can see how this concept can easily be incorporated into other
disciplines. I fully support this concept.

Mitsuye Yamada

 
On Tuesday, October 18, 2005, at 09:48 AM, Kimberly Wescott wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have mentioned this before, but not to this group. I really think
> the way to begin is with itinerant teachers who provide in-service 
> education for teachers on ways to incorporate HRE into their existing 
> curriculum. There is no discipline that does not touch or is not 
> touched by this issue. Therefore, I feel it would be beneficial to 
> teach teachers of Math, Language, Science and Social Science methods 
> for folding issues of human rights into their class work. This meets 
> the criteria for involving teachers of many political persuasions 
> while also removing some of the heat from head teachers and parents
> who might balk at the idea of one actual class. Further, it 
> demonstrates to teachers, students and parents that this is a 
> pan-curricula issue and is not, therefore, restricted to social 
> science or to one "elective" class. Teaching human rights across the 
> disciplines achieves the much broader goal of sharing with students, 
> teachers, parents and administrators that this is a global issue which 
> affects and is affected by every area of study.
>
> I believe that an HRE teacher training program that establishes groups 
> of teachers who are available to travel to all schools in a given 
> district, to teach HRE issues to teachers in all disciplines and ways 
> to incorporate those lessons into their class work will be the 
> swiftest, most effective method for reaching the greatest number of
> students and teachers.
>
> It is likely that we will easily find universities willing to sponsor 
> these groups of teachers with space and administrative support. The
> individual or individuals coordinating these efforts at university 
> offices could also teach courses for that university to both potential 
> teachers as well as other scholars in other disciplines, creating a
> firm working relationship with each university while establishing an 
> outreach program to school districts.
>

 

 
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