[hr-education] New UNESCO-IBE publication 'Learning to Live together'

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the publication of Margaret Sinclair's book:
'Learning to Live together: Building skills, values and attitudes for the
twenty-first century'.

This study represents an attempt to interpret the aim of 'learning to live
together' as a synthesis of many related goals, such as education for
peace, human rights, citizenship and health-preserving behaviours. It
focuses specifically on the skills, values, attitudes and concepts needed
for learning to live together, rather than on 'knowledge' objectives. On
the basis of a review of the literature and an examination of a number of
cases from post-conflict and transition settings, this study proposes what
appears to work in terms of helping students learn to become politely
assertive rather than violent, to understand conflict and its prevention,
to become mediators, to respect human rights, to become active and
responsible members of their communities - as local, national and global
citizens, to have balanced relationships with others and neither to coerce
others nor be coerced, especially into risky health behaviours. While the
focus is mainly on schools, the approach advocated is also applicable to
non-formal education for youth and adults.

The main recommendation emerging from the study for national policy-makers
and curriculum specialists is that a core national team of educators
committed to the goals of peace-building, human rights, active citizenship
and preventive health should be created, in order to put together and
pilot test materials and methodologies related to these goals. Drawing on
existing national and international experience, they should seek to create
a comprehensive and flexible programme within a unified framework, using
'motivational themes' identified jointly with young people as well as
teachers and community leaders.

While it can be purchased from UNESCO Publishing in Paris, copies are
available for free distribution to Global Human Rights Education List
members through UNESCO-IBE in Geneva.

Contact at IBE for requesting copies of the book is:
b.deluermoz@ibe.unesco.org

Kind regards,

Johdi

Johdi Woodford
International Bureau of Education (IBE)
UNESCO



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