[hr-education] Re: HRE - what can someone be called who does it?

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I always feel intellectually and educationally, and morally obliged to
contribute with modesty to our network. Reading the various last
interventions I came across to the ones that refers to Paolo Freire.
Freire said that each one of us can learn in a collective manner from the
other. However, he also recognizes that there are some people who are part
of this collective who, for one reason or another, have accumulated much
more systematic knowledge than others. Those people should share with the
collective this knowledge. The methodological problem is how to transfer
this knowledge. This is also true when we talk about human rights
knowledge.

With love,

Abraham Magendzo
Chile

 

On 15 May 2007, Sarah Motha wrote:

 Dear HRE colleagues,

 Its my first time to write to this forum, thanks to you all for your
commitmet in HRE, this is evident from the ongoing online discussion
around HRE. I am responding in relation to Pablo's email wherein he
refers to Paulo Freire. I think that Freire's ideas are grounded and
more applicable to really support a communal way of living even with
regard to education posed as open to dialogic culture, listening and
learning from each other.

 Does any one know of any HRE work that is going on in Southern
Africa, in coutries such as Mozambique, Botswana, Lesotho etc, except
South Africa which is where I am based?

 Regards and keep up the good work.

 Sarah Motha
Human Rights Education Coordinator
Amnesty International South Africa

 

 
-----Original Message-----
On Friday, April 14, 2006, Pablo Zavala Sarrio wrote:

 Dear friends:

 Thank you for your ideas.

 I agree with Joe about keeping in mind the etymological roots of the
word education, and therefore how to understand our work as
"educators".

 Here, I would like to remember Paulo Freire's ideas when he says
(not literally), "no one educates by him or herself... nobody
educates anybody ", because, "education is a process of human
interaction in which we learn from each other".

 I think that, particularly, in the field of HRE we need to asume
this ideas.

 Keep well,

 Pablo Zavala Sarrio
pzavala@ipedehp.org.pe {mailto:pzavala@ipedehp.org.pe}
Av. Trinidad Morán 1340, Lince
Telefaxes 422.7911 / 422.7912 / 460 9444

 

On Wednesday, April 12, 2006 7:14 AM, Joseph Wronka wrote:

 I suppose I like calling someone who does human rights education,
just that: a Human Rights Educator. But, when we speak of "educator,"
we must keep in mind its etymological roots. One root comes from the
first declension Latin word, educo, educare, which means "to grow,
nourish, strengthen"; another root is from the second declension
educo, educere which means "to lead out of." Thus, a true "educator"
is actually someone who commits her or himself to the human
development of all students, a fundamental thrust of human rights
documents. Thus, in my view, any educator in some sense is a "human
rights educator," if he or she as a leader, is committed to
fulfilling human rights principles, as defined in part by the
Universal Declaration and its progeny, that is, later covenants and
declarations.

 But, sadly, education does not appear to help us or others grow, but
rather socializes us into accepting certain "givens," like war, the
impossibility of health care and security in old age for all, or the
selfishness of the human condition. These are not givens, but rather
represent choices, totally inimical to human growth and potential.
What we used to call the "military industrial complex" (actually a
term of President Eisenhower), perhaps should be the
"military-educational industrial complex," for it is highly
"educated" people that are persisting in waging war, destroying,
rather than enhancing human life and dignity. Have we really
progressed from some sadistic, and educated guards and, at times,
health personnel, in concentration camps who would at times engage in
torture for pleasure?

 

 

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