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Education for Social Justice

INTERNATIONAL STEP BY STEP ASSOCIATION. Education for Social Justice. WHY “EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE – PROGRAM FOR ADULTS”?. New knowledge, skills and competencies are not sufficient for createning the change and improv ing quality of education for children and adults

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Education for Social Justice

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  1. INTERNATIONAL STEP BY STEP ASSOCIATION Education for Social Justice

  2. WHY “EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE – PROGRAM FOR ADULTS”? • New knowledge, skills and competencies are not sufficient for createning the change and improving quality of education for children and adults without change of believes and attitudes • Schools are not one and only agent of education of children whole local community have influence on education of children

  3. WHY IS IMPORTANT TO SPEAK ABOUT PREJUDICES? FAVORIZING OF CERTAIN GROUPS LESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CERTAIN MINORITY GROUPS SOCIAL INJUSTICE MESSAGES TO CHILDREN: What is normal? What is right? What is positive?

  4. INTERNATIONAL STEP BY STEP ASSOCIATION “MINORITY IS MAJORITY”

  5. INTERNATIONAL STEP BY STEP ASSOCIATION TEACH CHILDREN TO RESPECT AND ACCEPT DIVERSITIES SOCIAL JUSTICE ADULTS AWARE OF STEREOTIPICAL THINKING AND WILLING TO CHANGE IT

  6. INTERNATIONAL STEP BY STEP ASSOCIATION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT YEAR LONG WORK OF INTERNATIONAL TEAM CREATING ACTIVITIES • EDGAR LAMPKIN, PETER REPISKY, NANCY JEAN SMITH, MARGIT KOCZOR, IVETA NEMECKOVA, JELENA VIDMAR, STEFKA DYNCHINSKA, SUSAN RONA, LINDA LEE, JELENA VRANJESEVIC, ZORICA TRIKIC INTEGRATION OF TWO PROGRAMS • EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: CURRICULUM FROM THE HEART (JACKIE REZA – OSI) • NEITHER BLACK NOR WHITE – ANTIBIAS EDUCATION (JELENA VRANJEŠEVIĆ AND ZORICA TRIKIĆ – CIP- CENTER FOR INTERACTIVE PEDAGOGY, SERBIA)

  7. POTENTIAL BENEFICIARIES • TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS • MINORITY REPRESENTATIVES • EDUCATIONAL POLICY MAKERS • LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES • PARENTS, PARENT GROUPS • NGO ACTIVISTS • UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, JOURNALISTS… • PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF POWER (POLITICIANS, POLICE OFFICERS)

  8. WHY THIS KIND OF PROGRAM ? Starting points • Prejudices are learned patterns of thinking and behaving and as such can be relearned • Each person has a role and responsibility in breaking or perpetuating the chains of oppression

  9. INTERNATIONAL STEP BY STEP ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE – PROGRAM FOR ADULTS

  10. NAMING • PUTTING LANGUAGE TO OUR EXPERIENCES • IDENTIFYING REAL PROBLEMS (PREJUDICES, FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION/OPPRESSION) THROUGH NAMING REALITY IN CLEAR AND CONCRETE WAYS

  11. VOICING • Is the act of speaking out on issues, ideas and feelings • opens the doors for listening, dialogue and the development of critical consciousness

  12. BUILDING ALLIES • Moves us from reflection to supportive and concrete personal and collective action • Requires the understanding of dominant and subordinate groups positions of power in an effort to overcome alienation and injustice

  13. CONCEPTUALIZATION • PSYCHOLOGICAL LEVEL – developing empathy for self and others, a positive self image, self respect and a healthy respect of others • EDUCATIONAL LEVEL – information concerning otherness and mechanisms that create and perpetuate prejudice, discrimination and oppression • CONCRETE ACTION LEVEL – empowering individuals and groups to take responsible action

  14. STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM • Two 3 day training modules that are scaffolded and interconnected • Module One – Building Critical Consciousness • Module Two – From Reflection to Action • One 3 day training of trainers module

  15. PROCESS OF THE TRAINING Combines theories and activities with personal experiences intended to stimulate intellectual and emotional responses, leading to a commitment to action

  16. THE ONLY THING THAT EVIL REQUIRES TO TRIUMPH IS FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO DO NOTHING EDMUND BURKE

  17. Tacit (50BC) The worst crimes are committed by one, supported by few and tolerated by majority

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