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University Curriculum for Human Rights & Democratic Citizenship Education ( UHR&DC ) in Croatia

University Curriculum for Human Rights & Democratic Citizenship Education ( UHR&DC ) in Croatia. 2nd OSCE Tolerance Implementation Meeting Education to promote Mutual Respect and Understanding and to Teach about the Holocaust Dubrovnik, Croatia, 23-24 October 2006

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University Curriculum for Human Rights & Democratic Citizenship Education ( UHR&DC ) in Croatia

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  1. University Curriculum for Human Rights & Democratic Citizenship Education (UHR&DC) in Croatia 2nd OSCE Tolerance Implementation Meeting Education to promote Mutual Respect and Understanding and to Teach about the Holocaust Dubrovnik, Croatia, 23-24 October 2006 Prof. Vedrana Spajić-Vrkaš, Ph.D. Faculty of Philosophy University of Zagreb

  2. Peace and HR for Croatian Primary School Project (1997-1999) National HRE Programme (1996-) Stocktaking Research on Policies for EDC and Management of Diversity in Southeast Europe - Country Report: Croatia, 2001(Council of Europe & Task Force on Education & Youth, Enhanced Graz Process) Follow-up to the Stocktaking Research, 2003 (Council of Europe) Stocktaking Research on Quality Assurance of EDC in Southeast Europe – Country Report: Croatia, 2003 (UNESCO & Council of Europe) Regional Project on HRCs Networking in Southeast Europe: Croatia (ETC Graz) UN Decade for HRE (1995-2004) & World Programme for HRE (2005-2007) European Year of Citizenship through Education (2005) The Lisbon Strategy (active citizenship) & Bologna Process (European dimension) The background

  3. National HRE Programme: A ‘Carrot’ multilevel approach Pre-school HRE&CD Programme Lower elementaryschool HRE&DC Programme Adult HRE&DC Programme Media HRE Programme Upper elementary school HRE&DC Programe lifelong learning Secondary school HRE&CD Programme University HRE&DC Programme

  4. P-I-R-AMULTI-METHOD APPROACH anticipation participation reflection interaction analysis & research (action-research,analysis & research (action-research, case-study, brainstorming, interview, survey, questionnaire, etc.) play (role-play, simulation, etc.) dialogue, discussion, debate mediation, negotiation production (school newspaper; exhibition) action (humanitarian assistance, protest letters, campaign, etc.) work in pair whole class group & team work individual work

  5. University HR&DC Key institution: Research and Training Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Faculty of Philosophy) University of Zagreb

  6. Two Sister-Projects on university HR&DC University Curriculum for Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship (UHR&DC) 2004-2006 Learning for Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship at the university (LHRU) 2004-2006 Curriculum development & implementation Research on students’ knowledge and attitudes

  7. University HR&DC Curriculum: foundation principles • Interdisciplinarity • Multi-perspectiveness • Multi-method approach • Problem-centredness • Links between formal and non-formal education • Multiple resources for teaching & learning, incl. from research institutions, civil society and ICTs • Improvement through pilot-implementation and (self)evaluation

  8. Objectives, conceptual framework and target groups Main objective designing and implementing an interdisciplinary post-graduate HR&DC curriculum on the basis of research findings on the state-of-the-art and of the domestic, European and international good practice in this field. Conceptual framework active, problem-oriented and critical learning for HR&DC with a triple purpose: • new concepts to be integrated into the existing professional body of knowledge • new skills to enrich the existing methodologicalknowledge and skills of teachers and related professionals • new perspectives to be integrated in the reorganisation of educational and related institutions Target groups teachers and other professionals working in the field of education

  9. Partner institutions • Faculty of Humanities and Social Sceinces, University of Zagreb • Faculty of Philosophy in Pula, University of Rijeka • Faculty of Philosophy in Rijeka, University of Rijeka • Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb • Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb • Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb • Theological Faculty, University of Zagreb • Institute for Social Research ‘Ivo Pilar’, Zagreb • Institute for Social Research, Zagreb • European Training Centre for Human Rights and Democracy – Graz • Centre for Human Rights, Zagreb • Centre for Women’s Studies, Zagreb • B.a.b.e., Zagreb • Police Academy, Zagreb

  10. Donors • Austrian Cooperation – Eastern Europe, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria • Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia

  11. The process • Three round-tables on learning HR&DC at the university • Natural Sciences and Learning Human Rights • promote eco-centric approach to human rights as the conceptual framework of an interdisciplinary curriculum • Social Sciences/Humanities and Learning Human Rights • develop a well-balanced approach that combines legal and non-legal (philosophical, anthropological, cultural etc.) dimensions; focus on theory as well as on practice; make use of the examples of good practice in the region and elsewhere • New ICTs and Learning Human Rights • include the right to expression, information and speech, as well as the freedom of media in the interdisciplinary human rights education curriculum for the university; stress the importance of critical reading of media information and the responsibility of journalists; focus in training on practical skills, such as: listening, posing questions, argumentative thinking, discovering bias information, computer use etc. • The analysis of the state-of-the-art in university HR&DC at national and international level • (sister-project) Research on students’ knowledge and attitudes, and on institutional climate

  12. Outcomes • Interdisciplinary curriculum • Teaching/Learning materials • Evaluation and self-evaluation instruments • Web-site

  13. Curriculum • Introduction to Human Rights (G. Flego) • Human Rights Protection Systems(S. Rodin) • Human Rights in the Republic Croatia (S. Rodin) • Civil and Political Rights(P. Veić and Đ. Gardašević) • Economic and Social Rights(V. Puljiz and V. Gotovac) • Cultural Differences and Collective Rights(M. Mesić) • Women, Gender and Human Rights(B. Kašić and I. Radačić) • The Rights of Children and Youth(I. Majstorović) • Human Rights and Globalisation: The Peoples of the Third and Fourth World(S. Čolić and S. Špoljar-Vržina) • Human Rights and Medicine(S. Šogorić) • Freedom of Expression, Media and Human Rights (Z. Peruško and S. Malović) • Scientific and Technological Challenges to Human Rights(V. Afrić and J. Božić) • Right to Education and Rights in Education (V. Spajić-Vrkaš) • Learning for Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship(V. Spajić-Vrkaš, B. Šalaj and B. Schmiedl) • Intercultural Competence and Conflict Management (E. Piršl and A. Pokrajac-Bulian) • Human Rights Monitoring, Research and Advocacy(Z. Pusić, S. Sarnavka and T. Gazivoda)

  14. Round-tables • Environmental protection and Human Rights • Religious Freedom and Religous education

  15. Pilot-implementation • November 2005 – February 2006: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences • 39 students • Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences • Faculty of Law • Croatian Studies • Faculty of Political Sciences • 24 teachers

  16. Teaching & Learning Resources:Handbooks CD-Reader Understanding Human Rights (translation, ETC Graz) (RTC for HR and DC, Faculty of Philosophy University of Zagreb, 2005) Vucinic, Spajic-Vrkas, Bjekovic Human Rights for Non-Lawyers (Podgorica: Human Rights Centre of the Montenegro University and Zagreb: Research and Training Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship, 2003)

  17. Teaching & Learning Resources:Reference materials Education for Human Rights and Democracy: Interdisciplinary Dictionary(Project on Peace and Human Rights for Croatian Primary Schools, 2001) Education for Human Rights and Democracy: Interdisciplinary Dictionary(Project on Peace and Human Rights for Croatian Primary Schools, 2001)

  18. Teaching and Learning Resources:Education for HR&DC web-pagehttp://www.ffzg.hr/hre-edc (1) • Home • About us • Projects • Publications • Learning resources • Links

  19. HR & DC web-pagehttp://www.ffzg.hr/hre-edc (2) General human rights issues Child's rights Minority rights Non-discrimination Information & expression Freedom of religion Right to education Cultural rights Environmental rights Right to development Women's rights Social and economic rights Instruments & documents Case-law Reports, studies and articles Bibliography Organizations Teaching/learning resources Rights and freedoms Learning Resources Education for human rights Education for demcitizenship Intercultural education Peace education Anti-racist education Education for tolerance Global education European education Education and training

  20. Research Project • The Questionnaire on University Students’ Knowledge in HR&DC • The Questionnaire of University Students’ Attitudes about HR&DC

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