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Importance Of Human Rights In Education

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The main focuses of this essay is to define, anlalyze human rights in education. By discussing the following aspects
FELISA TIBBITTS TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION: TAKING A CLOSER LOOK
Human rights education is a recently apparent practice, antagonistically accredited at the intergovernmental, national and regional level by devoted individuals and organizations at the worldwide level, Tibbitts (2005). Moreover, it is an emerging field of practice that strive to promote and protect human dignity and endorse teachers to include learners in what is called an empowerment process, Tibbitts (2005). However, according to Tibbits (2005) Human rights education (HRE) emphasises the fundamental belief in the power of learning to …show more content…

4) words of the prelude to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights emphasises the most importance of a common understanding of human rights and importance of freedoms to the accomplishment of ‘freedom, justice and peace in the world. The operative part proclaims that a common standard of acquisitions’ of these values in a national and global scale demand that every individual of society understanding and keeping this Declaration in mind should try to promote respect for rights and freedom by teaching and education.
Baxi (1994,p4) stresses that human rights in education is an individual and cumulated of all, nationally, regionally and globally . Moreover, he adds that education has a worldwide orientation of creating true citizens of the world, infused with civic honour of respect for pluralism, peace, dignity and rights (1994 p. 5). According to UNESCO (1974), the aims of Human Rights Education are extended to include fellowship with less advantaged groups to result in knowledge of principles of equality in everyday life (Article 5); and developing capabilities to abolish conditions, which eternalize major challenges prevailing human survival and well-being. Human rights are the basic rights we all have because we are human; they are the important things that human beings need in order to amplify and take part fully in society, human rights belong to everyone, despite the circumstances …show more content…

Inclusive education was develop to accommodate everyone or every child with a disability with a desire to get education, in that manner, special schools are developed for learners with various learning barriers(Cole 2016).According to SA constitution (2012) human rights should be protected and not neglected , in education context, everyone is allowed right to privacy, security, freedom of expression, freedom of association and most importantly the right to education, moreover, people should not be oppressed nor discriminated, human rights in education promote and protect equity and equal access to

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