Human Rights Approach

Human rights are extremely important concepts because with these implemented there will be less friction in the society that we live in. Human rights allow there to be tolerance, equality and respect between individuals and with these human rights being out into practice this can allow individuals to create a society that they want to live in. They are important because they establish how individuals act with others at all levels in society, what is meant by all levels is in the family, the community, schools, in the workplace, in politics and in international relations. The subsequent essay will first state the difference between human rights in education and human rights education and then state how one will be implemented in a teaching

The reason the integrated approach will be used is because it incorporates human rights into a subject and the subject that will be used in this essay is Life Orientation. The way in which the integrated approach works is that it includes values, morals, ethics and democracy into a subject. The human right education programmes that will be used is firstly democracy education what this states is that the teaching of human rights should follow a democratic order. In order for this to happen the students should realise that they all have their own voices and therefore have their own opinion and should therefore participate in arguments that voice their opinion. This is the only way in which human rights are seen and acted on. The second type of programme that will be used is anti-discrimination education what this focuses on is the way that human rights are violated by focusing on acts of discrimination. This type of education programme focuses on all forms of discrimination such as racism, sexism, homophobia, multiculturalism and for example xenophobia. The third programme that will be focused on is values education that needs to be implemented in order for human rights to be practised. In this approach the most important aspect would be the value on equality, dignity, freedom, peace, and justice are seen to be important in the implementation of human rights.

In life orientation there are many controversial concepts that are taught and it is important to determine that there is equality in the classroom. The way in which human rights in education would be taught is through a discussion of religion. Religion is a concept which is taught in Life Orientation to show learners that there is diversity and that there is not only one religion that is the correct the world. By teaching this learners not only notice the diversity but also notice that difference is not always a negative. The way this lesson will be constructed is that the teacher would first tell the students the instruction telling them first to stand up and saying which religion they would follow. This would show that everyone has the freedom to speech and participation which would follow the democracy for education because this would lead to participation and individual representation. The next step that will be taken is that the teacher would separate the learners in terms of eye colour what this would allow is for individuals of different race and ethnicity to be put in groups together. Students would then be asked why they think they in groups together and would realise that everyone is the same regardless of their