HUMAN RIGHTS AND EDUCATION: CONCEPT AND PRACTICES

Tayyaba Zarif,Safia Urooj

doi:10.46568/jssh.v56i2.54

Abstract

Human values and core principles of societies like self-respect, dignity, fairness, equality, dignity, non-discrimination and sharing have long been discussed and valued all over different societies and communities around the globe. These universal core principles are a reflection of the human rights; so the common skeleton of framework, philosophy and concept of human rights should be worldwide or universal. This implies that the recognition of human rights is supposed to be the goal of every state. Other than this central point, can we actually know the concept and dimensions of human rights? This basic question brings out the subject of education of human rights & human rights in education. Keeping in view this context the main objective of author is to study the perception/concept & practices of Teacher Educators about Human Right Education (HRE) & Human Right in Education. The population in this study comprised of Teacher Educators of Department of Education & teacher education of public universities of Sindh, where target population was Department of Education / teacher education of three randomly selected public universities. The target sample was sixty percent Teacher Educators from each department which were selected by random sampling. The research was descriptive in nature & qualitative & quantitative by method. A questionnaire with open and close ended questions was used to collect data and the data was analyzed with the help of percentages& theme analysis to inquire the concept & practices. Visualized findings sum-up the concept and practices about the theme with a few recommendations for practitioners and policy makers.

Highlights

Introduction and Literature ReviewSocial and community ethics such as fairness, non-discrimination, dignity, patience and participation in social events are highly respected all over the world
The questionnaire comprised close & open ended questions since the primary objective was exploring the concept & practices keeping in view this & literature review for the development of items three main themes were finalized each main theme were unfolded in sub-themes and on the basis of each sub theme the item were developed while with the majority of close ended items respondents were asked to give short description as open ended item of their understanding regarding sub-themes findings were analyzed with the help of percentage and theme analysis
The core concepts of human rights are deep rooted in the methods of conduct and behaviors of any society which are in depth a result of the education and value system anywhere in the world

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Introduction

Social and community ethics such as fairness, non-discrimination, dignity, patience and participation in social events are highly respected all over the world. These values and social principles are not developed by Western civilization or modern people rather than these are basic principles of human rights, which are a reflection of religious, economic and political concepts, trade, demographics and stretch of time. First time in human history, in 1948, the nations of the world decided to set some basic principles of human rights to secure and ensure the human dignity.. Benazirabad ** Safia Urooj, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Teacher Education, University of Karachi 1 Regassa, (2009).‘ Making Legal Sense of Human Rights: The Judicial Role in Protecting Human.

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