Summer Institute in Human Rights:
Teaching For and About Human Rights
St. Thomas University
Course Description (HMRT/EDUC 5503)
This course is offered during the human rights summer institute designed for pre-service teachers, practicing teachers, and professionals in related fields. The course introduces participants to the various rights, instruments, and issues relevant to the classroom and provides opportunities for teachers and others to increase their knowledge base in the human rights field. Each student enrolls in the course at the 5000 (5503) level. Both courses are offered together.
Course Objectives
The objectives of the institute are:
- To provide students with a background in the area of human rights which are universally acknowledged internationally, regionally, and domestically.
- To develop an understanding of the content of human rights education through the study and the experience of different countries in dealing with social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights.
- To effectively use a human rights framework in the development of educational policies and programmes.
- To evaluate current curricula with regards to human rights education.
Some of the Course Content
- Visions of Human Rights
- Teaching Human Rights in the 21st Century
- Historical Development of Human Rights
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- New Brunswick Human Rights Act
- Citizenship Education
- Cross-Curricula Human Rights Planning
- Non-Governmental Organizations Resource for Educators
- Human Rights Possibilities and Exchanges
- Other exciting opportunities
This is a 3 credit-hour course of St. Thomas University, taken at 5000 level. Teachers may wish to apply this course toward their Certificate 5.
Dates and Fees: To be announced.
TBA
Tuition:
$478.00 (for credit)
$239.00 (for audit)
Other fees:
$100.00
Fee includes: nutrition breaks, dailty lunch, course reader,computer access, academic and administrative support.
Not included:
Books and supplies, food (except as noted), personal travel/activity/spending money.
Housing:
Accommodations are available in facilities housed at Chatham Hall, overlooking the beautiful St. John River. Arrangements can be made for students by contacting us.
Supplementary Information Form
Please download the Admission Registration Instructions before filling out the Supplementary Information Form. Both files are in PDF format. (If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Viewer, click here to download a free version.) or contact admissions@stu.ca or call (506) 452-0532.
Course Payment: For information regarding course payment contact registrar@stu.ca or call (506) 452-0530
Housing: For information regarding accommodations please contact Nancy Collett at collett@stu.ca or call (506) 460-0329.
Atlantic Human Rights Centre
St. Thomas University
Fredericton, NB E3B 5G3
Phone: (506) 453-7203
Fax: (506) 460-0330
ahrc@stu.ca
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