Advanced Course: Human Rights Education Programming

September 6-October 17, 2023

Dr. Felisa Tibbitts

Executive Director and Co-Founder of HREA; UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Higher Education.

Course Description

This course is designed for human rights education (HRE) practitioners in the formal or nonformal education sectors who would like to further develop their knowledge and skills in a component of HRE programming, including curriculum writing, training, rights-based HRE project development, and monitoring & evaluation. The course will be tailored to the interests and needs of learners and will have a workshop format to encourage peer learning. Participants will receive practical resources for HRE programming and develop a substantive applied product, with constructive feedback from the instructor and peers.

Course Instructor

Dr. Felisa Tibbitts, a leading HRE expert, is UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Higher Education and Chair in Human Rights Education at the Human Rights Centre of Utrecht University (Netherlands). She is also a Visiting Professor at Nelson Mandela University (South Africa) and director of Human Rights Education Associates (HREA), which she co-founded in 1996. Felisa has taught courses in curriculum development, HRBA-centered programming and M&E at HREA and Columbia University.

Course Objectives

This e-learning course provides experienced practitioners with an opportunity to focus on one aspect of HRE programming: curriculum writing, training, rights-based HRE program development, or monitoring & evaluation. The course will provide a ‘light’ exposure to each of these areas and learners will be organized in sub-groups to go into greater depth on their area of focus, culminating in a written product of up to 15 pages. The learning outcomes will therefore be somewhat dependent upon the learners’ area of focus but will include the following:

Knowledge of

Strategies for curriculum writing, project development and monitoring & evaluation (M&E)

Human rights-based approach to HRE program components

Skills in

Developing a component of an HRE curriculum/training, project, or M&E plan

Throughout the course, participants will be asked to reflect on their own experiences in applying the skills and knowledge of the course.

Course Format

This certificate course involves approximately 25 hours of reading & discussion, six 90-minute live classroom sessions (on Tuesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. EDT) with the course instructor, course facilitator and/or guests, assignments, and quizzes, and is offered over a 6-week period. The course is based on a participatory, active learning approach, with an emphasis on critical reflection and peer-to-peer learning. Participants will do the required readings, prepare interim and final assignments, and participate in peer review. Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Participation. Due to the workshop format of this course, it is not possible to audit the course.

Course Outline

Week 1: Orientation to the course and the rights-based approach to HRE programming

Week 2: HRE curriculum development

Week 3: Monitoring & evaluation of HRE

Week 4: HRE project development

Week 5: HRE training

Week 6: Peer review and finalization of HRE products

Who Should apply

The course is intended for human rights education practitioners working in a civil society organization, the government, or school. Participants should have a good written command of English and have high competence and comfort with computing devices and Internet use. Participants should come to the course with an HRE component they would like to begin or further develop.

Costs

Tuition fee for participants from OECD-countries: $475; non-OECD countries: $350. Payments can be made online through PayPal and bank transfer. Payments are due upon registration.

Registration

Registration deadline August 23, 2023. Click below to register. For queries, please contact learning@hrea.org.

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