- Contextual: human rights are discussed in social contexts relevant to the learners
- Skills-oriented: human rights education develops skills, and is linked with literacy, numeracy and decision making skills
- Cross-curricular: human rights, as human experience, are relevant to all aspects of learning
- Discursive: learning is based on discussion, exchanging ideas and values, understanding human communication
- Inclusive: allow all students, regardless of their learning styles/abilities, to participate.
Educational Outcomes
HREOC's human rights education resources are designed to assist student in developing:
- An understanding of what human rights are and an understanding of the origins of modern human rights
- An appreciation of the meaning and significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights instruments
- An understanding of how human rights instruments are applied in Australian law and society
- An ability to apply the concepts of human rights to their daily lives
- An understanding of issues concerning asylum seekers and refugees, migrants and multiculturalism and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Research and fact-sourcing, and an ability to think creatively and to communicate information to others
- Decision making skills, within an individual, group and class context
- Literacy skills, including critical literacy, code breaking and comprehension skills, through reading and responding to a variety of texts, both orally and through writing
- Skills in describing, reflecting, interpreting, analysing, evaluating and higher order thinking.
