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Human Rights in Education project Network
. Establishment of a Network linked up with similar networks internationally, for the introduction of a human rights perspective in education at primary and secondary level. The project followed a bottom up approach contacting teachers from the
first stages of its conception and collecting data particular to Cyprus. During
the first interactive visualization activities the Cypriot teachers identified
their concerns on a system which is viewed as being particularly centralized and
controlled, imposing activities on the students without participatory decision
making on their part, not acknowledging issues of racism and family violence
which are regarded as ‘taboo’’ issues and imposing an ethnocentric view,
regarding the ‘others’ as ‘non-Cypriot’ and hostile. It also identified
the interests and needs of the different levels of education, from kindergarten
to primary and secondary, for more participatory and creative learning
methodologies, more project-based interdisciplinary methods of approaching
knowledge and the need to abandon intimidating practices of control and
punishment. A local Network was
created at the beginning of the project, all over the island.
Kindergarten, primary and secondary school teachers, of both communities
became part of it, creating links for new cooperation. At
the beginning the EU consultant was coordinating the meetings, offering
workshops on team building, project management and communication. Our local network was able to utilize the expertise of
the European consultant and trainers, so as to establish an international
network, linking our group with other in Europe. Following this the interactive seminars on Human Rights education were
planned, with the intention of involving all communities and educators to cover
geographically the whole island. The European Consultant Niki Roubani, submitted
proposals for the content of the seminars and the European trainers, in order to
finalize the program. The seminar was very useful in providing
links with other European programs and organizations. The activities on team
building and tolerance that were presented by the EU trainer gave new ideas on
how to make group to communicate better and understand each other. We created a
partnership with the NGO sending the trainer. The success of the project
was largely due to this networking activity. We are immensely satisfied by the
successful links the network has made within its local area and with other
international groups. The number of teachers in the network was and is still
increasing day by day (and has begun to include individuals and organizations
that are not within the teaching profession). The network that has been created
is a sustainable interactive group, which could give rise to further activities
and projects. The network has
opened the ‘gates’ for the introduction of Human Rights in Education in
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