Human Rights Educatio n in Australia = 5
HREOC’s human rights education programme for schools = 5
Outline of educational responsibilities in Australia = 6
Defining human rights education = 6
HREOC’s human rights education principles for upper primary and secondary school students = 7
Educational outcomes 7
Outline of HREOC resources available for upper primary and secondary school students = 8
Electronic mailing lists = 10
Delivery = 10
Usage of online education resources = 10
Data Collection = 13
Literature review = 13
National survey = 14
Focus groups = 14
Essay and art competitions = 15
Human Rights Aware ness Among Young Australians = 17
Introduction = 17
Case studies = 18
Importance of human rights = 28
A human rights mindset among young people = 31
Where do human rights come from? = 32
Sources of human rights knowledge = 36
Best known human rights = 39
LIST OF ILLU STRATIONS: SELECTION OF ENTRIES FROM
THE ‘RIGHTS IN PERSPECTIVE’ ART COMPETITION = 2005
Conclusions = 59
Egalitarian rights = 59
Overall knowledge = 60
Awareness of human rights = 61
Rights and responsibilities = 63
Individual rights = 64
Participation and democracy = 65
Civil rights = 66
Economic rights = 66
Implications for human rights education in Australia = 67
Recommendations = 71
Appe ndix A:
Human Rights -re late d Attit udes and Behavio urs among
Young Peop le: An Overvie w by Dr Stephe n Bochner = 73
The concept of citizenship = 73
Private rights = 76
The emic/etic distinction = 76
Public rights = 77
Human rights in contemporary times = 78
A selected review of Australian conceptual studies of human rights = 79
Children’s rights education in Canada = 84
Civil rights education in the United States = 87
Human rights in New Zealand = 88
Children’s perspectives on children’s rights = 90
A selected review of Australian empirical studies using qualitative and quantitative measures of human rights-related knowledge, understanding and attitudes = 91
Summary and conclusion = 97
Appendix B:
Bib liography = 101
Appe ndix C:
List of schoo ls and other organisations participating in survey or focus groups = 105
HREOC’s human rights education programme for schools = 5
Outline of educational responsibilities in Australia = 6
Defining human rights education = 6
HREOC’s human rights education principles for upper primary and secondary school students = 7
Educational outcomes 7
Outline of HREOC resources available for upper primary and secondary school students = 8
Electronic mailing lists = 10
Delivery = 10
Usage of online education resources = 10
Data Collection = 13
Literature review = 13
National survey = 14
Focus groups = 14
Essay and art competitions = 15
Human Rights Aware ness Among Young Australians = 17
Introduction = 17
Case studies = 18
Importance of human rights = 28
A human rights mindset among young people = 31
Where do human rights come from? = 32
Sources of human rights knowledge = 36
Best known human rights = 39
LIST OF ILLU STRATIONS: SELECTION OF ENTRIES FROM
THE ‘RIGHTS IN PERSPECTIVE’ ART COMPETITION = 2005
Conclusions = 59
Egalitarian rights = 59
Overall knowledge = 60
Awareness of human rights = 61
Rights and responsibilities = 63
Individual rights = 64
Participation and democracy = 65
Civil rights = 66
Economic rights = 66
Implications for human rights education in Australia = 67
Recommendations = 71
Appe ndix A:
Human Rights -re late d Attit udes and Behavio urs among
Young Peop le: An Overvie w by Dr Stephe n Bochner = 73
The concept of citizenship = 73
Private rights = 76
The emic/etic distinction = 76
Public rights = 77
Human rights in contemporary times = 78
A selected review of Australian conceptual studies of human rights = 79
Children’s rights education in Canada = 84
Civil rights education in the United States = 87
Human rights in New Zealand = 88
Children’s perspectives on children’s rights = 90
A selected review of Australian empirical studies using qualitative and quantitative measures of human rights-related knowledge, understanding and attitudes = 91
Summary and conclusion = 97
Appendix B:
Bib liography = 101
Appe ndix C:
List of schoo ls and other organisations participating in survey or focus groups = 105