Education for Social Justice

INTERNATIONAL STEP BY STEP ASSOCIATION

WHY “EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE – PROGRAM FOR ADULTS”?

New knowledge, skills and competencies are not sufficient for createning the change and improving quality of education for children and adults

without change of believes and attitudes

Schools are not one and only agent of education of children

whole local community have influence on education of children

FAVORIZING OF CERTAIN

GROUPS

MESSAGES TO CHILDREN: What is normal?What is right?

What is positive?

LESSOPPORTUNITIES FOR CERTAIN

MINORITY GROUPS

SOCIALINJUSTICE

WHY IS IMPORTANT TO SPEAK ABOUT PREJUDICES?

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“MINORITY IS MAJORITY”

INTERNATIONAL STEP BY STEP ASSOCIATION

SOCIAL JUSTICE

TEACH CHILDREN TO RESPECTAND ACCEPTDIVERSITIES

ADULTS AWARE OF STEREOTIPICAL THINKING AND WILLING TO CHANGE IT

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PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

YEAR LONG WORK OF INTERNATIONAL TEAM CREATING ACTIVITIES

EDGAR LAMPKIN, PETER REPISKY, NANCY JEAN SMITH, MARGIT KOCZOR, IVETA NEMECKOVA, JELENA VIDMAR, STEFKA DYNCHINSKA, SUSAN RONA, LINDA LEE, JELENA VRANJESEVIC, ZORICA TRIKIC

INTEGRATION OF TWO PROGRAMS

EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: CURRICULUM FROM THE HEART (JACKIE REZA – OSI) NEITHER BLACK NOR WHITE – ANTIBIAS EDUCATION (JELENA VRANJEŠEVIĆ AND ZORICA TRIKIĆ – CIP- CENTER FOR INTERACTIVE

PEDAGOGY, SERBIA)

INTERNATIONAL STEP BY STEP ASSOCIATION

POTENTIAL BENEFICIARIES

TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

MINORITY REPRESENTATIVES EDUCATIONAL POLICY MAKERS LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES PARENTS, PARENT GROUPS NGO ACTIVISTS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, JOURNALISTS… PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF POWER

(POLITICIANS, POLICE OFFICERS)

WHY THIS KIND OF PROGRAM ?

Starting pointsPrejudices are learned patterns of thinking

and behaving and as such can be relearned

Each person has a role and responsibility in breaking or perpetuating the chains of oppression

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EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE – PROGRAM FOR

ADULTS

NAMING VOICING

BUILDINGALLIES

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NAMING

PUTTING LANGUAGE TO OUR EXPERIENCES

IDENTIFYING REAL PROBLEMS (PREJUDICES, FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION/OPPRESSION) THROUGH NAMING REALITY IN CLEAR AND CONCRETE WAYS

VOICING

Is the act of speaking out on issues, ideas and feelings

opens the doors for listening, dialogue and the development of

critical consciousness

BUILDING ALLIES

• Moves us from reflection to supportive and concrete personal and collective action

• Requires the understanding of dominant and subordinate groups positions of power in an effort to overcome alienation and injustice

CONCEPTUALIZATION

PSYCHOLOGICAL LEVEL – developing empathy for self and others, a positive self image, self respect and a healthy respect of others

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL – information concerning otherness and mechanisms that create and perpetuate prejudice, discrimination and oppression

CONCRETE ACTION LEVEL – empowering individuals and groups to take responsible action

STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM

• Two 3 day training modules that are scaffolded and interconnected– Module One – Building Critical Consciousness– Module Two – From Reflection to Action

• One 3 day training of trainers module

PROCESS OF THE TRAINING

Combines theories and activities with personal experiences intended to stimulate intellectual and emotional responses, leading to a commitment to action

THE ONLY THING THAT EVIL REQUIRES TO TRIUMPH IS FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO DO NOTHING

EDMUND BURKE

Tacit (50BC)

The worst crimes are committed by one, supported by few and

tolerated by majority