Being civically engaged
Being civically engaged
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Human Right Basics quiz
The purpose of the quiz is not to test one’s knowledge, but to enhance their understanding of human rights actively. Firstly, go through the list of Rights and see whether you are familiar, have heard of them. Afterward, the activity N.2 offers the possibility to evaluate your understanding and the concept of human rights. Individually, in small groups (or in…
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Comfort in diversity
From Multicultural to Intercultural Societies At first sight, the terms “Multicultural Society” and “Intercultural Society” seem to be similar but they are not synonyms. So, how do we tell the difference between the two? First, try to give your personal explanation and understanding of these two terms. I believe that multicultural society is ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Whereas intercultural society represents ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Now…
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Human Right Mixer – what do I know about human rights?
Imagine you have a group of learners coming from different countries. The procedure of this exercise would be: Explain. Explain that learners will be working closely together, so they must get to know one another. This icebreaker will help them get acquainted using a human rights perspective. Distribute. Distribute a copy of Handout: Human Rights Mixer to each participant and…
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Human Right Basics + exercise
Q: What are Human Rights? ANSWER: Human rights are standards that allow all people to live with dignity, freedom, equality, justice, and peace. Every person has these rights simply because they are human beings. They are guaranteed to everyone without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinions, national or social origin, property,…
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Conflict management
While no single definition of conflict exists, most definitions involve the following factors: there are at least two independent groups, the groups perceive some incompatibility between themselves, and the groups interact with each other in some way. Two example definitions are: “process in which one party perceives that its interests are being opposed or negatively affected by another party”, and…
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Facilitation as a leadership style
As leadership expert Warren Bennis once stated, “leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” Leadership means different things to different people around the world, and different things in different situations. For example, it could relate to community leadership, religious leadership, political leadership, and leadership of campaigning groups. The words “leader” and “leadership” are often used incorrectly to describe…
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Ethics
Defining ethics Brown and Paolucci (1979) suggested that ethical decision-making and moral reasoning are at the heart of the profession. Simply stated, ethics refers to standards of behavior that tell us how human beings ought to act in the many situations in which they find themselves-as friends, parents, children, citizens, businesspeople, teachers, professionals, and so on. Ethical competence is a…
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Professionalism
Defining Professionalism The word professional is used by different people in different ways. It is used as an adjective to describe a certain kind of behavior that is usually meant to be calm, controlled, objective and not interested in personal gain. When used as a noun, it is meant to signify an individual who has, through a combination of education…
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Planning
Planning can be defined as “thinking in advance what is to be done when it is to be done, how it is to be done and by whom it should be done”. In simple words we can say, planning bridges the gap between where we are standing today and where we want to reach. Planning involves setting objectives and deciding…
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Cooperation
Cooperation is an associative and basic process of social life. Society cannot exist without this. It is the very basis of social existence. It is one of the continuous social processes. The term ‘Co-operation’ is derived from the two Latin words ‘Co’ meaning together and ‘Operari’ meaning to work. Literally, Cooperation means ‘joint work’ or ‘working’ together’ for a common…
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