Human rights education for democratic and inclusive citizenship: How to work at school and by means of Physical Education

• Autor(a) principal: Rodino, Ana Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Título da fonte: Ensaio (Rio de Janeiro. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.cesgranrio.org.br/index.php/ensaio/article/view/405
• topic: Derechos humanos; Educacion en derechos humanos; Educacion para la ciudadania; Educacion fisica; Deporte y actividades lúdicas; Human rights; Human Rights Education; Education for citizenship; Physical Education; Sport and ludic activities; Direitos humanos; Educação em direitos humanos; Educação para a cidadania; Educação fisica; Desporto e lazer

This paper focuses on the human dignity value and its deriving imperatives as the foundation of the concept of human rights. As a result, it shows Human Rights Education (HRE) as a right in itself and also as a component of the right to education. Following a synthesis of HRE goals, ends and relationship with building a democratic, inclusive and intercultural citizenship, this study points out that school is a privileged institution for its development by diverse means and curricular subjects. Thus, it focus on Physical education in particular, both as a subject and as an extra-curricular activity, taking into consideration HRE in its three dimensions: (a) as care and attention to the body and its movements; (b) as an incentive to more active contact with the natural environment; (c) as collective leasure and desportive activities. This paper concludes that teachers and school activities play a strategical role to explore physical education potential fully in making up a human right culture.