Education for Values, Environment and Human Rights
Contents: Preface. I. Education for values: 1. Values: concept, nature and classification of values. 2. Meaning and need for education of human values: objectives of education for human values. 3. Five universal values and their sub-values as listed by Gokak Committee. 4. Value development and education: approaches and strategies. 5. Sources of values. 6. Methods of teaching human values: direct, indirect, integrating values with curricular and co-curricular activities. 7. Overview of human value education. 8. Documents on human values education. II. Education for environment: 9. Meaning of environment and environmental concerns. 10. Meaning, aims, objectives, scope and principles of environmental education. 11. Objectives and curriculum of Environmental Education (EE) at the school stage. 12. Environmental pollution: types, causes and remedies. 13. Environmental hazards: global and local causes and effects. 14. Role of school in environmental conservation and sustainable development. III. Education for human rights: 15. Human rights: concept, universal declaration of human rights. 16. Educational implications of human rights. 17. Human rights and Indian constitutional provisions. 18. Human rights education at secondary level: curriculum and activities. 19. Enforcement of human rights. 20. Mechanism in schools for the protection of human rights: NGOs, press and media.
"All the three themes of this book-the Values, the Environment and the Human Rights have acquired a special significance in the present trend of debasement of human values, degradation of environment and violation of human rights. In this context, this publication highlights the role of educational institutions to reverse this trend. It offers several workable suggestions. In the ultimate analysis, it is held that there is a paramount need for mass awaking and concerted action in this regard. The book draws its notion from the publications of UN and its various organisations and agencies also." (jacket)
