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Building Inclusive Schools
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ATA Diversity, Equity and Human Rights Committee
Studies, advises and makes recommendations on issues of diversity, equity and human rights (DEHR)
Facilitates action by Local related to DEHR
Produces Just in Time electronic newsletter
Provides print and web-based information and resources
Supports the work of its sub-committees
Why inclusive schools and peace education?
The Alberta Teachers’ Association believes that every child has the right to be taught in an inclusive environment that is safe and caring, respects diversity and the rights of all persons, and provides equitable opportunities for success.
Inclusive Learning Communities
Respect diversity, equity and human rights
Support the intellectual, social, physical, emotional and spiritual development of each child
Respect for the values of cooperation, trust, caring, sharing, rights and responsibilities
Commitment to racial harmony and gender equality
Support for First Nations, Métis and Inuit education
Support for initiatives that address the effects of poverty on children
Commit to peace, global education and violence prevention and,
Promote sustainable school, family and community partnerships.
Major reasons for peace education
To constructively deal with the aftermath of war and the presence of violence in our daily lives
Increased violence and aggression
To ensure that previously warring groups live together in harmony
Immigrant children from war-torn countries who have experienced are socialized into a peaceful, democratic society.
Moral Education
The most popular form of moral education is character education
Character education is however, the most limited vision of moral education
The other six moral worlds hold more humane, imaginative, and profound visions of moral education.