Posted on 06/23/2008 12:24:16 AM PDT by neverdem
Toddlers are to be taught about human rights and respecting different cultures in a scheme condemned as an "absurd" waste of time.
Nurseries across the country are adopting the project, which will see teachers explaining to children as young as three that people across the world live different lives but everyone has a right to food, water and shelter.
Staff will also be expected to ensure that children are treated as independent human beings, and have the "right" to choose their toys or have a drink of water whenever they want.
It is an extension of a Unicef scheme already in use in primary schools, in which pupils analyse the responsibilities of fairytale characters and sign a joint declaration with teachers of how people should be treated.
The move comes amid growing concern about the Government's "nappy curriculum", a set of 69 learning targets for under-fives which experts say will leave young children confused and demotivated.
Sue Palmer, a former headteacher and author of the book Toxic Childhood, said: "Toddlers are still working at a very emotional level. They should be told stories and allowed to sing and play. That's what will turn them into normal people."
Dr Richard House, of the Research Centre for Therapeutic Education at Roehampton University, added: "The idea that this kind of learning is appropriate for nursery-age children is absurd, and betrays a complete lack of understanding of child development.
"Modern culture seems determined to treat children like 'mini-adults' in all kinds of ways, and with major negative effects in terms of their premature growing-up."
The Unicef scheme is designed to promote the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states that children everywhere have the right to survival, freedom to develop, protection from abuse and the opportunity to participate in society...
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
1984, Phase...???
Pickets against brussel sprouts?
I found this thread while searching for another one. Even though it is on the older side, I thought it still might be of interest to the list as it is not outdated.
I guess this is the sort of thing we can look forward to should our country fall into socialism and a pro-UN candidate be elected for president.
Any time you find articles about education, please feel free to ping me on them. Probably one of the reasons I missed seeing this was that we were facing a graduation and vacation that weekend.
Interesting......they still are not giving them the basic right to use the restroom. Nor will they teach them that abortion is murder and takes away the right to life.
This is just plain unreal. The world seems to have turned upside down.
don’t blame the teacher on this one....blame the person who came up with this crap in the first place!
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The teachers are guilty of cooperating! It wouldn’t be a policy unless armies of stupid teachers cooperated!
I give every one of these teachers the “Useful Idiot of the Century” award.
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