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Human rights education in Slovakia is a long-term persisting problem, which lies at the roots of many consequent issues, which still young democratic regime in the country is facing, including generally large acceptance of extremism, cultural clashes between liberal and conservative streams, and low level of understanding the democratic values.
With the aim to take a closer look at the quality of human rights education in Slovak and Norwegian primary schools and its impact on pupils attitudes toward diversity, and to bring the information in the public discourse, the Fund operator undertook
Summary of the results
Human rights education in Slovakia had been a long-term persisting problem, rooted in many subsequent issues, including widespread acceptance of extremism, cultural clashes between liberal and conservative streams, and a low level of understanding of democratic values and processes.
With the aim of taking a closer look at the quality of human rights education in Slovak and Norwegian primary schools and its impact on pupils'' attitudes toward diversity, and to bring the information into the public discourse, the Fund operator undertook this research. By comparing the different approaches applied in Slovakia and Norway, the research sought to find effectives way to implement human rights education.
The analysis consisted of three parts, conducted in parallel in both countries in schools involved in the project:
1. Desk research – analysis of public policy documents and school curriculum
2. Individual interviews with teachers – the qualitative part of the research project focused on the experiences of teachers
3. Focus groups with children – to bring in authentic perspectives, perceptions, and views of children themselves
The report from the research included a comparison of both approaches and formulated recommendations for improvements. Slovak part of the research and preparation of the report was committed to CSOs CVEK (Center for Research of Ethnicity and Culture), in Norway University of South Eastern Norway in Drammen was involved in cooperation.