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This module aims to train students to develop and deliver a class on human rights to secondary school students in the Dublin region. In this module, students will deepen their substantive knowledge of human rights law, while simultaneously developing organizational, pedagogical and collaborative skills through the practical experience of teaching others. The module will be based on the precepts articulated in the UN Human Rights Declaration on Human Rights Teaching and Education 2011, i.e. that human rights education should be (a) about human rights; (b) through human rights (which includes teaching in a way that respects the rights of both educators and learners; and (c) for human rights which includes empowering others to enjoy and exercise their rights to respect and uphold the rights of others. It will commence with a series of lead-in classes at UCD on the theoretical underpinnings of human rights education; curriculum design and appropriate teaching methodologies. Thereafter, students will work in pairs or in groups of three to draw up lesson-plans and suitable class materials; to identify and practice appropriate teaching techniques; and ultimately deliver their learning objectives to a class of secondary school TY students.