Class Meets for 15 Weeks for 4 Hours Per Week

Course Syllabus 60 Hours Democracy and Human Rights Education University of ______Faculty of ______Professor ______Spring Term, 2002

It follows that the role of educational institutions must be to help students increase their capacity to make intelligent choices for themselves – to learn how to think, rather than what to think. The alternative, indoctrination, is improper for educational institutions in a free society. Foundations of Democracy Curriculum Rationale

Course Description: The purpose of this course is to train preservice teachers to assume the responsibility of teaching core concepts associated with civic education. The course will involve preservice teachers in the learning process in ways that reflect a high regard for each person as they reflect and deliberate on the various topics presented as part of the course content. A balance will be sought between respect for the legal and political system and constructive criticism about its application to specific cases. Preservice teachers will use intellectual tools for critical thinking and discuss the political system and institutions of government from a variety of perspectives.

Program Goals: The overall program goals is to prepare preservice teachers for the task of teaching Democracy and Human Rights in high schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

An effective preservice teacher education program for civic education: Civic Knowledge  Builds a strong, balanced base of civic knowledge for understanding and reflecting on the substance, context, and history of democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the role of the citizen. Cognitive Civic Skills  Provides strategies that enhance cognitive civic skills for analyzing and thinking critically and constructively about public issues and civic life. Participatory Civic Skills  Models active learning strategies that promote high levels of discourse among students to develop participatory civic skills, and Civic Dispositions  Recognizes the necessity for fostering opportunities that develop civic dispositions that recognize, protect, and promote equality for each person and the common good of the community and practicing civic virtue.

Unit Titles: The course will be divided into five units: 1. Foundations of Democracy 2. Constitutional Democracy 3. Democracy and Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina 4. Democracy and Civil Society 5. Bosnia and Herzegovina in Process of Globalization

Learning Objectives: For the following five units, the students will be able to do the following:

Unit 1: Foundations of Democracy a. Describe the historical development of democracy b. Compare and contrast various models of democracy with non-democratic political systems c. Develop practical solutions to social and political conflicts. Unit 2: Constitutional Democracy and the BiH Constitution(s) a. Analyze the role of the major principles in a constitutional democracy b. Explain the difference between limited and non-limited government. c. Discuss why it is necessary for checks and balance in the government d. Describe the role of the Constitution of BiH and its entities e. Describe the BiH Constitutional protection of human rights f. Identify the levels and roles of government in BiH g. Describe the foundations and purpose of the rule of law

Unit 3: Democracy and Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina a. Describe the development of human rights in history b. Evaluate human rights in BiH today. a. Describe the responsibilities of BiH citizens and human rights

Unit 4: Democracy and Civil Society b. Compare and contrast Liberalism and market economy c. Develop a profile of an ideal citizen d. Describe the roles, responsibilities and effectiveness of NGOs in BiH. e. Develop strategies for effective education for democracy f. Evaluate the role of media in a democratic society c. Develop possible solutions to problems that could be addresses through public policy.

Unit 5: Bosnia and Herzegovina in Process of Globalization a. Evaluate the role of the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina b. Describe the form and function of European integration for Bosnia and Herzegovina c. Describe the relationship of Bosnia and Herzegovina with neighboring countries d. Judge the effectiveness and responsibilities of International organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina Methodology Preservice teachers will be presented with interactive teaching strategies, which are an inalienable part of this course and the content. The focus will be on teaching preservice teachers how to think rather than what to think. Preservice teachers will be involved in methodology that connects conceptual content with everyday experiences in personal and political realities. Preservice teachers will participate in hands-on activities and active learning strategies such as evaluating primary documents, participating in cooperative learning, conducting simulated public hearings, developing portfolios, participating in mock trials, etc.

Grading:

5 Tests @ 100 points * 500 Sub Total 2 Case analyses @ 50 Points each 100 Sub Total 2 Papers @ 75 Points Each 150 Sub Total Project Citizen Portfolio @ 100 Points 100 Sub Total Participation Points 10 Per Class 150 Sub Total 1000 Total Points

* All of the tests will be Take-Home Essay type tests.

100% - 90% = A 89% - 80% = B 79% - 70% = C 69% - 60% = D Below 60% = E Course Schedule

The course schedule on the following pages provides information related to what the unit of study for each class session, what the students are expected to learn for each class, the textbook readings, methodology to be used for each class period, and how student learning will be assessed.

Course Schedule

Learning Week Date Unit Readings Methodology Assessment Outcomes 1 January 17 Foundations of Describe the Read: DHR: Carousel Democracy historical Chapter 1 development of Interactive Lecture democracy Cooperative Leaning

2 January 24 Foundation of Compare and Read:Touraine: Cooperative Democracy contrast various Three Dimensions Learning: Case Study models of of Democracy democracy with Class Discussion non-democratic Held: Models of political systems Democracy, Interactive Lecture Pages 13-69

3 January 31 Constitutional Analyze the role Read: BiH Class Discussion Foundations of Democracy of the major Constitution Democracy Test principles in a Case Study constitutional Learning Week Date Unit Readings Methodology Assessment Outcomes democracy Held: Models of Examination of Democracy, Primary Sources Explain the Pages difference Interactive Lecture between limited Newspapers and non-limited government.

Discuss why it is necessary for checks and balance in the government

Describe the role of the Constitution of BiH and its entities.

Describe the foundations and purpose of the rule of law

4 February 7 Constitutional Identify the levels Touraine: The Class Discussion Case Study Analysis Democracy and roles of Modern government in Democratic Spirit Mock Congressional Learning Week Date Unit Readings Methodology Assessment Outcomes BiH Hearing Editorials and Newspapers Cooperative Learning Activity based on reading assignment

5 February Democracy and Describe the United Nations Examination of Test: Constitutional 14 Human Rights development of Declaration of Primary Sources Democracy human rights in Human Rights history Interactive Lecture European Evaluate human Convention on Case Study rights in BiH Human Rights today. Video Clips: About the United Nations and Human Rights

6 February Democracy and Describe the BiH DHR: Chapter 2 Cooperative Learning Case Analysis 21 Human Rights Constitutional and 3 activity protection of human rights

7 February Democracy and Describe the DHR: Chapter 4 Structured Debate 28 Human Rights responsibilities of BiH citizens and Video Clips: And the human rights Children shall Lead Learning Week Date Unit Readings Methodology Assessment Outcomes

8 March 7 Democracy and Compare and DHR: Chapter 5 T-Chart Activity Test: Democracy and Civil Society contrast Human Rights Liberalism and Held: Models of Carousel Activity market economy Democracy, Essay: State of Human Pages 157- 190 Video Clips: At the Rights in Contemporary Develop a profile River I Stand Bosnia of an ideal citizen Case Study

9 March 14 Spring Holiday Week

10 March 21 Democracy and Evaluate the role NGO Brochures Political Cartoons Case Analysis Civil Society of media in a democratic Editorials Analyze Political Ads society Video Clips: 30 Describe the Second Democracy roles, responsibilities and effectiveness of NGOs in BiH. 11 March 28 Democracy and Develop practical Project Citizen Cooperative Learning Essay: Role of Media in Civil Society solutions to social Book Groups to debate Politics and political topics of public conflicts. policy Learning Week Date Unit Readings Methodology Assessment Outcomes Analyze Editorials for public policy issues 12 April 4 BiH and Evaluate the role DHR: Chapter 6 Video Clips: Life. Test: Democracy and Globalization of the United The Debt Police Civil Rights Nations in Bosnia Held: Models of and Herzegovina Democracy, Structured Pro/Con Pages 335-360 Debate Describe the form and function of European integration for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Describe the relationship of Bosnia and Herzegovina with neighboring countries

13 April 11 BiH and Judge the Evaluation of Globalization effectiveness and Primary Documents responsibilities of International Case Study organization in Bosnia and Guest Speakers from Learning Week Date Unit Readings Methodology Assessment Outcomes Herzegovina UN (OSCE, CoE)

14 April 18 Project Citizen Develop possible Project Citizen Test on BiH and solutions to Book Globalization problems that could be Case analysis addresses through public policy 15 April 25 Project Citizen Portfolio