Assessing Child’s
Rights and
Journalism Practice
Central Asian
Forum
April 23-27,
2012,
kyrgystan
Modules specific
sections
covering:
•Interviewing skills
•Human rights
•Child rights
•Children in Conflict
•Trafficking
•Anonymity and identity
protection
•Sources
•Guidelines and Regulations
•Evaluation: Making
judgments on the basis of the
information collected.
•Grading: Giving a mark
based on the information gathered
from assessed tasks
•.Reporting: Conveying the
results to students.
Guide to Assessment
•Students must internalise
concepts involved
•All aspects of the syllabus
be assessed
•Learning outcomes is a
guide to how to assess
•Use both formative and
summative assessment
Course objectives/learning outcomes
On completion of the module, the learner will be able to:
1. Make professional judgments regarding journalism
practice from a perspective of children's rights;
2. Report fairly, accurately and in keeping with the
principles of children’s rights.
In addition, the module has the following additional
objectives derived from UNICEF’s principles underpinning child rights education:
Knowledge and skills - To receive information and knowledge of children’s rights
and humanitarian standards and acquire skills to apply this knowledge;
Values, attitudes and behavior – To become sensitized and undergo a change in
negative attitudes or reinforce positive attitudes and behavior in relation to
children’s rights ;
Action - taking action to defend, promote and protect
children’s rights in the course of their professional duties.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module, the learner will be able to:
1) Understand and be able to outline the principle features of children’s rights as
outlined in the UNCRC
2) Read, analyze and critically evaluate the reporting of issues affecting children from a
rights-based perspective
3) Critically assess the relevance and importance of editorial guidelines and codes of
practice in relation to news reporting affecting children
4) Make professional judgments regarding journalism practice from a perspective
of children's rights
5) Report fairly, accurately and in keeping with the principles of children’s rights
Assessment Criteria
•Have students shown an understanding of children’s rights?
•Have they located the rights based elements of the
programme into journalism theory and ethics?
•Can they apply what they know of children’s rights into
their Journalism practice?
•Have students shown any improvement in their journalism
practice
•Have students shown evidence of being able to developed
story ideas around children’s rights?
•Are they producing work that is professionally produced
and error free?
•Is the work publishable?
•Have students indicated an understanding of sources and
contacts associated with children’s rights and children’s
issues
Print
Journalism
Skills
Digital
Journalism
Skills
Editing
Reporting
Research
Writing
Teamwork
Interviewing
Photography
Shooting photos
Imaging production
Graphics
Multimedia delivery
Multimedia
editing/production
Capturing audio
Shooting video
Animation & Flash
Podcasting
Radio
Radio
Editing
Telling stories for the ear
Creating packages
documentaries
Television
skills
Presentation
Visuals
Packages
Documentaries
Editing
Video journalism
assignments for students
•A book review
•A profile of a person involved in children’s rights
•News Stories
•Vox pop with children interviewed
•An editorial
•A feature or investigative piece
More
assignments
for students
Magazines
Radio documentaries
TV programmes
Magazine programmes
Facilitating
children’s programmes and other
media
Reflection central to
the learning process.
Students to produce a
reflective journal ,
which might be a
diary, article, blog
Outcomes
•Better understanding of applied
ethics.
•Able to apply codes of conduct.
•Able to handle sensitive stories, with
sensitivity and skill.
•Able to find stories with an
interesting angle.
Able to reflect the full community in
stories, adults and children and their
perspectives