Enseigner la société, transmettre des valeurs

Abstract

How to teach society, to convey special values. Human rights and civic education : an old mission, a topical project, with recurrent problems. - The threefold aim of the school is : to teach, to educate and socialize. The objectives of civic education are : to transmit knowledge and also the values and principles : which rule our social life. But these values are presently much debated : what is the place of school in relation to Home ? What are the aim, basis, content and practice of this education ? The project on civic education will be based on human rights but it will have to take in account the specific problems of the field.