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The
Desmond Tutu Diversity Trust
is proud to have been involved in
worthy events for worthwhile causes, recorded below
for posterity.
Posters from the Trust Schools Diversity Poster
Campaign
In support of the newly launched National Policy
on Religion and Education, the Desmond Tutu Diversity Trust
wants to contribute to the recognition and celebration of the rich
cultural diversity of South African society. In so doing, it wishes
to enable all teachers and pupils in South Africa to know and
understand the diversity of religious and other world views that are
held by their fellow citizens. To this end the Trust wants to
provide schools with visual material that will illustrate important
elements in the different religious traditions of South Africa.
In producing posters depicting religious diversity
in South Africa, the Trust wants to adhere to the assessment
standards for the learning area Life Orientation, as identified and
outlined by the National Curriculum Statement. Accordingly, two
phases are envisaged.
In
Phase I, to which the present quotation applies, a
poster depicting symbols, important days, diet,
clothing and decorations for each of the following
religious traditions is proposed:
• African
Religion
• Baha'i Faith
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Judaism
In Phase II,
significant places and buildings, festivals and customs and oral
traditions and scriptures of the same range of religions will be
depicted.
The posters will in the first place highlight, in
the case of Phase I, those elements that will be introduced in the
Foundation Phase of the General Education and Training Band, and in
the case of Phase II, those that will be dealt with in the
Intermediate Phase. However, the posters will be designed in such a
way that it will supply relevant information to all teachers and
pupils in both the General Education Band as well as in the Further
Education and Training Band. Each poster will, in addition to visual
material, also contain relevant commentary.
Furthermore, each set of seven posters will be
accompanied by a manual that will provide the necessary historical
background to each religious tradition and that will render a
thorough explanation of the significance of the visual elements in
each poster.
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