PEACE EDUCATION: A TRANSFORMATIVE

RESPONSE TO MAJOR SOCIETAL

CHALLENGES

HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF

PEACE

WHAT IS PEACE?

PEACE- Defined merely as the absence of

war or direct violence.

STRUCTURAL VIOLENCERefers to a form of violence where some social structure

or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic

needs.

*Johan Galtung*

PEACE

– is both the absence of personal/direct violence and the presence of social justice.

Humanly inflicted harm

PEACE EDUCATION AS TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION

Peace Education - education that promotes a culture of peace.

It seeks this transformation by building awareness and understanding, developing concern, and finally, challenging personal and socio action that will enable people to create conditions and systems that actualize nonviolence, justice environmental care.