peace education in school
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EDUCATION
Youth are the foundation of our future and often can serve as transformed mentors to their
friends, family and society.
INTRODUCTION
The process of promoting the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values needed to bring about behaviour
changes that will enable children, youth and adults to prevent conflict and violence, both overt and
structural; to resolve conflict peacefully;
and to create the conditions conducive to peace, whether
at an intrapersonal, interpersonal, intergroup, national or international level.
DEFINITION
AIM OF PEACE EDUCATION Investigate the causes of conflicts and violence embedded
within perceptions, values and attitudes of individuals as well
as within social and political structures of society. Encourage
the search for alternatives and possible nonviolent skills. Equip
children and adults with personal conflict resolution skills.
Early decades of the 20th century, “peace education” programs around the world have
represented a spectrum of focal themes, including anti-nuclearism, international
understanding, environmental responsibility, communication skills, nonviolence, conflict resolution techniques, democracy, human rights awareness, tolerance of diversity,
coexistence and gender equality,
HISTORY
Ian Harris and John Synott have described peace education as a series of "teaching encounters" that draw from
people:• their desire for peace,• nonviolent alternatives for managing
conflict, • skills for critical analysis of structural
arrangements that produce and legitimize injustice and inequality
New approaches focuses on peace education as a process of worldview transformation
PEACE EDUCATION AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF
QUALITY BASIC EDUCATIONThe 1990 World Declaration on Education for All (the Jomtien Declaration) clearly states that basic learning needs comprise not only essential tools such as literacy and numeracy, but also the knowledge, skills, attitudes and
values required to live and work in dignity and to participate in development.
Windows of opportunity• There are a number of creative avenues that can
be used to introduce peace education concepts, skills and attitudes, whether in or out of the school .
• Traditional folk stories• Nearly every country in the world has ratified
the Convention on the Rights of the Child, • Proverbs
OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS• Peace education should not limited to activities that take place
in schools. A number activities can be performed after -school programmes and summer programmes with a peace education focus.
• Workshops, training programmes, and activities for out of school youth can be created, along with initiatives that focus on the media, publications for youth, and community-based arts programmes. Taken together, such approaches demonstrate that learning takes place in many different contexts, all of which can promote messages of peace
? Peace Education Peace education programs centered on conflict
resolution typically focus on the social-behavioural symptoms of conflict, training individuals to resolve inter-personal disputes through techniques of negotiation and (peer) mediation. Learning to manage anger, “fight fair” and improve communication through skills such as listening, turn-taking, identifying needs, and separating facts from emotions, constitute the main elements of these programs
PADAGOGY Three variations of peace education are most common:
At schools levelSchools are our main social avenue of learning. While the primary focus of teaching in schools is predominantly on academic skills, we feel that life skills are equally important
Share Inspiring Words of Peace from Different
Cultures
Develop healthy habits and regular schedules, including enough sleep, daily exercise and relaxation.
Play Grounds: to burn negativity
Donate to people in need
Make Room for Peace/ prayer at Home
Outer peace begins with inner peace. Children and adults need special places that give them a sense of privacy and peace, and that can serve as a quiet refuge for times when hurt or angry feelings might lead to violent words or actions
Find Peace in Nature Take children for a walk or let them explore nature in
their own way. The beauty of nature is a great balm to the soul
Make Time for Creative Play Young children need plenty of time for unstructured, creative
play. Make-believe social play reduces aggression and increases empathy in children. Children use play to work through feelings of fear and sadness, to find comfort, and to explore the world and develop relationships.
Engage Children’s Hands and Hearts Children need a direct experience of giving. They love to
make things, small and large—their own cards, tree ornaments, cookies, or bread—for neighbors, family, friends, or those in need. They can also learn to enjoy sorting through their own things and giving away some treasured possessions to others in need.
Help young people find active ways to collaborate with other children globally, through organizations like
Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots www.janegoodall.org
Craig Kielburger’s Free the Children www.freethechildren.org Peace Jam, in which students work directly with Nobel
Peace Laureates www.peacejam.org