CHAPTER 3: PEACE EDUCATION

Is learning both and for people

Peace Education

It promotes knowledge about the “requirements of the obstacles to, and the possibilities for achieving and maintaining peace”

Peace Education

It supports the development of skills, capacities, attitudes, and values necessary to prevent violence, to resolve and transform conflict, and to “create the conditions conducive to peace", whether at an intrapersonal, interpersonal, intergroup, national, or international level

Peace Education

Social and Political Purposes of Peace Education

1) Negative Peace

2) Positive Peace

Elimination of violence in all its various forms and manifestations

Negative Peace

Nurturing and establishment of the conditions necessary for peace to flourish

Positive Peace

Goals, Objectives, and Transformative Practices of Peace Education

1) Personal

2) Relational

3) Political

4) Structural

5) Cultural

6) Ecological

Develop capacities for managing internal conflicts, biases, and ethical/moral decision-making

Personal

Engage in critical self-awareness and introspection

Personal

Nurture social-emotional intelligence and creativity

Personal

Engage in worldwide reflection

Personal

Foster political agency

Personal

Develop empathy and understanding of others, as well as appreciation of cultural, ethnic, and national differences

Relational

Foster global citizenship, developing awareness of interdependence, and interconnection across cultures and amongst and between members of nation states

Relational

Develop skills and capacities for resolving and transforming conflicts without violence

Relational

Develop understanding of basic principles of rights and responsibilities

Political

Foster civic engagement, political agency, and develop advocacy skills

Political

Experience and practice collective and democratic decision-making processes

Political

Learn to dialogue across differences

Political

Develop awareness of the systems in which relationships are embedded and the institutions through which norms and values are established and maintained

Structural

Develop awareness of structural violence (the conditions, processes, and root causes that give rise to direct violence)

Structural

Understand equity and justice and how to pursue them

Structural

Engage in systems and institutional analysis and design

Structural

Develop awareness of the cultural roots of knowledge creation and meaning construction

Cultural

Cultural assumptions related to communication, expression of emotion, ways of settling differences, and approaches to dialogue 

Cultural

Nurture appreciation of cultural differences and develop intercultural competencies

Cultural

Explores culture of peace

Cultural

Nurture respect for all life and ecological thinking and awareness

Ecological

Foster systems and future thinking in support of sustainability

Ecological

Develop awareness of interdependence and interconnection amongst and between peoples and the broader web of life

Ecological

Nurture ecological responsibility

Ecological

Develop awareness of relationship of self to others and all living systems

Ecological

Diverse and Complementary Approaches to Peace Education

1) Post-conflict Peace Building Education

2) Global Citizenship Education (GCED)

3) Conflict Resolution Education (CRE)

4) Education for Democracy

5) Disarmament Education

6) Interethnic/Intercultural Education and Education in Divided Societies

7) Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

8) Human Rights Education (HRE)

9) Restorative Justice (RJ)

10) Gender Education

11) Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

Addresses the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on children and the disruption to educational activities, and it supports the processes of reconciliation, truth-telling, and post-conflict justice

Post-conflict Peace Building Education

Emphasizes values of interdependence and interconnection (from the local to the globe) and prepares learners to be active citizens within a broader global community

Global Citizenship Education (GCED)

Provides learners with the knowledge, skills, and capacities to resolve and transform conflict without violence

Conflict Resolution Education (CRE)

It focuses primarily on building and sustaining healthy relationships

Conflict Resolution Education (CRE)

It supports the development of democratic values and citizen participation, and fosters the knowledge, dispositions, and capacities necessary for participation in public deliberation on basic questions of justice

Education for Democracy

An essential component of peace education, implies both education about disarmament and education for disarmament

Disarmament Education

Particularly prevalent in post-conflict contexts where there is need for education for demilitarization, small arms reduction, and child soldier and ex-combatant reintegration

Disarmament Education

Addresses broader transformative goals of global security, including nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament

Disarmament Education

Emphasizes that the goals of should be directed towards how to think, rather than what to think

Disarmament Education

Encourages critical perspective-taking, meaning understanding alternative points of view, of ethnic and cultural differences and promotes mutual understanding of the functioning of pluralistic societies

Interethnic/Intercultural Education and Education in Divided Societies

“Empowers learners to take informed decisions and responsible actions for environmental integrity, economic viability, and a just society, for present and future generations, while respecting cultural diversity

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Its foci span the Agenda’s 17 goals, many of which comprise of challenges rooted in manifestations of structural violence, including poverty, lack of ecological security, inequitable economic development, environmental racism, decolonization, and lack of access to education

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Empowers citizens to “understand human rights, value human rights, and take responsibility for respecting, defending, and promoting human rights”

Human Rights Education (HRE)

Provides a holistic framework towards reparative justice through dialogue involving victims, offenders, and community members

Restorative Justice (RJ)

It incorporates anti-bias and anti-racist education, perspective taking, and community building work

Restorative Justice (RJ)

Violence and discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, as well as misogyny, and the prevalence of patriarchal power structures prevent many women, men, girls, and boys from living with dignity and achieving their full human potential

Gender Education

Supports the development of the whole person: mind, body, and spirit

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

It acknowledges humans as autonomous beings, worthy of dignity, well-being, and flourishing

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)