Peace

Education
What is Peace?
absence of death and destruction
as a result of war and physical or direct
violence

Johan Galtung
Negative peace
Positive peace
Peace Education

Seeks transformations of peoples
mindsets, attitudes and behaviors

Builds awareness of
understanding, develops concern
for others and cultivates empathy
Themes of Peace Education
o Upholding Human Dignity
o Challenging Prejudice and Building
Tolerance
o Promoting Nonviolence
o Challenging the War System
o Sharing the Earths Resources
o Resolving and Transforming Conflicts
The Peaceable Classroom

- First coined by William Kreidler.

- A peaceable classroom is characterized by
affirmation, cooperation, communication,
appreciation for diversity, appropriate
expression of feelings and peaceful conflict
resolution.
Teaching-Learning
Approaches and
Strategies in Peace
Education

Teaching-Learning Approaches
Holistic Education promotes cognitive,
affective and behavioral goals of learning
Participatory Education allowing learners to
inquire, share and collaborate
Cooperative Learning giving opportunities for
participants to work together and learn
Experimental Education learning from ones
experience from the activities initiated in the
classroom
Humanist Education emphasizes the social,
personal and affective growth of learners
Teaching-Learning Strategies
Discussion
Visualization
Role-playing
Problem-solving
Use of film and photographs
Research
Brainstorming
Collage-making