3.1 Peace education and ethics
Peace education provides learners with opportunities and spaces to develop knowledge, skills, attitudes. Moreover, it nurtures the values needed to prevent the escalation of conflicts into violence and to be able to transform those through cooperation and solidarity with others using non-violent means. Peace education requires that learners become aware about themselves, their relations with others and the interactions in society.
Today, we live in plural and diverse societies, that are increasingly interconnected and interdependent. All our interactions with others presuppose a basic trust. We hold each other’s’ lives in our hands and have a responsibility to care for others. This constitutes the demand to
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It is about being able to respond actively to those challenges, injustices and violence and helping restore and transform broken relationships. It is not about defining who is right or wrong but the process of critically reflecting about our beliefs and actions and how those affect the connectedness of life, and actively doing something to ensure human dignity is protected and upheld.
Ethics is at the core of peace education. Therefore, peace education should help learners to respond to that intrinsic need to care for one another unconditionally and equip them to make decisions and act ethically regardless of their religious and cultural belief systems or legal prescriptions. Peace education helps learners understand, respect and celebrate diversity through ethical reflections, helping them to build harmonious relations.
Learning to act based on ethical principles and values constitutes the foundation for living together in peace. Because peace is much more than the mere absence of war and violence we must be equipped to respond to injustice and discrimination; upholding the respect for human rights and human dignity for
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A process of dialogue and exchange needs to be encouraged in which children assume increasing responsibilities and practice respect and active citizenship while developing democratic competencies.
For this reason, to respond to the multiple ethical challenges of societies, including equipping children with the necessary skills to build peaceful and inclusive communities, education needs to contribute to develop children’s full potential, not just intellectually, but also emotionally, spiritually and relationally.
3.3. How can Peace Education encourage ethical reflections in the classroom?
How can we concretely support the learners to respect and appreciate others as well as themselves as human beings, applying attitudes and a mind-set that help build positive relationships with others? How can we respond to the demands of a common humanity?
Peace education that fosters ethical reflections and actions responds to the needs of our increasingly plural societies, being sensitive to cultural and religious differences; and ensuring that learning spaces are safe for children to strengthen their sense of belonging, inclusive identities, and allow them to become who they want to become, connect with others and transform themselves, as well as contribute to transform the world around
We also need to ensure that every child has opportunities to develop and thrive, which are as good as those experienced by others. We can provide activities
In regard to staff involvement and responsibilities, the same guidelines and evaluation can and should be made with any organization and/or the program being evaluated. PEACE is an organization developed to cater to individuals who have been the victims of domestic violence or who have been involved with law enforcement and the judicial system as a result of abuse leading them into unlawful behavioral patterns. They may start to abuse drugs or alcohol to escape their pain or to fit in. They may run away from their homes, and end up on the streets commiting crimes as a means for survival.
‘Our vision for our children is to ensure they demonstrate key skills of being positive in their learning, to understand the importance of being partners in their community, being
A student reaching the end of their public funded education thinks about the possibilities. Should they go to university, stay at home and work at a local job, learn a trade, or possibly join the Peace Corp? They contemplate the matter. They consider the advantages and disadvantages. They listen to the council of others. Then they decide and make their plan. It is now the time for action. The applications, interviews and the rest of the work must be done. When a war is waged, a law passed or anything else of importance is done, there are two steps: thought and action. Without these nothing would be done.
For a child to understand the world, he/she will understand that people have different beliefs, colour skin and religion, the world and technology. A child will also learn other children’s names, talk about family and friends. This has a huge impact on a child’s social development; they will have awareness of the world and the people around them, and therefore are able to confidently make new friends as they go through transitions such as moving schools. It is important that children and young people are given the opportunity to speak about themselves, their lives at home and also listen to others, and this gives them a perspective on the fact that everybody does different things, others’ lives differ to theirs and this is something that needs to be recognised and respected and not judged.
Achieving peace required that all men and all nations move in the “direction of compassionate tending to citizens.” Addams maintained that as men and nations eneed to the needs of citizens the possibility of war become more remote, Addams understanding of peace was deeply rooted in her sense of optimism about human beings. Addams believed”human beings are more similar that they are different and what unites is stronger than what divides. Given these news, she maintained “war is not a natural activity for mankind” and that it was abnormal for men to fight against each other. The process of coming together into friendly relationships is at the heart of
He wanted to teach the children peacemaking skills. This involved the youth creating effective antiviolence strategies. The Peacemakers were taught how to create safety plans. They learned skills in research, community organization and conflict-mediation
He is no longer a colleague, neighbor, or community member, but a juvenile delinquent, felon, offender, neglectful parent, or abusive spouse” (Connors, 2016, p. 25). In this way, “peacemaking offers an alternative to the limitations of the adversarial system by recognizing the importance of relationships. An understanding of the effect of the problem on all parties leads to meaningful demonstration of responsibility and accountability for harmful acts” (Connors, 2016, p. 26). Peacemaking allows for voices to be heard, feelings to be shared and thoughts to be pondered. This process encourages respect, compassion and empathy between all parties involved and also caters to the
Having Judi Addelston come and talk about her class, “The Psychology of Peace,” was really impacting and inspirational. Ms. Addelston introduced her class by going over the overview and subjects discussed throughout the semester. The goal of this class is to study the causes of violence as well as solutions to peace. When studying the Psychology of Peace it is key to study the three roots of social, personality, and humanistic psychology. If we can study the three roots of peace psychology maybe we can get a better grasp of what peace means and the steps we should take to promote it.
nations, peace means respect for the rights of others”. The only reason that people, here in America
The EYLF explains (2009, p.12) the five principles underpin practices which focuses on supporting and sustain practice in order to enhance children’s development in achieving learning outcomes. . The most relevant principle related to this scenario is respect for diversity, where educators must value and reflect the practices of diversity within the curriculum in the classroom. The curriculum makes the decisions that all children have the right to have their culture, identities, and strengths value and acknowledge (EYLF, 2009, p.13). Therefore, educators will provide opportunities for children to learn about differences and similarities amongst other children and how they can interact and learn together. Secondly, respectful and reciprocal relationships between students, educators and parents will develop respect, value and confidence. Educators will help children to learn about responsibilities and respect others, and value collaboration and teamwork EYLF, 2014, p.
Teaching children morals and ethics today is important because it shows someone with innocence how to care, listen, and reason without prejudice. In this teaching, it becomes obvious that we, as adults, have stopped listening, caring, and even reasoning; an act that, if performed, can change the world for the better.
Children and adolescents are capable of impacting their communities and even the world in amazing
Education should promote friendship, understanding and tolerance among all nations, religious or racial groups, and the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. It should be intended for the improvement of the human personality. It should be directed to the strengthening of respect for human rights and freedoms.
the change for a peaceful future. In today's society violence is saturating the minds of