Peace
• -it is defined as state of quiet or
tranquility;
• -freedom from disturbance or
agitation
• -specific absence or cessation of
war
A heart at peace gives life to
the body, but envy rots the
bones.
Proverbs 14:30 NIV
Peace
Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm 34:14
Set peace of mind as your
highest goal, and organize
your life
around it.
- Brian Tracy
Is it important
to have peace?
Why do we
need peace?
… preparing for
war…
scourge
of
war
Origin
In 1945, the United Nations
was established to:
• -save succeeding generations
from the scourge of war;
• -to reaffirm faith in the
…dignity and worth of the
human person and in the equal
rights of men and women;
• -to establish conditions under
which justice and respect for the
obligations arising from treaties
and other sources of
international law can be
maintained; and,
• -to promote social progress and
better standards of life in larger
freedom…". (Preamble to the
UN Charter )
And because of
these objectives,
peace education
has developed.
PEACE
EDUCATION
-education that promotes a
culture of peace
-cultivates a knowledge base,
attitudes, and skills that seeks to
transform people mindsets,
attitude, and behaviors.
Peace education is
an integral part of
the work of United
Nations.
Integral is essential
or necessary for
completeness
UNESCO
and
UNICEF
-describes peace
education as schooling
and other educational
initiatives.
“Peace Education” as
Conflict Resolution
Training
• Typically focus on the socialbehavioral 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
“Peace Education” as
Human Rights
Education
• centered on raising awareness of
human rights typically focus at
the level of policies.
• The aim is to engender a
commitment among participants
to a vision of structural peace in
which all individual members of
the human race can exercise
their personal freedoms and be
legally protected from violence,
oppression and indignity.
“Peace Education” as
Democracy Education
• Focus on the political processes
associated with conflict;
• Increase in democratic participation ,
decrease in violence and war;
Why educate
for peace?
(Betty Reardon)
-peace education has important
social purpose
It seeks to transform
the present human
condition
Reardon and
Cabezudo (2002)
• The main purpose of peace
education are elimination of
social injustice, rejection of
violence and abolition of war
Educating for
peace
Practical alternative
Ethical Imperative
Peace education is a
practical alternative
Educating for peace will
give us a long run
practical benefits that we
seeks.
War
• Core of institution of the global
security system
• Affected countless generations,
considering its human-cost and
environmental cost
• Led to rationalization of
violence in so many aspects of
life
• Given birth to horrendous
phenomena
• It is inevitable
Since war is inevitable…
Peace education can transform
people mindsets which regard
to inevitability of war.
Enable people to see that
alternative exist and there are
ways by which violent conflict
can be avoided
Peace education is an
ethical Imperative
• Educating for peace is an ethical
imperative considering the
negation of life and well-being
caused by all forms of violence.
• The ethical systems of the major
world, faith tradition,
humanitarian ethics and even
primal and indigenous
spirituality have articulated
principles that implies that
inspire striving for peace.
Principles
Unity
Value for human life
Value for nature
nonviolence
Justice
Love (social ethic)
Common Good
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