HR & Peace Education
in the Secondary Public
Schools Toward Strengthening
Moro, Lumad & Migrant
Settlers Relations (2005-2006)*
Philippine Human Rights
Information Center (PhilRights)
* Funded by the US Insittute for Peace (USIP)
Project Objectives
 Develop a teacher training module designed
to infuse HR & peace education in formal
education curriculum of public secondary
schools
 Enhance capability of public secondary
school teachers to implement the designed
modules
Project Sites & Reach
Areas
NCR (Pretest)
Maguindanao
No. of No. of
Public Trainees
HS
(Teachers,
admin,
principals)
Estimated # of
students reached (1
teacher x 4 classes x
50 students/class)
5
12
2,400
14
47
9,400
North
Cotabato
23
35
7,000
Total
42
94
18,800
Project Activitives
1. Networking with Project Partners & DepEd
 Institute for Peace & Development Studies,
Southern Christian College (IPDS-SCC),
Midsayap, North Cotabato
 Department of Education Region 12
 Department of Education, Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
2. Module Development
Project Activitives
3. Three 5-day Trainings on “HR & Peace
Integration”
NCR – Pre-testing of First draft of Training
Modules
Maguindanao
North Cotabato
Contents of 5-day Teacher Training
 Topics taken up:
HR concepts and principles
HR instruments
Theories on conflict and peace
Historical roots of Mindanao conflict
Theories and methods on HR & Peace
integration
Contents of 5-day Teacher Training
 Training methods include workshops, roleplaying, problem-tree construction, dance &
song group dynamics, poem composition,
local & indigenous ice-breakers/games
 Practicum involving actual lesson plan
constructions and teaching demonstration in
selected classes on various subjects using
the prepared lesson plans.
Project Activitives
4. Eight (8) Focused Group Discussions
among Teachers/School
Administrators/Principals & Students on the
Training Modules
Examples of experiences in how HR &
peace were integrated in the subjects
Effects on KAS of students, teachers, in and
out of school
Identification of enabling and disabling
factors in the integration of HR & peace
Project Activitives
5. Collection of Progress Reports of Techer
Trainees
6. Educators’ Conference: “Kapayapaan at
Karapatan sa Aming Paaralan: Paghahabi
ng Karanasan” (HR & Peace in Our
Schools: Weaving Our Experiences”)
Provide a venue for sharing & exchange of
experiences in integrating HR & Peace in
various subject areas
Project Activitives
Come up w/ assessment of the
effects/impact of the Training
Gather feedback on the Training of Trainers
Guidebook/Manual, and
Generate ideas on how to move forward
Summary of Achievements
1. 1,000 copies of the Training of Trainers
Guidebook “On Integrating Peace & HR in
Secondary Education: Towards
Strengthening Lumad, Moro & Settler
Relations in Mindanao” published &
distributed to teacher participants,
participating schools, partners, DepEd
2. Enhanced capability of 94 teachers/school
administrators on HR & peace integration
Summary of Achievements
 Increased knowledge & understanding on HR and
situations of tri-people in Mindanao
 Increased skills on conflict mediation, teaching &
integrating HR & peace in their subjects
 Developed positive attitudes toward students,
colleagues, other ethnic groups
4. Developed strong interest among
participants/educators to seriously undertake HR
& Peace Integration in school curricula
Summary of Achievements
5. Established partnership with DepEd
6. Established & maintained good relations w/
participating schools
Summary of Evaluation Feedback
I. Highlights & Key Lessons
 Integrating HR & Peace in teaching
subjects facilitates learning – making
subjects more relevant to day-to-day lives
of students.
 Effective practice of HR & Peace
Integration necessitates mastery of
subjects & in-depth understanding of
concepts of peace & HR
Summary of Evaluation Feedback
 Use of vernacular or local dialect/s in
discussion enables more students to
participate
 Effectiveness of integration depends on the
strategy/ies employed by teachers
 Integrating HR & Peace requires paradigm
shift/renewal in terms of how teachers view
their subjects, students, teaching strategies
& themselves as persons
Summary of Evaluation Feedback
II. Best Practices Focused on Content
 HR & Peace are inherently connected to social
sciences; integrating these concepts in Araling
Panlipunan (Social Studies) is easy
 Integrating HR & Peace in other subject areas
may not always be explicit or obvious but still
possible
 Integrating HR & Peace in subjects other than
Social Sciences can be facilitated by using topics
as metaphors/symbolisms/parallelisms for topics
related to HR & Peace
Summary of Evaluation Feedback
 Thinking-outside-the-box or expanding
imagination & creativity facilitates
identification of connections between &
among the subjects taught & HR & Peace
 There is need to access various available
resource materials on HR & Peace & even
subjects taught
 There is need to develop new resources that
can aid in integration of HR & Peace into the
various subject areas
Summary of Evaluation Feedback
 There are different views re: Curricular reforms
→ Current curriculum needs to be further tested in
terms of its effectiveness in relation to integrating
HR & Peace into the various subject areas
→ HR & Peace canb e given emphasis by teaching
them as units/topics in the subject of Araling
Panlipunan or Social Studies.
→ HR & Peace can be treated as separate subject
Summary of Evaluation Feedback
III. Pedagogical Discoveries /Insights on
Strategies
 There is no singular formula in integrating
HR & Peace in teaching various subject
areas
 Many strategies can be used in integration
 Choice of strategy/ies can be influenced by
context of the teacher, students, learning
environment & their surrounding
environment
Summary of Evaluation Feedback
IV. Methodological Entry Points of HR &
Peace Integration
 As an ethical principle of teaching & learning
, i.e. teaching & learning w/ peace & respect
for HR (student rights)
 As a relational framework to link lesson into
everyday life
 As a point for analysis, reflection &
application of the topic under study
Summary of Evaluation Feedback
 As a selection guide in choosing appropriate
strategy
 As an example to illustrate points being
discussed
 As a context to constantly ground theoretical
learning to practical learning.
Summary of Evaluation Feedback
V. Recommendations
 Urge schools to articulate in their VMG their
commitment to uphold peace & HR
 Refer to DepEd Memo urging schools to integrate
peace & HR in teaching
 Look into School Improvement Plan (SIP) as a
venue to advocate promotion of HR & Peace
 Advocate among different stakeholders ( teachers,
school heads, parents, students, community
leaders, etc.) the integration of HR & Peace
Summary of Evaluation Feedback
On Continuing Teacher Education
 Undertake refresher courses on Human
Rights & Peace
 Conduct training of teachers on HR & Peace
integration
 Undergo gender sensitivity trainings (GST)
 Explore integrating HR & Peace as a
component of Makabayan, particularly
Values Education
Summary of Evaluation Feedback
 Creation of Distance Learning Courses, i.e.
through the Internet, on HR & Peace
Integration
 Allot one session per week on HR & Peace
in all Social Studies subjects
 Maximize opportunities to enhance &
develop the self, i.e. participate in leadership
seminars, advanced management training,
religious seminars, etc.
Summary of Evaluation Feedback
On College Education Course
 Include units on HR & Peace in the
undergraduate education curriculum
 Integrate HR & Peace in the Civil Service
VOW
 Re-orient NSTP for aspiring teachers
towards HR & Peace education
 Strengthen HR & Peace component of
social sciences, especially in tertiary levels
Thank you!
Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights)
53-B Maliksi Street, Brgy. Pinyahan,
Quezon City, Philippines 1800
Email Addres: prights@tri-isys.com
Tel. Nos. +632 4331714 / 4365686