Education for Sustainable Peace in the Information Age · 11 Peace education is… "Thinking peace...
Transcript of Education for Sustainable Peace in the Information Age · 11 Peace education is… "Thinking peace...
Education for Sustainable Peace
in the Information Age
Presentation by Jean Bernard
Curriculum Innovations, Peace Education and
Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Seventh international project seminar
Geneva, Switzerland
30 March 2009
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This cartoon is…
a. funny
b. sad
c. both funny and sad
d. none of the above
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What education for what future?
!The future is unpredictable
!Schools undermine creativity
!Education systems must be restructured
“We have to be careful that we use the gift (of the human
imagination) wisely…and the only way we’ll do it is by seeing
our creative capacities for the richness they are, and seeing
our children for the hope that they are. Our task is to educate
their whole being so that they can face this future. We may
not see the future, but they will..our job is to help them make
something of it.”
Sir Ken Robinson, 2006
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
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The problem of terminology
Peace Quality Relevance Inclusion Sustainable development The world of work Violence prevention Life skills
TVET ICT Values education Human rights Child rights Democratic citizenship Health HIV/AIDS prevention Active
learning Classroom based assessment Competency based curriculum Standards Traditional knowledge
Multicultural classrooms Mother tongue instruction Convergent pedagogies e-Learning Differentiated instruction
Multiple intelligences Child-friendly schools Gender responsive Critical thinking Creativity Learning to learn
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Defining terms
• Peace education
• Learning to live together
• Competencies for life and work
Peace
LTLT
Competencies
for Life and
Work
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Making connections
Ibn Rushd 1126-1198
Sophists, 5th Century BC
• Peace
• LTLT
• Life and Work Skills
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Thinking Peace
" Pax Romana
" Active peace
" Plural peace(s)
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Diverse Perspectives
" Cognito, ergo sum
" Collectivist ubuntu philosophy
René Descartes 1596-1650
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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Peace in Action
“Be the change that you
want to see in the world.”
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Peace is…
The view from Cold Spring Elementary School
Peace Learning Center,
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
http://www.youtube.com/PeaceLearningCenter
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Peace education is…
" Thinking peace
" Building peace
Peace education has many divergent meanings…
• For some, a matter of changing mindsets to promote
understand, respect and tolerance;
•For others, a matter of cultivating a set of skills…to acquire a
non-violent disposition and the skills for resolving conflicts;
•For still others, a matter of promoting human rights,
environmentalism, disarmament and cultures of peace
The Hague Appeal for Peace Conference , (1999))
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Building Peace -- Why?
" War and poverty
" Violence and human rights
" All forms of violence are preventable
If through our wisdom we could secure
elementary human needs there would be no
need for weapons of war.
Mahatma Ghandi
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Building Peace -- How?
" Peace is multi-layered andmulti-dimensional
– Individual
– Family
– School
– Workplace
– Community
– Nation
– World
3. CULTURAL
HERITAGE
1. NON-VIOLENCE
2. HUMAN
RIGHTS
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The Big Questions
" What are the roots of conflict?
" What are the causes of poverty?
" How can poverty alleviation be achieved?
" Can sustainable peace (the ultimate goal) be
achieved through poverty alleviation? How?
" What are the implications of all of the above for
curriculum development in your countries?
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Learning to Live Together
" The Dolors Report andthe four pillars ofeducationhttp://www.unesco.org/delors/index.html
" LTLT programmes.Activities and resources
" ESD: the fifth pillar?
UNESCO Associated Schools Network
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Education and globalization
" Already globalized or stillglobalizing?
" What does it all mean?
" What does it imply foreducation?
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Education for the World of Work
" What will life and work be like in the informationage?
" A new hierarchy of skills and competencies?
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Common spaces, common goals
Communication
Creativity
LTLT
Peace Work
Life Skills
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Not as it is, but as it should be
“Learning to live and work together in peace” requires going beyond
training young people as workers and passive consumers in ways that
empower them to transform their world into a better place.
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Challenges
" Clarifiying meanings andinterconnections
– Concepts
– Objectives
– Strategies
" Taking charge
– Imagining
– Experimenting
– Refining
" Sharing
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ReferencesBigelow, Bill and Bob Peterson (eds). 2002. Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in An Unjust
World. Milwaukee, Wisconson: Rethinking Schools, Ltd.
Birgit Brock-Utne. “Peace Research with a Diversity Perspective: A Look to Africa.” International Journalof Peace Studies. Vol. 9, No. 2. www.gmu.edu/academic/ijps/vol9_2/Brock-Utne_92IJPS.pdf
Delors et al. 1996. Learning: The Treasure Within. Report of the International Commission onEducation for the Twenty-First Century. Paris: UNESCO.
Draman, Rasheed. 2003. Poverty and Conflict in Africa: Explaining a Complex Relationship. Paperprepared to the Experts Group Meeting on Africa-Canada Parliamentary Strengthening Program,Addis Ababa, May 19-23, 2003. www.parlcent.ca/povertyreduction/seminar1_e.pdf
Robinson, Ken. 2006. ‘Do Schools Kill Creativity?” Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Talk.http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
Robinson, Ken. 2001. Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative. New York: John Wiley & Sons.http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
Shaeffer, Sheldon. Beyond ‘Learning to Live Together’: The Key to Education for SustainableDevelopment. http://www.unescobkk.org
Sinclair, Margaret. 2004. Learning to Live Together: Building Skills, Values and Attitudes for theTwenty-First Century. Paris: UNESCO/IBE.
Tutu, Desmond. 1999. No Future Without Forgiveness. New York: Doubleday.