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Issue #86 August 2011 Powered by Translate Search Select Language Issue #86 August 2011 Powered by Translate Recommend Share 5 people recommend this. Be the first of your friends. News & Highlights Peace Education in the Nurturing Seeds of Peace Education Field Stephanie Knox Cubbon Action Alerts Peace Education Program Coordinator, Teachers Without Borders Events & Conferences As peace educators, we work in an exciting but sometimes challenging field. The culture of war is seemingly everywhere you turn, and from the recent Educational Programs attacks in Norway to the famine in Somalia, we are constantly reminded of Publications & Research the immense amount of work that needs to be done to end violence of all forms and promote peace in our world. Some days, I’m sure many of us have Jobs & Funding moments of doubt and despair that things will never change. But I’m also Opportunities sure that something about our work charges us with hope, fuels us, reminds us that change is possible – otherwise, we probably wouldn’t be in this field, Quick Links trying to make a positive change. GCPE Website Subscribe What fuels Archives my fire, what Contribute to the drives my Newsletter work and what inspires Make a tax­deductible me are the contribution to the Global educators I Campaign (coming soon) have the opportunity to work with. In peace education, all you really have to do is plant the seed, and educators run with it, creating ways to bring peace education to life that I could have never imagined. Or perhaps more aptly, the seed is there – educators usually come to the field of education because they desire to make a positive impact in their communities, to inspire future generations, to make a difference in the world. Peace education is a natural fit with this inclination, and the seed of peace is already there – we just have to nurture it and allow it to grow and flourish. Many educators have been teaching for peace in some way or form for their entire careers, and just weren’t necessarily calling it that, as Cheryl Duckworth recently wrote about in her recent blog, “You might be teaching peace if…” on the Peace and Collaborative Development Network. Others search for something to change their teaching practice, and when they find peace education, they say, “That’s it! This is what I’ve been looking for.” Through the Teachers Without Borders Peace Education Program, we seek to either plant the seed of peace education with teachers, or more often than not, nurture that seed by connecting teachers to resources, to information, and to each other to share experiences and best practices. One such resource is the TWB Peace Education course available to download free of charge, but there are others: workshops, online courses and platforms. The program aims to provide accessible teacher professional development on peace education, and through making the program widely available in different formats and languages, we hope to ensure that peace education becomes an integral part of teacher preparation and in­service training around the world. Furthermore, we seek to support all educators and community leaders, whether they spend their professional lives in schools, non­profits, hospitals, or at home, in their quest to create a peaceful world through education and daily living. Since launching in November 2011, the program has been offered in workshop form in the US (San Diego), Mexico (Tijuana and Saltillo), Canada (Toronto), Kenya (Nakuru), Uganda (Lira), and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Bukavu). The offline workshops have been organized at the request of and in partnership with local organizations, such as NGOs and schools. We also worked with some of them to adapt the program to their local context. In addition to bringing their motivation and interest, our partners also contribute facilitators and venues. The workshops allow for a short, intensive introduction to peace education and the creation of face­to­ face connections that continue long after the workshop’s end. We have also been offering two online courses through the Nixty platform, one based on the TWB peace education program and one on nonviolence in partnership with the Metta Center for Nonviolence Education. The 8­week online peace education program is facilitator­led and involves discussion forums, weekly assignments and a final project. After the first participants graduated in May, several of them stayed on to help facilitate the next round and put their new skills into action. As the course applications grow in number (we’ve had 250 applications to date), this model allows Teachers Without Borders to offer the course to more participants while keeping the high level of personal support that we strive to offer. The course draws participants from around the world who bring a wide range of cultural and professional perspectives and a wealth of life experiences. Not everyone is a formal educator working in a classroom – many come from NGOs and non­formal educational institutions. The diversity in the applicants shows that peace education is relevant and needed everywhere, in every country, in all settings and contexts. While online learning might seem to present challenges to integrating peace education pedagogy, there’s a lot that can be incorporated. Dialogue is fostered on the discussion boards with the help of the facilitators. Self­ reflection and creativity are promoted through the weekly assignments that also foster additional dialogue and spark practical ideas like lesson plans. Action is promoted through assignments and especially through the final project, which involves the participants in developing a peace education project for their community, classroom, workplace, or family. For me, the most exciting part of the course, aside from getting to know such an inspiring and interesting group of people from around the world, is seeing the thought and creativity that participants put into their final projects – and then seeing them put the projects into action. For example, one participant from Kenya, Samuel Njeri Muita, has planned a Peace Walk in his community affected by the post­election violence in 2007. Trauma remains, and Samuel sees the opportunity to use the Peace Walk as a form of peace education that fosters solidarity and promotes dialogue in the community. Another participant, John Borst, developed a tool for teachers to assess the culture of peace and justice in their school community. These are just a few examples of the fantastic work that these peace educators are doing, and shows the wide range of project ideas that they create. I wish I could share all their stories and projects but space is running out. To amend that, we’re developing a “Postcards from the Field” section of our web site where educators can share their stories and where their voices and ideas can be heard. This is also where we will be posting all final projects. We are also working towards offering the peace education online course in other languages, starting with Spanish. We will be developing a revised version of the course that will include material that we’ve been using in the offline workshops, and adjustments based on feedback from participants. Soon we will also be launching the Bridges to Understanding program which will link classrooms together through digital storytelling around peace­related themes such as sustainability, conflict, and cultural understanding. All of these projects, and the inspiring work of the educators I work with, help me remain hopeful and committed to peace education. Stephanie Knox Cubbon is the Peace Education Program Coordinator at Teachers Without Borders and a graduate of the UN­mandated University for Peace. She currently resides in San Diego, California. Click here for a complete bio. Please contact her at [email protected]. News The University of Nairobi launches a Masters Program in Peace Education (Kenya) The development of this program was motivated by the need to address peace and human security challenges in the region. The program will produce professionals at the university level who will then spearhead the training of teachers to handle the newly introduced peace education in the Kenyan school curriculum. A New Era of Peace Education: Towards a Shared and Comprehensive Perspective This blog article by Tony Jenkins seeks to illuminate the need for the development of a commonly shared, comprehensive conception of peace education. “A comprehensive approach to peace education can seem overwhelming. It is transdisciplinary in scope and requires the nurturance of multiple modes of learning, reflection, thinking, and doing. While we cannot easily convey such complexity, it is possible to capacitate learners to think systemically and holistically.” Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest (Christian Science Monitor) The economics of peace have had such a hard time prevailing in policy conversations in part because the dominant language, lobbies, and learning environments are all geared toward the mechanics of war. Attempts to offer alternatives to defense departments, war colleges, military academies, and national defense universities remain fledgling due to lack of funding. Thankfully, there are some alternatives. The nonprofit National Peace Academy in Shelburne, Vt., is one such institution, building the skills for the professional peacemaker in every aspect of life, be it at the personal, social, political, institutional, or ecological level. Peace Education: Path to Multicultural Understanding ­ Interview with Judge Christopher G. Weeramantry (Korea) Judge Christopher G. Weeramantry, a Sri Lankan national and former judge in Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court, served in the International Court of Justice in The Netherlands in 1990. In 2001, he founded the Weeramantry’s International Center for Peace Education and Research (WICPER) in Colombo which works on peace education, cross­cultural understanding, and international law as instruments of peace. War Colleges: The Politics of Militarization and Corporatization in American Higher Education (USA) The culture of organized violence is one of the most powerful forces shaping American society, extending deeply into every aspect of American life.
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