Peace Education and the Task for Peace Educators. A World Council for Curriculum and Instruction Monograph.

Overview & Synopsis

The development of informed citizens who are dedicated to maintaining the public good through wise action is the goal of peace education. Ten articles in this document discuss the various issues surrounding peace education. The first two articles, by Ken Osborne and Nigel Young, set an historical and conceptual framework for the field of peace education. Robin Burns speaks of the challenge that peace education presents for conventional school organizations and curriculum. Virginia Cawagas writes of the recent events in the Philippines and of the role played by educators in bringing about political change. Jaime Diaz analyzes peace education in the context of both direct and structural violence. Birgit Brock-Utne directs the reader's attention to the historical and contemporary problems of structural violence experienced by women. Two articles by Mildred Masheder and Lennart Vriens focus on the world of children, and encourages parents and elementary school teachers to focus on peace education from the child's perspective. The final two articles, by John Hurst and Peter Scott, seek to develop a pedagogy for university peace education programs. Peace education goals are not modest and the a peace educator's task is not a small one. (SM)