Educating for Peace & English Language Teaching. What is

Educating for Peace

& English Language Teaching

What is

• Personal relationships

• In the home

• In the classroom

Non-violence

What is

Acceptance of the other

Conflict resolution

Coexistence

Our role as educators goes far

beyond teaching English.

What do we reinforce in the classroom?

How do we reinforce non-violence & inclusion?

a. Our personal behaviour / attitude

b. The ideals we promote (e.g: becoming a millionaire)

c. The material we use

Turning a blind eye / Passivity …

What is the impact on

aggression and competitive domination?

1) Ask your students to work in groups as often as possible.

2) Reshuffle the members of the groups.

WORKING IN GROUPS

Give out appropriate material.

Hold discussions & debates.

Assign projects.

Birgit Brock-Utne

Peace Education encourages

• cooperation • caring and sharing• the use of non-violence

Readers

Helen Keller

All about Che

Martin Luther King

Educating learners for a BETTER WORLD

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