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Learning to Live Together Ethics Education for Children

Arigatou International

Ethics Education for Children

Ethics Education Framework

Learning to Live Together Programme

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Learning to Live Together Implementation

Arigatou International All for Children

Works for the rights and

wellbeing of children

Brings people from all walks of

life together

Headquarters in

Tokyo

Offices in Geneva, New York and

Nairobi

Arigatou International All for Children




Learning to Live Togehter


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Children learn to live in solidarity with people of different

religions, cultures, and ethnicity; are empowered to make

ethical decisions, nurture their spirituality; and to

enhance their innate ability to make positive contributions

to transform their communities based on values that

promote respect for their own culture and beliefs and for

those of others.




Learning to Live Togehter Implementation

Monitoring and Evaluation

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Ethics and values


Child-centred Approach

Spirituality Interfaith and Intercultural

Learning

Ethics Ubuntu “I am because you are”

• Fundamental reflection – No dogmas

• How one chooses to relate to one self and

others – to earth and what sustains it

• Questioning

• Open mind and spirit

• Interconnectedness

• Ethical demands

• Human Dignity

Ethics

Ethics Education Approach

Interconnectedness

Learning Environments

- Participatory and

Collaborative Learning

- Safe Learning Environments

- Context-sensitivity

Transformations

- Imagination

- Critical thinking

- Conscientization

- Self-driven

Learning

Role-modelling

Collective Actions

Ethics Education Approach




Learning to Live Together


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Learning to Live Together An Intercultural and Interfaith Programme for Ethics Education

Flagship program to nurture values in children to

learn live together with others

Developed through global grass-

root consultations


An intercultural and interfaith

framework for ethics education

for children

A pedagogical approach to

learning

An educational manual with tools

and resources for educators

Trained more than

3,000 facilitators

and 52 trainers in

30 countries

Translated to

13 languages

and going

Reached over

150,000

children and

youth


In collaboration with

partner institutions:

• Ministries of Education

• Ministries of Social

Affairs

• Schools

• Religious communities

• Civil society

organizations



Learning to Live Together has become a model for

values-based education to address issues of violence in

schools and communities, has helped address a wide

range of themes, including prevention of violence,

racism, discrimination or exclusion; and empower

children and youth to work collaboratively with others.







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REPUBLIC OF KENYA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

State Department of Education

LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER IN

KENYA MAKING INROADS IN FORMAL EDUCATION

“The experiential aspect of the training is an added

value of the workshop. We could feel the long lasting

effect of lessons learnt, the ownership, and

internalization of the new knowledge.”

Teacher from Tana River

In areas affected by tribal issues

Influencing National Curriculum Development and

policies





The trained teachers showed:

increased knowledge

and skills for actively

engaging children using

participatory and interactive

methodologies

better internalization of

concepts and values and

how to translate them

into their teaching

practices

an increased

understanding of their

context and reality, and

how they affect schools

and children

to be better equipped to

create safe learning spaces

to promote collaboration

and interaction among

children



After the implementation, students showed:

Better relations

among pupils and

increased empathy

among those

belonging to different

ethnic and religious

groups

Increased critical

thinking and

argumentation skills

Perceived decrease

in violent behaviours

and increased

capacity to deal with

conflicts

Increased capacity to

work collaboratively

with others across

gender and ethnic

divides



Supporting curriculum reform

• Training of Curriculum

Developers

• Technical advice to the

development of a

Values-Based

Education Framework

• Dialogues to support

values-based

education, mentoring,

Global Citizenship

policies


ROMANIA ADDRESSING VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS

Systematic implementation in

schools, in collaboration with NGOs

and UNESCO National Commission,

to address issues of discrimination,

lack of mutual understanding and

respect, bullying and violence.


ROMANIA ADDRESSING VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS

Trained 1,300

facilitators

Reached more

than 3,000

children in 28

schools

LTLT Training

Program accredited

by the Ministry of

Education


INDONESIA FOSTERING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING & RESPECT

Arigatou International Geneva has

been collaborating with the Indonesia

National Commission for UNESCO to

implement the Learning to Live

Together Programme widely in

Indonesia.



Reached more than

1,000 students in 30

schools

Training of teachers

in pre-primary,

primary and

secondary school

Translation of the

LTLT manual

into Bahasa




TANZANIA EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE

The GNRC Peace Clubs bring

together children and youth from

different cultural and religious

backgrounds to enable mutual

understanding and build a culture

of peace in Tanzania.



• To date, 72 Peace Clubs have

been established in the country

• The Learning to Live Together

Programme strengthens Peace

Club activities through content

to address 21st century skills

and global citizenship

• Empowers youth and fosters

peer to peer learning



• Training of young facilitators

who lead activities and

programs

• The LTLT Programme is

implemented in groups of 25 to

35 participants

• 60 minutes sessions within

curricular activities

• Systematically implemented in

15 Peace Clubs for periods of 6

to 12 months



15 GNRC Peace

Clubs are

systematically

implementing the LTLT

Programme

Reached more than

500 children and

youth

43 new peace clubs in 5

regions were

established by youth

after LTLT Training

TEACHER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR

PEACE-BUILDING IN THE HORN OF AFRICA

Collaboration with the UNESCO International Institute

for Capacity Building in Africa.

• Technical support to the development of a

Teachers Guide on Transformative Pedagogy for

Peacebuilding – to mainstream elements of ethics

education and its pedagogical approach.

• Training at least 8,000 teachers in Eritrea,

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and

Uganda.

Learning to Live Together INTERNAL MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Increased capacity to

manage their emotions

and respond positively to

issues that affect them

and their communities;

Stronger critical thinking

and reflection about their

relations with others and

causes of conflicts and

injustices;

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Increased knowledge

and appreciation of their

differences and

similarities;

Increased empathy and

respectful relations

among those belonging

to different ethnic

religious or socio-

economic groups;

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Enhanced capacity to

work collaboratively with

others across ethnic,

gender and religious

divides and propose

solutions to issues that

affect them;

Perceived decrease in

violent behaviours and

increased capacity to

deal with conflicts.

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We provide a compelling and clear framework

that ensures the transformative learning of the

teachers, empowering them to internalize

ethical values and apply them in the

classroom through role modelling, practical

methodologies and sensitivity to the context.

Ethics Education places the teacher at the

heart of the process– as she/he creates the

spaces in the classroom to dialogue,

embraces diversity and allows for questioning

and the development of critical thinking.

The Ethics Education Framework is a positive

approach towards addressing root causes of

inequalities, conflicts and violence; a golden

thread that can cut across the curriculum and

through different subjects.

Ethics Education is an avenue to connect

curriculum, co-curricular learning and hidden

curriculum towards Learning to Live Together;

it supports bringing the local context in to the

classroom and engaging with local community

through sensitive approaches.

Arigatou! Thank you!

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Maria Lucia Uribe

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