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TEACHING OUR WAY OUT OF THE CAVEHow Peace and Conflict Educators Challenge War, Violence, and Human Suffering
Daryn CambridgePeace Educator in ResidenceAmerican [email protected]
What is the current state and perception of global conflict?
How can the content we teach be reflected in the way we teach?
What is the current state and perception of global conflict?
DIRECT VIOLENCE
BullyingTerrorism
Gang Feuds
Genocide
Sexual Assault
Rape
Armed Conflict
NEGATIVE PEACE
Walls and Fences
AssassinationsSuspend Students
Build PrisonsCeasefire Agreements
UN Peacekeepers
Dismantle Weapons
More Security Forces
DIRECT VIOLENCE NEGATIVE PEACE
STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE POSITIVE PEACE
PovertyUnderserved Schools
Institutionalized Racism
Biased Education
PatriarchyGender Inequality
Overconsumption
Inequitable Distribution of Wealth
Scarce ResourcesSegregation
Nonviolent Resistance
Radio Shows
Social Media Campaigns
Cross-Cultural Learning
Dialogue Circles
Micro-Lending
Transnational Alliances
How can the content we teach be reflected in the way we teach?
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Finding things that unite and bind us together as a learning group, while at the same time respecting and celebrating our differences.
Recommended Resource: Cocktail Party / Thought-Provoking Questions
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Recommended Resource: Cocktail Party / Thought-Provoking Questions
ENABLING MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Balancing the learning experience by engaging students in ways that play to their strengths as learners while also challenging them
to develop, acknowledge, and value other forms of intelligence.
Recommended Resource: Multiple Intelligences Quiz
ENABLING MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Recommended Resource: Multiple Intelligences Quiz
NURTURING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Acknowledging the emotions, feelings, and experiences that each learner brings to the learning environment and helping them find
ways to cope with those emotions and navigate those social interactions. Nurturing compassion and empathy among students in ways that allow them to be sensitive and aware of each other’s
emotions.
Recommended Resource: Social and Emotional Learning on Edutopia.org
NURTURING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Recommended Resource: Social and Emotional Learning on Edutopia.org
EXPLORING APPROACHES TO PEACE
Breaking down an ideal, overarching concept of peace into manageable bites and methods of actualization.
Recommended Resource: Ian Harris’ Seven Strategies for Peace
EXPLORING APPROACHES TO PEACE
Recommended Resource: Ian Harris’ Seven Strategies for Peace
REFRAMING HISTORY
Challenging the dominance of violence and war in the narratives of cultures, countries, and peoples. Changing the lens through which
we look at major historical shifts, construct heroes, and develop cultural norms.
Recommended Resource: Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History by Elise Boulding
REFRAMING HISTORY
Recommended Resource: Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History by Elise Boulding
TRANSFORMING CONFLICT NONVIOLENTLY
Embracing the inevitability of conflict by practicing nonviolent ways to wage it, manage it, and resolve it.
Recommended Resource: The Little Book of Restorative Justice by Howard Zehr
TRANSFORMING CONFLICT NONVIOLENTLY
Recommended Resource: The Little Book of Restorative Justice by Howard Zehr
SKILL BUILDING
Building, practicing, and adopting life skills that empower individuals to bring about peace in the world around them –
interpersonal skills, intrapersonal skills, analytical skills, conflict resolution skills, organizing skills, and learning skills.
Click link to watch the Malala Yousafzai Daily Show interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjGL6YY6oMs
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