3. Imagine a world where all children learn at
school more than the traditional subjects,
how to communicate in ways that contribute
to harmonious relationships. They learn the
skills to listen, to deal with frustrations and
conflicts, to share empathy, develop
compassion and respect differences.
WHAT IS EDUCATION FOR PEACE?
Education for peace is about creating a culture for
peace. The UN Culture of Peace resolution of 1999 declared
that now is the time to create a culture of peace between
all of the UNs member countries, and declared the years
2001 to 2010 to be the UN's decade for a culture for peace
and nonviolence for all the children of the world. All
countries that have signed this resolution have committed
themselves to carry out active peace education.
4. In many schools today there is a great deal
of good work aimed at nonviolence, peaceful
resolution of conflicts, human rights, environment
and development, democratic participation etc.
Peace education should run like a silver thread
through a the entire development of every pupil; all
these themes should be included and put in the
greater context of peace education.
5. Education for Human Rights
Education is a basic human
right. Like all rights, it is
universal and inalienable –
everyone, regardless of
gender, religion, ethnicity or
economic status, is entitled to
it.
6. Article 26 of the 1948 Universal
Declaration of Human Rights states
that “EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT
TO EDUCATION”.
Education is not only a right but a passport to
human development.
7. The United Nations Convention on
the Rights of the Child (1989) further
strengthens and broadens the concept of
the right to education, in particular
through the obligation to consider in its
implementation the Convention’s four
core principles: nondiscrimination; the
best interests of the child; the right to
life, survival and development of the
child to the maximum extent possible;
and the right of children to express their
views in all matters affecting them and
for their views to be given due weight in
accordance with their age and maturity.
8. These underlying principles make clear a
strong commitment to ensuring that children are
recognized as active agents in their own learning
and that education is designed to promote and
respect their rights and needs.
The 1987 Constitution likewise guarantees the right
to education of every Filipino. It provided that, “The
State shall protect and promote the right of all
citizens to quality education at all levels and shall
take appropriate steps to make education accessible
to all.”
9. Democracy in Education
It is sometimes argued
that the larger purpose of all
educators is to foster
democracy. But what do we
mean by democracy and
what is involved in a
democratic education?
10. Democratic Education
Democratic education aims to develop
real democracy through active
participation by all those involved in
classrooms and educational institutions.
In democratic education students have
the power to make decisions about their
learning, because power is shared rather
than appropriated in advance by a
minority of people.
11. Democratic Education
Democratic education is likely
to develop a sense of community
amongst a group of students and
a partnership between teachers
and learners based on mutual
trust in the capability and creative
ability of all those involved in a
particular learning process.
