Peace Education
What is Peace Education For? Peace Education is a process of transformation It is the daunting work of changing our ways of thinking, of developing a holistic way of understanding and acting in the world, so that we are better able to address the critical challenges we presently face. The purpose of Peace Education is to help us transform the conditions that lead to violence against humanity and the Earth
What is the Peace Education Must Foster
What is the Evil Peace Education Must Address
What is the Perspective of Peace Education?
What are the key issues for Peace Education? War system How it is embedded in the basic economic, social, cultural institutions of different countries of the world – and in our case of AUSTRALIA Its implications for: Inequalities of wealth and income (who pays for the weapons of war and who benefits) Social inclusion Governance Environment Patriarchy
Other Issues in Peace Education Neo-liberal economic order Rights based understanding of human dignity & global justice Human right provides the rational basis for a justified demand Rights of the Earth and all its species Rights = essence and arbiter of peace Human rights: “moral heart and soul of the United Nations But rights are meaningless unless they are balanced and sustained by responsibilities
What is the content of Peace Education?
Who is Peace Education for? Integral part of parenting Key to all levels of formal training and education: - Pre-school - Primary & secondary schooling - Higher education Integral to continuing / lifelong education For each of us as responsible citizens For Pax Christi collectively For the wider Peace movement For educators For the wider community