The goal of this course is to build the capacity of educators, regardless of the subject matter they teach or environment in which they work, to incorporate peace building into their practice and cultivate peaceable learning communities. The belief of this course is that one does not need to teach a “Peace Education” class or run a peace club in order to instill the values, skills, and knowledge that can help build peace and address conflict nonviolently.
Specialized courses and clubs are admirable and important endeavors by students and faculty alike, however we can and must break out of the all too often assumption that peace education should be separated out from the other core subject areas covered in schools: math, science, languages, history, etc. and that opportunities to develop skills needed to manage conflict nonviolently and build peaceable communities has to be an extracurricular affair. Exploring the pedagogy of peace gives us the capacity to bring peace and nonviolence into all subject areas and learning environments.
- Teacher: Edgard Cabales