A seminar onPeace Education

• Presenting by – Rosemeen Shaikh Guided by – Prof. Sarita Verma

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Introduction

Peace education is the social challenge as well as the responsibility to transform bad activities or thoughts into positive thoughts, decisions & action.It is the practical aspect which affects for long term in the characteristics of children if inculcate in an effective manner with practical knowledge through activities or examples of real stories.

Results of Peace Education

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Results of Peace Education :•Living with justice & compassion : To live a life with compassion and encourage justice in every sector.•Building cultural respect, reconciliation and solidarity: To contribute in building and maintaining tolerance for people from different cultures, recognize our mistakes and reconcile it by taking corrective measures to improve it and spread awareness about benefits of living with unity.•Promoting Human rights and responsibilities: It is very important to practice the human rights and live with peace.

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•Living with harmony with the Earth – environment: Not to waste natural resources which makes trouble to others for example: wasting water and electricity and spreading pollution.•Cultivating Inner peace: It is very essential to attain inner peace in order to spread and maintain peace in the society so measures and programs should be organized to teach how to attain inner peace.•Dismantling the culture of war: In recent years we have seen many wars in various parts of the world and this is affecting the youth and the international peace so measures should be taken to use peace educational programs to stop this culture of war and intolerance in the society.

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UNESCO ConstitutionUNESCO Constitution

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.”

Preamble

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.”

Preamble

Selfishness

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Living only for oneselfLiving only for oneself

LustLust

ExploitationExploitation

PrejudicePrejudice

Greed

Greed

VengeanceVengeance

ArroganceArrogance

Basis for conflictBasis for conflictBasis for conflictBasis for conflict

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There is a need to replace the characteristics of Selfishness into Unselfishness for practicing peace in the world.

Unselfishness

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Living for othersLiving for others

Self-controlSelf-control

ServiceService

FairnessFairness

GenerosityGenerosity

ForgivenessForgiveness

HumilityHumility

Basis for Basis for harmonyharmonyBasis for Basis for harmonyharmony

Restoration of Conflict : initial phase of

establishment of Peace

Restoration of Conflict : initial phase of

establishment of Peace

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UnselfishnessUnselfishness

SelfishnessSelfishness

RightRight

WrongWrongBroken

RelationshipBroken

Relationship

Loving Relationship

Loving Relationship

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There is a need to restore selfishness into unselfishness by, wrong activities into right activities and broken relationship into loving relationship by realizing the faults done by the person.

Actions That Lead to Peace

Humility: - Admitting to not always being right

- Being open to learn from others

Generosity: - Giving beyond convenience- Giving unconditionally, without

expectation of return

Service: - Showing acts of caring to meet others’ needs

- Respecting the dignity of the recipient

- Reversing exploitation through service

Greatest Act of Love: Winning over one’s enemy

Giving even to those who have done one harm

o Converts the enemy into a

friend.

o Reverses ancient patterns

of abuse and revenge.

Global Unity

Promoting Peace and Reconciliation

Promoting Peace and Reconciliation

o Sports competitions

o Cultural programs

o Dialogue between religions

Qualities to be inculcate in students

Role of Teacher

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•Peace education is highly teacher dependent hence she must perform as a role model for her students.

•Teachers have to posses the skills & knowledge then to makestudents learn about peace education.

•Teachers have to be motivated first to teach peace education and then she should motivate her students for learning peace education. •Teachers have to be personally aligned with the objectives of peace education then only students can learn the characteristics needed to adopt peace in the life.