peace education

Question 1

is the process of acquiring the values, the knowledge and developing the attitudes, skills, and behaviors to live in harmony with oneself, with others, and with the natural environment.

Answer 1

Peace Education

Question 2

Peace Education Programs centered on conflict resolution typically focus on the social-behavioural symptoms of conflict, training individuals to resolve inter-personal disputes through techniques of negotiation and (peer) mediation. Learning to manage anger, “fight fair” and improve communication through skills such as listening, turn-taking, identifying needs, and separating facts from emotions, constitute the main elements of these programs. Participants are also encouraged to take responsibility for their actions and to brainstorm together on compromises.

Answer 2

Conflict Resolution Training

Question 3

Five Conflict Resolution Training Strategies

Answer 3

avoiding
accomodating
competing
compromising
collaborating

Question 4

involves finding a solution that entirely satisfies the concerns of all involved parties.

Answer 4

Collaborating

Question 5

mostly tries to ignore or sidestep the conflict, hoping it will resolve itself or dissipate.

Answer 5

avoiding

Question 6

to resolve conflict essentially involves taking steps to satisfy the other party’s concerns or demands at the expense of your own needs or desires.

Answer 6

Accommodating

Question 7

involves finding an acceptable resolution that will partly, but not entirely, satisfy the concerns of all parties involved

Answer 7

Compromising

Question 8

someone who uses the conflict resolution strategy of “competing” tries to satisfy their own desires at the expense of the other parties involved.

Answer 8

Competing

Question 9

Peace Education Programs centered on democracy education typically focus on the political processes associated with conflict, and postulate that with an increase in democratic participation the likelihood of societies resolving conflict through violence and war decreases. At the same time, “a democratic society needs the commitment of citizens who accept the inevitability of conflict as well as the necessity for tolerance” Thus programs of this kind attempt to foster a conflict-positive orientation in the community by training students to view conflict as a platform for creativity and growth.

Answer 9

Democracy Education

Question 10

Education for justice is the process of promoting the rule of law (RoL) through educational activities at all levels. Education for justice teaches the next generation about crime prevention, and to better understand and address problems that can undermine the rule of law. It promotes peace and encourages students to actively engage in their communities and future professions.

Answer 10

Justice Education

Question 11

Peace Education Programs centered on raising awareness of human rights typically focus at the level of policies that humanity ought to adopt in order to move closer to a peaceful global community. The aim is to engender a commitment among participants to a vision of structural peace in which all individual members of the human race can exercise their personal freedoms and be legally protected from violence, oppression and indignity.

Answer 11

Human Rights Education