6. education for peace (emily)

EDUCATION FOR PEACE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND

DEMOCRACY

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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?

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.

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.

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