Peace Education & Peacebuilding Training

Peacebuilders in Type 10 teach peace, and train others to build it. The type includes primary and secondary teachers, university professors, early childhood educators, nonformal and community educators, curriculum developers, trainers and facilitators, and education administrators and policymakers. It covers peace and conflict studies as well as education and training on human rights, global citizenship, sustainable development and conflict transformation, in formal, nonformal and conflict-affected settings.

 

Peacebuilding approaches used by this type include:

  • Teaching peace and conflict studies at university level, and integrating human rights and conflict transformation frameworks into higher education
  • Peace education in primary and secondary schools, including violence prevention curricula and after-school peace programs
  • Education for peace in displacement and conflict-affected contexts, helping students heal and understand the violence that has affected their lives
  • Peacebuilding training for youth and adults in nonformal and community settings, including professional development in peacebuilding
  • Developing peace education curricula, lesson plans and learning resources on peace, human rights and global citizenship
  • Teacher training and professional development that builds educator capacity for peace education
  • Whole school approaches that build peaceful schools across teaching, administration and school culture
  • Mainstreaming peace education in education systems, and reforming curricula to de-center war history and promote peace history
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