Observing the occasion of “World Understanding and Peace Day”, the Peace Centre (NEISSR and Peace Channel) conducted Training of Trainers (ToT) for Salt Christian College of Teachers Education on the topic “Role of Teachers in Peace Building”, on February 23.
IICBA is organizing this webinar (February 13) to present an overview of IICBA’s peace education programme as well as some of the good practices from the participating countries!
“New possible paths” was the motto of the Education for Peace Meeting, a space whose purpose was to initiate dialogues to collect knowledge, experiences, challenges and proposals that allow progress in the implementation of education for peace, coexistence, and reconciliation in Colombia.
The Ministry of Education and Sports in Uganda is implementing the Peace Education and Prevention of Violent Extremism project with support from UNESCO’s International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa. A one-day workshop was organized for stakeholder engagement in Kampala on July 29 intended to share experiences on peace education and prevention of violent extremism in selected teacher training institutions in Uganda.
The Peace Education Handbook is a product of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)’s Regional Peace Education Project and is addressed to teachers, facilitators, trainers, and educators who are looking to integrate peace education into their work and curricula.
Research by Dody Wibowo explores the relations between the practice of school culture and teacher professional development for peace education in Indonesia.
Teachers in Argentina are contributing to comprehensive environmental education through interventions in curricular designs and projects and programs aimed at incorporating the environmental dimension for sustainable development as part of teaching-learning proposals.
“The 3-day training on peace education equipped me with the knowledge and skills in sharing peace education. It is needed to have peace of mind within ourselves before we can share with others,” said one participant.
The Unit for Peace and Conflict Studies of the University of Innsbruck, Austria on March 17, 2021, hosted a symposium “Current Trends in Contemporary Peace Research”. Six peace researchers shared their experiences on current trends in peace research and challenges in the field.
Betty Reardon’s 2001 publication, “Education for a Culture of Peace in a Gender Perspective,” can now be downloaded for free via UNESCO’s digital library.
Loreta Navarro-Castro, a long-time member of the Global Campaign for Peace Education, discusses the development of Peace Education in the Philippines and her journey as a peace educator and organizer of peace education.
A webinar on ‘The Role of Teachers in Peace Education’ was organized by Peace Channel and North East Institute Of Social Sciences & Research (NEISSR) on September 11, which emphasised the role of teachers as agents of peace.