International Journal of Peace, Education and Development
Year : 2013, Volume : 1, Issue : 1
First page : ( 1) Last page : ( 6)
Print ISSN : 2321-9807.

Strengthening Peace Education in Secondary School Curriculum

Mishra Lokanath

Principal, Vivek College of Education, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India

Paper no: 1

Abstract

This study isntends to identify strategies for integrating peace education concepts into the Secondary school curriculum. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were used. A total of hundred B. Ed and BTC trainees of Bijnor District of State utter Pradesh, India were used as the sample for the study. A 20-item questionnaire structured on a 3-point scale was used for data collection. The findings identified strategies like the integration of peace education contents such as cultural similarities, human rights, global challenges, nonviolence, equality between women and men, tolerance, respect, justice, forgiveness, love, value systems, inter caste marriages, local languages and natural resources and resource problems and religion concepts in the Secondary school curriculum. The findings also identified co-curricular and instructional strategies for use in teaching the identified peace education concepts. It was recommended that the identified peace education concepts could be added to the Secondary school curriculum and the thematic approach should be used in restructuring the Secondary school curriculum was to reduce curriculum overload while integrating the peace education concepts.

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Keywords

Secondary school, peace education, teacher trainees.

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