Aims of Peace Education

Contemporary Issues and Trends in Education

Peace education asks schools to do more than stop fighting. This chapter defines peace in its fuller sense, sets out the three aims that guide peace teaching, knowledge, skill, and attitude, and explains why building peace is work that belongs to every teacher and every subject.

Defining Peace and Peace Education

Negative and positive peace, what peace education is, and the three aims that guide it.

Knowledge as an Aim

Understanding conflict, naming its causes, and knowing how peace is repaired and kept.

Skills for Peace

Active listening, cooperation, and settling disputes so both sides gain.

Attitudes and the Case for Peace Education

Self-respect, tolerance, and why peace belongs in every subject.