ACCT 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Peace Education, Global Citizenship Education
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Peace education: central responsibility of foreign language education. Interdisciplinary task: topic should be covered by various subjects: aims of peace education: Deconstruct (mental) concept of enemies and resentment. Teach students to manage conflicts by using non-violent strategies: methods: Work on exemplary cases where hostility is involved (wars etc. ) Challenge students to change perspective, e. g. by entering a third place. Third place: develops through interaction of the foreign and the familiar. Education is a human right : access to education anchored e. g. in the un convention of the rights of the child. Education is about human rights : human rights are a topic dealt with in school or university. Education is a human right : every student in your class should receive the same amount of support and attention from you, regardless of what social or ethnic background they may have. Inform students about their right to education and that no one is allowed to take it away from them.