LANGUAGE AND PEACE EDUCATION

Abstract

Peace education is a concept, this is a not to be treated as a subject like Statistics, Mathematics if it has to be successfully incorporated in life. It is a concept beyond border conflicts and heavy jargons of concordats and treaties. This baffles people most of the time. I would like to discuss language and Peace Education from a teacher’s perspective. Education is the process which helps an individual to learn to analyze, to understand and then to act. When a class of students are taught peaceful co-existence, conflict resolutions, multicultural education they go out into the world as ambassadors of Peace. The language which they speak is also language of Peace. As a teacher we should be able to create an atmosphere where we teach the language not to divide but to bring all together. The spoken or written communication language is important while learning to address issues or to justify an action. The core areas could be the Conflict resolution, accepting each other, addressing Xenophobia, multicultural education and such other social issues Another reason when we need competency in language is to save another language! The age old blinders can be removed; we can show our respect for the language by speaking a few words, a sentence or so. This entire attitude towards learning is all inclusive in the making of Peace Education. Pro-social approach in class by teachers itself models as a preface to Peace Education. The goal finally is to establish a link between behavior and language that will remain an intrinsic part of the student’s focus and also get spread at large. Concept, Border conflicts, Perspective, Multicultural Education, Conflict Resolutions, Xenophobia, and Pro- Social.LANGUAGE AND PEACE EDUCATION