Abstract
Based on the phenomenon occurred at all level of education, it was found that the circumstances of the schools were unsafe and uncomfortable for students and academics. There were a number of direct and indirect violence carried out at schools and it had impacts on physical and psychological health of students. There was no existence of positive peace in the form of structural violence, socio-cultural violence, ecological violence and negative peace such as tribal warfare, fights and aggression. What happened actually although the nature of man in conscience had the basic harmony and desire to live together in tranquility? Therefore, the common perception of the concept of peace and peace pedagogy was needed to be created. Teachers as peace educators, thus, played an important role as a figure that had the personality of peace in the classroom and at school. The teacher as a peaceful personality consisted of three components: peaceful states, attitudes, and behavior that were consistent across one’s life spaces and life span. Moreover, the school also needed to develop an educational approach in the curriculum in synergy with the goals of education.
Highlights
Based on the result of research in the academic year of 2005-2006, about 38% of elementary schools in Romania had, at least, one violence, with an average of about 29 crimes per 1.000 students (Gerstein, Lindsey, Alisha, & Akpan, 2014)
Peace schools must be a match against the dominant paradigm and be able to be the initiator of the transformation process
Schools must take the responsibility of maintaining this quality in students and the ideal peace education for this
Summary
Based on the result of research in the academic year of 2005-2006, about 38% of elementary schools in Romania had, at least, one violence, with an average of about 29 crimes per 1.000 students (Gerstein, Lindsey, Alisha, & Akpan, 2014). Other data say that more than 60% of children experienced direct or indirect violence at school (Finkelhor, Turner, Ormrod, & Hamby, 2009) and about 1.5 million fatal crimes had been committed against students each year at school (CDC, 2008; Gerstein, Lindsey, Alisha, & Akpan, 2014). Many of the nonfatal crimes were from bullying, in which about one third of the students was reported of being bullied during the school year (DOE, 2008). The survey results of eighth graders about bullying reported that “67% of bullying is sometimes fun
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