Loose Coupling in Curriculum Reforms

Rural Teachers ́ Perceptions of Peace Education in Post-Conflict Colombia

Bibliographic Data

ID12447944
AuthorsPedro Pineda (0000-0001-8775-1971, German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies, corresponding author), Markus D Meier (Centre for Higher Education), Markus Meier
Year2020
Publication date2020-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePeace and Conflict Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1082-7307
PublisherNova Southeastern University (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.46743/1082-7307/2020.1644
OpenAlexW3021304237
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Previous research has shown how peace education (PE) mutates according to socio-political and curricular/didactic traditions, but we still need to know how PE disseminates at the school level. We surveyed teachers from 12 rural schools of the violent Amazon region of Colombia where a national Law made PE mandatory in schools and universities. Teachers working on schools affected by the armed conflict have high expectations about PE. Respondents identified PE with 21 didactic elements: (a) Approaches: values education, citizenship education, critical pedagogy; (b) Pedagogical principles: diversity and pluralism. (c) Learning processes: peaceful conflict resolution, promotion of a “life project”, political participation. (d) Topics: justice, human rights, nature preservation, culture preservation, school bullying, historical memory or peace treaties ́ history, “risk prevention”. (e) Pedagogic means: “games”, multimedia, “recreation”, and social projects. (f) Teaching methods: action research and moral dilemmas. Teachers also have opposing views about the history of PE. We could not find a systematic pattern of responses about the pedagogical principles or theoretical sources of inspiration of PE. We discuss the differences between present PE reforms and the previous tradition related to classical education that promoted moral, historical, and political capacities linked to school subjects in the context of post-conflict societies

Citizenship · Conflict resolution · Context (archaeology · Curriculum · Geography · Peace Education · Pedagogy · Pluralism (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Social science · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Peace and Human Rights Education · Values and Moral Education · Law

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