{"id":6627,"date":"2016-08-12T01:08:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T05:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=6627"},"modified":"2016-08-12T01:09:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T05:09:45","slug":"three-decades-of-peace-education-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=6627","title":{"rendered":"Three Decades of Peace Education in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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… EDUCATION FOR PEACE …<\/p>\n

An article by the Global Campaign for Peace Education<\/a><\/p>\n

On June 27-28, 2016, the Dept. of Peace and Conflict Studies of the University for Peace<\/a> and the Center for Peace Education of Miriam College<\/a> organized a Forum on the theme \u201cThree Decades of Peace Education in the Philippines.\u201d The Forum, held at the Environmental Studies Institute of Miriam College, Quezon City Philippines, gathered more than 60 peace educators and advocates from all over the country representing various groups actively engaged in the peace movement in the Philippines for the past three decades. Participants came from state and private universities, colleges and schools, government, nongovernment and civil society organizations, interfaith dialogue circles and peace education\/studies scholars from the University for Peace and Miriam College and UNESCO-ASP network.<\/p>\n

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Sharing personal stories has long been an inspiring and powerful way of reminding us how we may be better able to re-vision and respond to what may lie ahead. It has been more than three decades that peace education in the Philippines has become a goal, a pedagogy, a program and a movement. Before the formal institutionalization of Peace Education in the Philippine education system, the movement for Peace Education in the country began in the early 1980s, with the efforts of several individuals and groups from civil society organizations, academic institutions, and international organizations engaged and mobilized to promote and mainstream education for peace. After the 1986 People Power Revolution, peace education took off through various efforts of individuals, universities, academic\/professional groups and civil society organizations, among others. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The two-day Forum provided an opportunity for sharing stories of hope and challenges of\u00a0formal and\/or\u00a0non-formal or community educators in promoting peace education\u00a0over the past three decades. At the end of the Forum, participants were able to share renewed hope and inspiration of how to move forward as peace educators to fulfill a vision of a more just, compassionate, peaceful and sustainable planet.<\/p>\n

Some of the most significant learnings from the forum included, in the words of participants, reflections such as: unique and inspiring stories of commitment towards peace advocacy, justice and integrity; storytelling is a powerful tool for peace education; diverse patterns of peace education and experiences that provide a lot of hope and wisdom; cascading theoretical knowledge about peace to practice; the sharing of best practices, framework & programs; the power of storytelling provides a concrete result for what has been done to really strengthen the implementation of peace education; there are many champions in peace education; the need to walk the talk; there are a hundred and one platforms for promoting peace education; peace education as a tool for social change\/transformation; recognizing historical injustices from the earliest time; affirming peace education initiatives among Muslims and indigenous peoples; there are committed and passionate people sustaining peace education all over the country in different levels and areas \u2013 community, schools, government, and others; the feeling of affirmation that each one\u2019s work and engagement finds connection in the stories of others.<\/p>\n

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Where is peace education taking place?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The stories presented in the Forum will form the core of a proposed book publication which will be helpful in enhancing the theory and practice of peace education in the Philippines as well as in other countries and regions worldwide.<\/p>\n

This very successful gathering and story sharing of peace educators spanning some three decades in the Philippines was organized and coordinated by Dr. Toh Swee-Hin and Dr. Virginia Cawagas from the University for Peace in Costa Rica and Dr. Jasmin Nario-Galace from Miriam College Center for Peace Education in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Participants represented the following institutions.<\/p>\n

FORMAL EDUCATION SECTOR<\/p>\n

\t\u25aa\tAsia Pacific Network of International Education & Values Education (APNIEVE)
\n\t\u25aa\tAteneo de Manila University Grade School
\n\t\u25aa\tAteneo de Zamboanga University, Peace Institute
\n\t\u25aa\tCotabato City State Polytechnic College
\n\t\u25aa\tDepED-Basic Education Sector BEST
\n\t\u25aa\tFar Eastern University, Angel C. Palanca Peace Program Foundation
\n\t\u25aa\tHoly Angel University, Angeles, Pampanga
\n\t\u25aa\tMindanao State University, Maguindanao
\n\t\u25aa\tMiriam College, Center for Peace Education
\n\t\u25aa\tMiriam College, Grade School
\n\t\u25aa\tPhilippine Military Academy
\n\t\u25aa\tPhilippine Normal University
\n\t\u25aa\tSt. Paul College, Pasig, Institutional Research
\n\t\u25aa\tUniversity for Peace Costa Rica, Dept. of Peace & Conflict Studies
\n\t\u25aa\tUniversity of the Philippines
\n\t\u25aa\tWorld Council for Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI)
\n\t\u25aa\tXavier University Peace Center<\/p>\n

NON-FORMAL EDUCATION SECTOR<\/p>\n

\t\u25aa\tConflict, Security and Development Team, The World Bank Philippine Office
\n\t\u25aa\tGaston Z. Ortigas Peace Institute
\n\t\u25aa\tGeneration Peace
\n\t\u25aa\tInstitute for Autonomy and Governance
\n\t\u25aa\tInterfaith Center for a Culture of Nonviolence (ICCN)
\n\t\u25aa\tMindanao Peoples Peace Movement
\n\t\u25aa\tMuseo Pambata
\n\t\u25aa\tOffice of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP)
\n\t\u25aa\tPax Christi Pilipinas
\n\t\u25aa\tPAZ, Peace Advocates Zamboanga
\n\t\u25aa\tSilsilah Dialogue Movement
\n\t\u25aa\tTeach Peace Build Peace Movement
\n\t\u25aa\tThe Peacemakers Circle
\n\t\u25aa\tZFD Forum of Development
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