Peace Education in Post-Conflict Settings

Nino Kukhianidze

Abstract


Peace Education is considered to be an important pillar in preventing armed conflict and promoting positive peace. The aim of this article is to understand if education systems help development of peace processes in post-conflict settings and if the idea of implementing Peace Education into the formal curriculum could advance prospects for peace. In the paper three case studies are investigated more deeply – Japan, Germany and the South Caucasus. The article uses secondary sources to present the issue. The literature review includes academic books, articles, and official declarations of international organizations. The paper concludes that examples of integrating Peace Education principles in formal school education curriculums are not numerous, and the lack of a comprehensive data on Peace Education around the world could have been the reason that prevented governments from seeing the importance of implementing Peace Education within their national education systems.


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conflict, education, Peace Education, Japan, Germany, South Caucasus

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/k.2021.28.2.51-60
Date of publication: 2022-03-04 21:51:50
Date of submission: 2021-09-10 09:09:31


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