Achieving Peace Education through Open and Distance Learning System in Nigeria
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 9
Abstract
The interaction between direct peace education and structural peace education offers new prospects for suitable peace education whose aim is to promote conflict transformation. Improving the structural conditions for a long term conflict transformation culture can do much to enhance the development of learning spaces for peace. Opportunities to trial and implementation of this approach exist in development cooperation, civil conflict management and related project settings. Experience has shown that several steps are typically involved in project implementation. The first step is to offer learning spaces for educationists who are interested in and have a commitment to peace education, so that stable groups can develop. Mutual inspiration, shared learning and project work create the basis for cooperation among individuals with different backgrounds (political, cultural, religious ideological) and levels of experience (university, school, non-school education) so that training opportunities for third parties can be developed. Following on from this, pilot projects can be carried out, the aim being to develop learning media and curricula through a shared process and to trial materials and curricula in an appropriate setting. At the end of the pilot phase, the next step is to integrate them into the education system. Issues on peace, spaces for open and distance learning were covered in this paper by the authors and conclusion and recommendations were made. Keywords: Peace Education, Distance Education and Learning Spaces.
Authors and Affiliations
Loretta C. Ukwuaba, James O. Ezema
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