Integrating Education for Peace and Harmony in Teacher Education Curriculum
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Research in English & Education - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
These days the need of integrating education for peace and harmony in teacher education is being felt badly. But how to do it practically calls for a serious and sincere effort. For this, it is vital to have access to an effective curriculum. It also requires a suitable pedagogical methodology, sufficient resource material and above all conducive atmosphere. To implement all this, the dedicated and competent teachers are a must. A very important reason for integrating education for peace and harmony in teacher education curriculum is the fact that the current model of education contributes to the tension, unrest, lopsided development and negativity among students. The present model of education attaches utmost significance to cognitive aspect at the cost of the affective domain. This leads to alienation between head and heart. Students are exposed to excessive competition that gives rise to mutual mistrust, jealousy, hatred etc. They are groomed right from the beginning to be ready for aggressive competition. The individual excellence is encouraged to be achieved at the cost of emotional and relational skills. Young students can’t understand why they are in the academic institution. Their understanding is limited to mugging up the lessons. They are hardly taught how to live peacefully and harmoniously. They don’t know the significance of co-existence. They don’t know about their commitment to the welfare of the mankind. They hardly bother about the environment and other social and moral issues. They also don’t know as to what sort of persons they hope to become at the completion of their education. They easily fall prey to violence, crimes, terrorism, corruption, dishonesty. As such the present system of education of this kind is faulty. Students are quite bewildered with the bombardment of the new technological devices, information explosion and violent news by the press and media. Integrating Education for peace and harmony in teacher education curriculum may result in proper focus on cultivation of virtues like self-control, tolerance, selfless service, practice of prayer, harmony, love for all people, helpful to the needy etc
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Pramod Kumar Pandia
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