The Role Of Peace Education In Conflict Management

 AshEse Journal of Family and Lifestyle                                                                 

Vol. 4(1), pp. 030-034, April, 2020

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The role of peace education in conflict management

Onukwu James Nwabianke¹* and Ekpo Jude U².

¹Arts Education Department, Faculty of Education, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

²Public Relations Unit, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

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Received date: November 2017; Acceptance date: January 2018.

This paper discusses the role of peace education in conflict management. It adopted secondary source of data and a review of other scholars views on related issues. It highlighted the concept of peace, education, causes of conflict in modern societies and in communities. The elements of peace education were discussed as: Love; Tolerance and Kindness. The paper pointed out that Peace education provides in the mind of individuals a dynamic vision to encounter peace and avoid the violent images that dominate cultures; give citizen of all countries the needed information about how best to achieve security; provide citizens with the knowledge of how to manage interpersonal, intergroup and inter-ethnic differences that will prevent war; promotes respect for different cultures and help students, learners and citizens appreciate the diversity of human existence; teach skills needed to move the world out of violence; enable young people to learn about the problem of human rights and justice etc. The recommendation among others is that societies and organizations should appreciate the importance of peace education and set out modalities for the training and production of peace educators , crusaders’ and all lovers of peace within the societies’ and organizations in order to make the world a better place. The paper then concluded that peace education will facilitate conflict prevention and management. Countries of the world should therefore support education system that encourages constructive responses to conflicts, and to build in the society, the techniques and institutions that can resolve social conflict non-violently.   

Key words:Peace, education and conflict management.

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