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Practices of Peace Education Followed in the Secondary Schools of Mizoram India

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The significance of peace education in secondary schools for a safe and prosperous future in the world is universally recognized. Peace education aims at equipping future citizens with the necessary knowledge, attitudes, and skills to acknowledge and respect all kinds of diversity and understand human dignity. This chapter is based on an empirical research study aiming at understanding to what extent the guiding principles and practices of peace education were being followed in Mizoram’s secondary schools. The study showed that peace education was not being taught as a separate subject. Peace education components infused in the existing curriculum were being taught through co-curricular and extracurricular activities. Furthermore, teachers must reflect in their behavior all the guiding principles of peace and should encourage students in critical thinking, reasoning, developing awareness of societal problems and issues, broadening their outlook, concentrating on studies, and should be associated with various activities. In Mizoram, students’ unions and church organizations have been playing a prominent role in shaping and molding the character of individuals from the early stages of life, which has ultimately benefitted society and the nation. However, in the context of rapid changes in the social structure and the modernization process, there is a significant need to inculcate the values of peace in schools.

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  1. Department of Education, Mizoram University, Aizawl, India

    Lokanath Mishra

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  1. Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Marcia Hermansen

  2. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Ednan Aslan

  3. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Evrim Erşan Akkılıç

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Mishra, L. (2022). Practices of Peace Education Followed in the Secondary Schools of Mizoram India. In: Hermansen, M., Aslan, E., Erşan Akkılıç, E. (eds) Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies. Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_28

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