Introduction

Introduction

Introduction

Thank you for joining us on this course which has been designed to build a shared understanding of what Education for Positive Peace (E4PP) looks like in the classroom, school and wider community. A Partner in Education (APIE) has been working in collaboration with Umubano Academy (UA) for several years to place positive peace at the centre of everything we do. APIE and Umubano Academy are developing a model of education for positive peace as a whole-school approach. APIE has also worked closely with Aegis Trust (https://www.aegistrust.org/), learning from their expertise in positive peace education. We are here to share what we are learning about developing the concept of positive peace in schools in Rwanda. 

Unit o 1

Key Words and Phrases

In each unit of this E4PP course you will find definitions of key words and phrases, to support your understanding, and engagement with the strategies, as you work through the content. We hope these will be useful to you!

Key Words/Phrases
Definitions
Cohesion
Unity, togetherness, collaboration and inclusion.
Cross-cutting
Covered in all subjects, rather than as a separate topic or subject.
Empathy
Being able to put yourself in someone else's shoes to understand how the other person feels.
'Guide on the side’
The teacher is a facilitator of the learning; the teacher empowers and enables the learners to explore what they are learning, while keeping  them on the right track. This is the ideal way a teacher should teach learners.
Peace
Calm, harmonious, constructive and free from stress.
Positive 
Good, helpful, supportive, encouraging and aiming to achieve the best outcomes.
Pluralism
Different groups living well together.
‘Sage on the stage’
The teacher controls the learning and presents himself or herself as all-knowing and the source of all knowledge in the classroom; the learners  are a passive audience watching the teacher ‘performing’ for them. This is not an effective way to teach and is not learner-centred.
Social
Relating to the community, relationships and all of the human interactions in our communities.
Sustainable
Long-lasting; able to continue indefinitely in to the future; never-ending.



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