Title: Peace Education Rooted in the Identity and Mission of Catholic Education
1Peace Education Rooted in the Identity and
Mission of Catholic Education
- Professor Dr Angelina Gutiérrez
- St. Scholasticas College - Manila
- CEAP National Convention "Building a Culture of
Peace - Shaping the Vision, Living the Dream
- Session Integrating Peace Education in the
Curriculum - Davao City, Sept. 22, 2011
2Context of the Paper
- Related studies and advocacy on peace education
- UN International Decade for a Culture of Peace
(2000-2010) - Executive Order 570 - Institutionalization of
Peace Education in Basic Teacher Education
3- Local literature
- a) Peace Education A Pathway to a Culture of
Peace (Castro Galace, 2010) for formal
non-formal settings - b) Panagtagbo sa Kalinaw (1998), manual on
education for conflict resolution of
tri-communities in Mindanao - c) Islamic Model for Peace Education (2010)
4- Advocacy
- a) Silsilah Dialogue Movement (1984), interfaith
education -
- b) Peace Education as a core course in college
5Purpose of the Study
- Catholic paradigm for peace education
- Research Problems
- 1) Meanings/semantics of peace education?
- 2) How to teach peace education in relation to
the identity and mission of Catholic education? - 3) The connection of peace education to our
vocation to the educational apostolate? - 4) Pedagogic applications of peace education in
the Catholic institute curriculum?
6Methods of Inquiry
- Academic paper
- Qualitative research design
- studies on peace education
- Vatican documents
- Auto-ethnography
- educator
- researcher
7Conceptual framework of the research
8RQ1Semantics of Peace Studies
- Elise Boulding (1920 2010), matriarch of peace
studies movement
- Johann Galtung (1930 present), father of peace
conflict studies
9- Education for peace subjects
- Empowers learners to end violence/injustice
promote a culture of peace - Four key principles of peace education
(Teachers without Borders, 2011) - equitable dialogue
- study with application towards societal
transformation - holistic analysis of issues
- promotion of values
-
10RQ2 How to teach peace education in relation to
the identity mission of Catholic education?
- the Catholic academe as born in the heart of
the church - (Ex corde
- ecclesiae, JPII, 1990)
11Four essential characteristics of the Catholic
academe (JPII, 1990)
- moral, spiritual, religious dimension in
research, science technology in the totality of
the human person - continuing reflection in the light of Catholic
faith - fidelity to the Church message
- commitment to service towards the transcendent
goal
12- Locus of peace education in the mission and
identity of Catholic education - Christ is our Peace
A Catholic institute must have the courage to
speak uncomfortable truths which do not please
public opinion, but which are necessary to
safeguard the authentic good of society. (JPII,
1990, Ex corde ecclesiae, n.32)
13- Church Social Teachings (CST) as content for
peace education - Evangelization integral human development
through works of justice and peace
The Gospel, interpreted in the social teachings
of the Church is an urgent call to promote the
development of those peoples who are striving to
escape hunger, misery, endemic diseases and
ignorance and of those looking for a wider share
in the benefits of civilization. (Pope Paul VI,
1967, Populorum Progressio)
14RQ3 What is the connection of peace education to
our calling or vocation to the educational
apostolate?
- intellectual charity - to lead students to
truth as an act of love
When teachers and administrators deviate from
the vision of its institutional Catholic identity
and mission, it will lead to moral, intellectual
and spiritual confusion. (Pope Benedict XVI)
15RQ4 What are some pedagogic applications of
peace education in the Catholic institutes
curriculum?
- Online resources Teachers Without Borders Peace
Education Program (TWBPEP), Peace Education
Foundation (PEF), Global Campaign for Peace
Education (GCPE) - Vatican documents on the identity and mission of
Catholic education
16Church Social Teaching (CST)sources
Catholic Social Teaching A Key to Catholic
Identity (Office for Social Justice Archdiocese
of Saint Paul, Minneapolis, USA) http//www.osjspm
.org
Caritas in veritate (Pope Benedict XVI, 2009)
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church
(Pontifical Council for Justice Peace , 2004)
17- Academic research sources
- International Handbook on Catholic Education
(Springer Pub. Netherlands 2007)
- International Studies on Catholic Education
journal (Routledge, Taylor Francis, UK)
- Journal of Peace Education (Routledge, Taylor
Francis, UK)
18- International Peace Research Association (IPRA)
its Peace Education Council (PEC) biennial
conferences (Canada, Belgium, Australia)
- peace education through Benedictine peace values
in the Music Appreciation Theology college
classrooms - inter-religious peace education
- peace education integral human development
through the Church Social Teaching (CST) on
preferential option for the poor
19- School/college settings peace garden, peace
center, peace camp, pax awardee, peace forums,
students thesis project
- Linkage with peace education networks
foundations such as Catholic Peacebuilding
Network (CPN) Peace Education Network in the
Phils. (PenPhil)
- Institutional support for faculty development on
peace education Catholic education identity
through seminar-workshops
20- Peace education the Churchs contribution to
the public forum regarding morality ethics
- Form students conscience to discover the truth
that leads to the good
- education that is informative performative
or life-changing - (Pope Benedict XVI, 2008, Spe Salvi)
21Summary Conclusions
- Foundation and pedagogy for peace education
rooted in the mission identity of Catholic
education - Knowledge-skills-application (k-s-a) when
integrating peace education in the curriculum - We are all peace educators
22Recommendations for further studies
- extent of Catholicity in the institute
- academic vis a vis spiritual formation
- charism of religious congregation
- Catholic intellectual tradition
in relation to peace education
23- God has created me to do him some definite
service. He has committed some work to me which
he has not committed to another
(Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman, Meditations
on Christian Doctrine, 1852)
24Peace Education Rooted in the Identity and
Mission of Catholic Education
- Professor Dr Angelina Gutiérrez
- St. Scholasticas College - Manila
- CEAP National Convention "Building a Culture of
Peace - Shaping the Vision, Living the Dream
- Session Integrating Peace Education in the
Curriculum - Davao City, Sept. 22, 2011