Master’s Degree Program in Peace Education

Peace Education

Description

In recent years, there has been a growing, world-wide recognition of the central role played by education in meeting the complex demands of peacemaking and peace building. Often lacking, however, are individuals prepared with the knowledge and skills to act as leaders for educational reform to support sustainable peace processes.

The UPEACE Master's Degree Programme in Peace Education is designed to train such individuals. The programme will build the capacity of educators from around the world to contribute to educational, social, and cultural change through peace education. It is designed to enable participants to effectively engage in peace education at all levels, from the design of educational policy to the development of effective and culturally relevant peace education programmes, to the actual skills of teaching for peace both in and out of the classroom.

The programme assumes that a peace educator must have a broad knowledge of the basic concepts and skills within the multidisciplinary areas that converge in contemporary peace studies. Graduates of the programme will also be specialists in the application of the insights of peace studies within the broader social and cultural environments within which formal and non-formal education take place.
The centerpiece of the programme is the project development process. While participating in the UPEACE Peace Education Programme, peace education students will work on the development of an educational project that can be immediately applicable in an educational setting of the student's choosing.

Objectives
The MA in Peace Education Programme designates two main interdependent learning outcomes to be pursued:

1. To prepare leaders and specialists committed to the building of a culture of peace and non-violence by educational means (formal, non formal and informal settings);
2. To support students in developing competence in analyzing, developing, and reforming curricula, didactic methods, pedagogies, and educational resources for a comprehensive view of peace education.

Student entry profile
The UPEACE Peace Education Programme is particularly suitable for persons who are interested in peace education oriented educational policy and development, administration and evaluation, both in public and private educational settings, as well as teachers and professors interested in peace oriented pedagogy. It is also suitable for educators interested in community education.

Admission to the Master’s Degree Program in Peace Education will be open to a limited number of qualified students who have completed a bachelor’s degree or equivalent at an accredited higher education institution and who demonstrate an active interest in the field of Peace Education. Preferably students will have had prior studies in an education related discipline and previous education work experience.

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