IDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Peacebuilding, Peace Education, Educational Sciences
13 Nov 2018
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Rethinking pedagogies in divided societies latin america, and around the world. There is little evidence that directly teaching values can reliably cause changes in behaviour. Based on a review of research on social and anti-bias learning, clark. Mccauley (2002) argues that feet first education (enacting actual changes in behaviour) is more likely to change hearts and minds than head first education (teaching values and principles. For example, he shows that people have unlearned racism by engaging in de-segregated situations offering institutional support for non- discrimination head following feet, rather than the other way around. Further, too much value consensus (indoctrination) can stifle diversity and creativity. So, for any type of critique to be of interest, both data and values have to be present . Thus peace education entwines judgment (values, feelings, and deliberation about action choices) with action, lived experience, and evidence. feet first education enacting actual changes in behaviour head first education - teaching values and principles.
