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Developing a peace education curriculum for Vietnamese primary schools : a case study of participatory action research in cross-cultural design

journal contribution
posted on 2008-12-01, 00:00 authored by M Conley Tyler, D Bretherton, Anna HalafoffAnna Halafoff, Y Nietschke
In 2003, the International Conflict Resolution Centre at the University of Melbourne, Australia, produced a primary school teaching manual for UNESCO Vietnam. The finished manual included lesson plans and materials for a five year, 50 lesson peace education course. The manual is one of the first examples of a systematic core national curriculum in peace education worldwide. Development of the Teaching Manual posed a number of challenges including differences in language, culture, government and education system. To meet these challenges, a participatory action research approach was central in the project’s development and curriculum design. This case study is offered as a model for effective crosscultural curriculum development of peace education materials. In particular, the use of games and reflective materials and the use of UNESCO’s peace keys are outlined as innovative outcomes of the project.

History

Journal

Journal of research in international education

Volume

7

Issue

3

Pagination

346 - 368

Publisher

Sage Publications

Location

London, England

ISSN

1475-2409

eISSN

1741-2943

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2008, Sage Publications