Values in Language

To develop children's peaceful living competencies, a school can work in a number of ways. They come under the following seven major levels.

1. Subject coritext 
2. Subject perspectives
3. Teaching methods
4. Co-curricular activities
5. Stqffdevelopment
6. Classroom management
7. School management

The approaches take the following model.

Integration of peace education into school total curriculum

*Subject content
*Subject perspectives
*Teaching methods
*Total Curricululm
*1-b Co-curricular activities
*Classroom management
*School management
*Staff developtnent
*Model of integration of peace values into school curricuhm

This chapter focuses on the ways of integrating peace values at the subject content level, teaching methods level and subject perspective level. Others levels are discussed elsewhere here.

Subject Content

Since this handbook is for primary and secondary teachers, for convenience's sake we name here six subjects broadly.

Language
Studies
Social Science Religion Physical Ed. Arts
Language includes listening, speech, reading, writing, second language and secondary literature.
Social Sciences may include geography, history and civics.

Religion may be Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam or Christianity. In certain countries they have values or moral education in place of religion. Meditations and quotations given here are generally acceptable to all religions. However, if you differ then you can use similar activities or quotations most appropriate to your religion.


Science may include environmental studies, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and botany.

Physical Education includes game and exercises.
Arts include drawing, dancing, and music.
Integration of Peace into Formal Subjects
1. Identify peace values in the lesson

Here the word 'peace value' is used rather loosely to mean all the concepts, values, principles, attitudes, skills and practices related to peaceful living. The guide for doing it takes the following four steps.

To begin with