Rethinking Peace Education
What is peace education? The essence of peace education is to teach people of the world how to work together and collaborate to solve challenges. It should not be restricted by political, economic or cultural boundaries. Today’s young people make friends and work with each other very easily. This is what peace education should be based on – a culture of peace instead of political conditions. We have fought and suffered from wars in the 19th and 20th centuries. Now it is the 21st century, and we must think of the future we want. There has been a lot of job-oriented education that is driven by professional activities that focus on how to make money. However, to me peace education is about what kind of human beings we want to become, the concept of well-being, and the thinking process that leads to decision-making in the right directions. When it comes to peace education, we must move beyond the definitions in social science textbooks. Peace is a mental state that should be concept...