Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
11. INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES, Rome, İtalya, 11 - 13 Kasım 2024, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.670-681
TOWARD A CULTURE OF PEACE: STRATEGIES FOR INTEGRATING PEACE EDUCATION IN LANGUAGE TEACHING
Assist. Prof. Hülya KÜÇÜKOĞLU
Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi,
Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org// 0000-0001-5421-9858
ABSTRACT
There has been an increasing importance in today's world of education on bringing peace education into language classrooms. Peace education helps in building understanding and empathy amidst conflicts and division. Below is a paper examining research meant to combine language education with peace education. It highlights the importance of this mix in building a culture of peace in schools. It shows why peace education should be included as part of language teaching. It points out that language teachers are in a special position to connect theory with what happens in real classrooms. This paper reveals how peace education may be integrated into language teaching. Language teachers are called upon to take an active position towards peace issues in their classrooms. This would not only be relevant for this specific school subject, as it constitutes the competence of a person when it comes to conflict resolution, intercultural communication, and the promotion of social justice. All these skills are vital for bringing up good and responsible citizens of the world. The study revolves around theories that can guide peace education and takes an in-depth look at how important it is when teaching languages, especially in classrooms full of cultures and languages. It highlights that language helps us to communicate and is a powerful tool for forming opinions concerning the world and promoting understanding between cultures. This research calls for more study on how to use peace education in language teaching and underlines the necessity of changes in education that support these ideas. This paper draws on actual instances to illustrate the successful incorporation of peace education into teaching. It would like to provide language teachers with the tools they need in order to do this well. In conclusion, it highlights that the incorporation of peace education into language teaching is not only useful but also necessary for preparing students for a world that is becoming more and more interdependent and complex. Keywords: Peace Education, Language Instruction, Empathy, Intercultural Communication