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Constructivism and the Pedagogy of Education for Peace 29 CHETKOW-YANOOV, B. 2003. Conflict Resolution skill can be taught. In W.Wintersteiner, V. Spajic-Vrkas and R.Teustch (Ed.). Peace Education in Europe: Visions and Experiences. Waxman, New York. p. 84-103. CEY, T. 2001. Moving towards constructivist classroom. http://www.usask.ca/ education/coursework/802papers/ceyt/ceyt.htm. FREIER, P. and I. SHOR. 1987. A Pedagogy of liberation. Macmillian Education, London. GARCIA, C. 1984. Latin America traditions and perspectives. International Review of Education. 29(3). 38-48. HARRIS. I.M. 1996. From world peace to peace in the hood. Journal for the Just and Caring Education, 2. 378-398. HENDRY, G.D. 1996. Constructivism and educational practice. Australian Journal of Education, 40(1). 19-45. JONASSEN, D.H. 1992. Evaluating constructivist learning. In T. Duffy and D. Jonassen (Eds.). Constructivism and the Technology of Instruction: A Conservation. Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale, N.J. 137-148. LAWSON,M and F. HUTCHINSON.1992. Peace education in Australia: The legacy of the 1980s. Peace Environment and Education, 3 (1). 22-32. MURAKAM, T. 1992. Peace education in Britain and Japan. Office of Sociology of Education, University of Education, Kyoto. MAYER, R.E. 1992. Cognition and instruction; Their historic meeting within educational psychology. Journal of Educational Psychology, 84. 405-412. PERKINS, D.N. 1991a. Technology meets constructivism: Do they make a marriage? Educational Technology, 31(5). 19-23. RIVERA, D. 1978. A brief approach to the violence of knowledge. International Peace Research Newsletter, 16 (3). 38-48. STOMFAY-STITZ, A. 1993. Peace Education in America, 1828-1990. Scarecrow, Mutechen, N.J. SOLOMAN, J. 1994. The rise and fall of constructivism. Studies in Science Education, 23, 1-19. National Council of Educational Research and Training. 2005. National Curriculum Framework. NCERT, New Delhi. SYNOTT, J. 2005. Peace Education as an educational paradigm: review of changing field using an old measure. Journal of Peace Education, 2(1). 3-16. WATTS, M. and D. BENTLEY. 1987. Constructivism in the classroom: Enabling conceptual change by words and deeds. British Journal of Educational Research,13, p 1-19.

30 Journal of Indian Education August 2007 Religion, Education and Peace* The world’s religions unanimously talk about peace, but when religion becomes a source of violence the people must take stock of the situation and seize the responsibility for re-examining its ideals of peace, especially in a country such as India, the majority of whose population is religious. Equally important is the obligation to examine these ideals conjointly with the actual, on the ground violence. Of greatest importance is the need to embed the continually renewed ideal of peace into different aspects of education, into both the implicit and RADHIKA HERZERGER** Abstract Religion today has become an easy outlet through which people vent their hatred and thus become a source of violence ironically against its very essence of universal love and peace. Since hatred and violence are rooted in greed, turn up in the most insidious forms within the individual self, education has an important role in inculcating the values of peace among the students while unlearning greed and aggression. The presentation espouses the educational philosophy of Jiddu Krishnamurti’s and the Rishi Valley School, a project guided by his philosophy to promote the culture of peace. In the wake of the growing problems brought with the assertion of renewed identities founded on religion and also the various problems resulting from human negligence, for example, the degrading eco-system, etc. Krishnamurti’s vision could be translated into reality of today. explicit curriculum of study. It is an educator’s primary responsibility to reconstitute schools in such a way that peace becomes an overriding presence within its premises. Indeed if peace is to accompany schooling there has to be interdependence between the ideals of peace and the reality of violence, the gaps that divide them cancelled out. At this difficult moment in human history, the burden of carrying out this programme falls on the state, which designs educational policy; on administrators, who wield direct authority on the ground; * This is a written text of a lecture delivered by Ms Radhika Herzberger on First Zakir Husain Lecture at RIE Mysore on 19 January 2007. It has been published by the NCERT in the form of a booklet. ** Director, Rishi Valley Education Centre, Madanapalle, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

Constructivism and the Pedagogy of Education for Peace 29<br />

CHETKOW-YANOOV, B. 2003. Conflict Resolution skill can be taught. In W.Wintersteiner,<br />

V. Spajic-Vrkas and R.Teustch (Ed.). Peace Education in Europe: Visions and<br />

Experiences. Waxman, New York. p. 84-103.<br />

CEY, T. 2001. Moving towards constructivist classroom. http://www.usask.ca/<br />

<strong>education</strong>/coursework/802papers/ceyt/ceyt.htm.<br />

FREIER, P. and I. SHOR. 1987. A Pedagogy of liberation. Macmillian Education, London.<br />

GARCIA, C. 1984. Latin America traditions and perspectives. International Review of<br />

Education. 29(3). 38-48.<br />

HARRIS. I.M. 1996. From world peace to peace in the hood. Journal for the Just and<br />

Caring Education, 2. 378-398.<br />

HENDRY, G.D. 1996. Constructivism and <strong>education</strong>al practice. Australian Journal of<br />

Education, 40(1). 19-45.<br />

JONASSEN, D.H. 1992. Evaluating constructivist learning. In T. Duffy and D. Jonassen<br />

(Eds.). Constructivism and the Technology of Instruction: A Conservation. Lawrence<br />

Erlbaum, Hillsdale, N.J. 137-148.<br />

LAWSON,M and F. HUTCHINSON.1992. Peace <strong>education</strong> in Australia: The legacy of the<br />

1980s. Peace Environment and Education, 3 (1). 22-32.<br />

MURAKAM, T. 1992. Peace <strong>education</strong> in Britain and Japan. <strong>Of</strong>fice of Sociology of<br />

Education, University of Education, Kyoto.<br />

MAYER, R.E. 1992. Cognition and instruction; Their historic meeting within<br />

<strong>education</strong>al psychology. Journal of <strong>Educational</strong> Psychology, 84. 405-412.<br />

PERKINS, D.N. 1991a. Technology meets constructivism: Do they make a marriage?<br />

<strong>Educational</strong> Technology, 31(5). 19-23.<br />

RIVERA, D. 1978. A brief approach to the violence of knowledge. International Peace<br />

<strong>Research</strong> Newsletter, 16 (3). 38-48.<br />

STOMFAY-STITZ, A. 1993. Peace Education in America, 1828-1990. Scarecrow, Mutechen,<br />

N.J.<br />

SOLOMAN, J. 1994. The rise and fall of constructivism. Studies in Science Education,<br />

23, 1-19.<br />

<strong>National</strong> <strong>Council</strong> of <strong>Educational</strong> <strong>Research</strong> and Training. 2005. <strong>National</strong> Curriculum<br />

Framework. NCERT, New Delhi.<br />

SYNOTT, J. 2005. Peace Education as an <strong>education</strong>al paradigm: review of changing<br />

field using an old measure. Journal of Peace Education, 2(1). 3-16.<br />

WATTS, M. and D. BENTLEY. 1987. Constructivism in the classroom: Enabling<br />

conceptual change by words and deeds. British Journal of <strong>Educational</strong> <strong>Research</strong>,13,<br />

p 1-19.

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