peace education

PEACE EDUCATIONA transformative response to major societal

problemsReported by:Imelda Grado

PEACE THEME 2: CHALLENGING PREJUDICE

AND BUILDING TOLERANCE

• was an American psychologist. Allport was one of the first psychologists to focus on the study of the personality, and is often referred to as one of the founding figures of personality psychology

• Gordon Allport (1958) asserts that humans have a propensity toward prejudice. This propensity lies in their normal tendency to form generalizations and categories whose content represents an over-simplification of their world of experience.

Gordon Willard Allport (November 11, 1897 – October 9, 1967)

• PREJUDICE IS THE NEGATIVE FEELING OR ATTITUDE TOWARDS A PERSON OR A GROUP EVEN IF IT LACKS BASIS.- BELIEVING SOME PEOPLE ARE INFERIOR OR SUPERIOR WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING THEM

•refers to the negative opinion about a person or group based on incomplete knowledge.

•-A generalised and simplistic mental idea of a group which is usually negative

Stereotype

•refers to negative actions towards members of a specific social group that may be manifested in avoidance, aversion or even violence

•To act on the basis of prejudice

Discrimination

• is the negative feeling or attitude towards a person or a group even if it lacks basis.

Stereotype• refers to the negative opinion about a person or group based on incomplete knowledge.

Discrimination • refers to negative actions towards members of a specific social group that may be manifested in avoidance, aversion or even violence.

Prejudice

Types of Prejudice

•the belief that one’s own cultural or racial heritage is innately superior to that of others, hence, the lack of respect or appreciation for those who belong to a “different race”

RACISM

THIS IS A PHOTO THAT DEMONSTRATES DISCRIMINATION BY THE DUCKS BEING SEGREGATED BY THEIR COLOR. IT SEEMS THAT THE GROUP OF BLACK DUCKS WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LIGHTER DUCK AND WILL NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE HIM. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE THE SAME SPECIES THEY STILL WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE IT IS NOT SIMILAR IN COLOR.

Racism

SEXISM

•a system of attitudes, actions and structures that subordinates others on the basis of their sex where the usual victims are women

SEXISM

HETEROSEXISM•negative attitudes towards lesbians and gay men

•distancing from and perceiving the poor as “the other

CLASISM

Classism

lower class were slaves, middle class weren't enslaved but they were shunned, the upper class were treated with some sort of respect but it didn't matter what class in society you belonged to.

• negative attitudes which members of dominant language groups hold against non-dominant language groups.

Linguicism

•negative attitudes held against the young or the elderly

Ageism

• ageism if a person is denied rights because of their ageAgeism

•prejudice against those who do not measure up to set standards of beauty. The usual victims are the over-weight, the undersized and the dark-skinned

Looksism

Looksism

•prejudice against those who are followers of religious other than one’s own.

Religious intolerance

Religions intolerance

Christian TeachingGod created man in his own image…He created male and

female. (Genesis.1:27)‘Love one another.’ (John.13:34)Do unto others what you would have them do unto you.

(Matthew.7:12)The Story of the Good Samaritan (Luke.10:30-37) In this

parable Jesus tells us to help whoever is in need, even if they are people who you would usually dislike…

Muslim TeachingAll mankind is descended from Adam and

Eve, an Arab is not better than a non-Arab and a non-Arab is not better than an Arab; a white person is not better than a black person, nor is a black person better than a white person. (Muhammed’s last sermon)

Whenever you judge between people you should judge with justice. (Quran.4:58)

Its purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in the UN Charter.

EDUCATION FOR TOLERANCE AND RESPECT

AIMS to:•Counter influences that lead to fear, discrimination and exclusion of others. Tolerance recognizes that others have the right to be who they are.

•Educating for tolerance is a practical alternative.

EFFECTS OF PREJUDICE IN SCHOOL• Victims are more likely to drop out school.• It negatively influences the psychological health of the victims because of feelings of isolation and alienation.

• Victims internalize the very negative views on their abilities that others hold of them and do not live up to their potentials.

• Victims are normally excluded, taunted or physically harmed.

THANK YOUIMELDA GRADO