USE OF INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF PEACE

The General Assembly of the United Nations defines Culture of Peace as “All the values, attitudes and forms of behaviours that reflect respect for life, for human dignity and for all human rights, the rejection of violence in all its forms and commitment to the principles of freedom, justice, solidarity, tolerance and understanding between people.” In order to be there a culture of peace, the world must learn to live together peacefully. In the process of weaving a culture of peace the role of education is vital. Initiating a peaceful culture should start from the teacher itself, because the role of teacher is very crucial in inculcating values, attitudes, behaviours, habits among the children. The teachers must bring change in themselves first, to be the peace-builders.
Hence the present study used the Quasi-Experimental pre-test-post-test non-equivalent group design to develop culture of peace among student-teachers. The modules of innovative strategies were designed by the researcher and implemented on Experimental group. The inferential analysis used t-test, paired t-test and ANCOVA. The results show that innovative strategies were useful in developing culture of peace among student-teachers