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Recent Activities of APCEIU: The Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding
an article by Park Juyeon
"Transforming a culture of war and violence to a culture of peace"
Here are some of our recent activities.
In accordance with the Centre's mandate of strengthening the national
and regional capacities in education for international understanding
(EIU), APCEIU launched a three-year project (2006-2008) on Situational
Analysis of education for international understanding and sustainable
development in Asia and the Pacific region with a view to laying the
groundwork for the development of EIU policy based on the situations
and contexts of the region. With a sub-regional basis, the project was
carried out in Central Asia and Northeast Asia in 2006, and Southeast
Asia in 2007 respectively.
In 2008. APCEIU brings the project to the two remaining sub-regions,
i.e., South Asia and the Pacific. In South Asia consisting of
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan
and Sri Lanka, the field survey on the current situation of EIU is
being carried out along with the Sub-regional Consultation Meetings for
development of EIU Policy. As for the Pacific, a Workshop on EIU for
Sustainable Development was organized by APCEIU in Nadi, Fiji in May.
The workshop was attended by 18 educational experts from 13 Pacific
countries namely: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue,
Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tokelau and
Tuvalu. The event included presentations, workshop, focus groups
discussions, small group works and field visit. Presentations and
discussions tackled the conceptual framework on how EIU relates to ESD,
regional and local efforts to promote EIU and ESD and successful cases
of EIU practices
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In other programmes, an EIU Training Workshop for Peace and
Sustainability in Sri Lanka was held in May in cooperation with German
Technical Cooperation(GTZ) and the Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka.
12 participants representing Ministry of Education(MOE), provincial
ministry of education, zonal department of education, National
Institute of Education(NIE) and GTZ from Sri Lanka explored Korean
Educational system, curriculum, teacher training system through visits
to related national education institute. Through sessions on conflict,
tolerance, peace building through art approaches and sustainability,
they shared opinions and experiences on peace education. They also had
opportunities to visit to specific programme for peace in Korea.
In addition to this, APCEIU and SEAMEO Regional Center for Educational
Innovation and Technology (SEAMEO INNOTECH) has organized a Study Visit
Programme on "Strengthening the Promotion and Adoption of the Culture
of Peace in the School Communities of DepED Region X" from 11 to 17 May
2008, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
15 participants were from the Department of Education,
Philippines Region X that is composed of 12 cities of Mindanao. Led by
Dr. Estrella A. Babano, Regional Director, Region X participants shared
their valuable insights on peace education and youth issues with
various Korean educational institutes and the civil society.
The programme consisted of visiting institutes including Korean Muslim
Federation, Philippine Migrant Catholic Community of Seoul, and Korean
National Commission for UNESCO, Ahimna Peace School, Ansan Borderless
Village and Susong Elementary School for class observation.
The study visit was made with the request from the Philippines
Department of Education (DepED) Region X to SEAMEO INNOTECH to conduct
a benchmarking program in the Republic of Korea.
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LATEST READER COMMENT:
I
can relate to Anna's school experience. In America children are
taught by society at a very young age that a sports/art/musical based
talent will make you wealthy and powerful. But usually the words
talent and intelligence are not placed hand in hand. The American
education system emphasizes that education will give a person upward
mobility. In turn the opportunity for a more prestigious job, which
will enable someone to become wealthy and powerful? However the
education system does not teach us that education for the sake of
learning is a gift and a reward in itself.
It is important
for adults to encourage today's children to use their intelligence as
their talent and consider education a gift... . ...more.
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