The Peace Education Center, through the Center for Educational Outreach & Innovation (CEO&I), offers an innovative set of Peace Education designed trainings and workshops for educators, curriculum and policy developers, community-based and civil society organization members as well as other constituencies concerned with the needs and possibilities of education about issues of security, peace and war, human rights, social justice and ecological balance.

The trainings and workshops can be taken non-credit without registering in a degree program at Teachers College, or for credit as a compliment to other programs at Teachers College. These intensive workshops are designed for participants who wish to study at Teachers College for concentrated periods and does not require continual residency.

Certificates of attendance are awarded to non-credit participants upon completion of five trainings including one special workshop offered by international visiting scholars. The trainings provide a conceptual base and training in the pedagogy and methodologies of peace education, with emphasis on practical application. All involve substantive participation by staff from the Peace Education Center.

The Peace Education Center also conducts a series of trainings and workshops at the Teachers College Tokyo Campus. For more information visit their website at www.tc-japan.edu.

CORE OFFERINGS
(Each of the following workshops are offered at minimum at least once annually - consult the current & upcoming offerings listed on the back of this flyer or on our website for dates and times)
�� The Pedagogy of Peace Education ��
�� Peacemaking and Conflict ��
�� Education for a Culture of Peace and Justice ��
�� Peace Education Perspectives on Security ��

Additional information can be obtained by visiting the Peace Education Center website at: www.tc.edu/PeaceEd (click on Trainings & Workshops)

REGISTRATION & CONTACT INFORMATION
If you are already a Teachers College student you may register for our workshops as normal (via the phone or web) without prior instructor approval. For non-credit or non-matriculated registration for our trainings or workshops, please contact The Center for Educational Outreach & Innovation (CEO&I) by phone 800-209-1245 or by email: ceoi_mail@tc.columbia.edu. For larger or community groups, please contact the Peace Education Center to discuss possible collaborations and/or discounts.

Coordinated by:
www.tc.edu/PeaceEd
peace-ed@tc.edu
212.678.8116.

Sponsored by:
The Center for Educational
Outreach & Innovation
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/ceoi
ceoi_mail@tc.columbia.edu
(800) 209-1245

Peacemaking and Conflict:
Conflict Approaches for Social Justice & Change
October 1, 2 & 8, 9, 10
Fridays (4:00pm-9:00pm), Saturdays (9:00am-6:00pm), Sundays (12-5pm)
Instructor: Janet Gerson
ITSF4094.017/CRN 31202
Available for 2 credits @ $870 per credit or 2.6 CEU’s@ $400

Description: This 5 day intensive will explore conflict approaches and processes with consideration of their impact toward peace, violence and social change. The problematic of violence will be defined holistically with special focus on the effects of the institution of war. Understanding justice issues and responses to violent conflict as well as alternative strategies will be explored. Experiential learning will be emphasized. Specific activities and discussion for curriculum development for K-12 will be presented.

This course will also include participation in the public event “A Citizens Forum on the Rule of Law vs. the Violence of War” on Saturday, October 9 from 10AM - 4PM. This forum, inspired by the preparations for the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI) will present, in terms accessible to ordinary citizens, the substance and possibilities of international law which is fast becoming a major instrument of peoples’ movements to protect human rights and demand accountability for crimes of war. Potential for citizen action to strengthen the possibilities for International Law to overcome armed conflict and the violation of human rights will be explored, including efforts to further educate and energize the public toward “replacing the law of force with the force of law.”

Speakers will include keynoter International Human Rights lawyer Peter Weiss, Center for Constitutional Law; Organizers for the World Tribunal on Iraq; Representatives of the Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice, an NGO that played a significant role in the establishment of the International Criminal Court; and the staff of the Teachers College Peace Education Center. For further information on the event, call the Peace Education Center at Teachers College Columbia University at 212 678 8116 or e-mail peaceed@tc.edu. After September 10th you can consult the Center’s website for more information:
www.tc.edu/PeaceEd.

Education for a Culture of Peace & Justice:
Human Rights Perspectives
October 29-30; November 5-6
Fridays (4:00pm-9:00pm), Saturdays (9:00am-6:00pm)
Instructor: Peter Lucas
ITSF4094.016/CRN 31275
Available for 2 credits @ $870 per credit or 2.6 CEU’s @ $400

This workshop offers an introduction to the international standards of human rights, the historical generations of rights, the conceptions and distinctions between them, and the universality of rights that are all conceptual attributes of a culture of peace. Students will also learn about international human rights organizations, how advocacy groups can and do respond to violations, and how people represent human rights in print and media. This intensive is built around peace education methodologies and participatory demonstrations of curricula and lessons that can be adapted to K-12 learning environments.

Students will leave with sample lessons, a comprehensive bibliography, and resources that include the basic human rights documents and a directory of organizations that offer curricular materials.