Educating for a Culture of Peace: A European Perspective

A free three-part colloquia series sponsored by the Peace Education Center featuring distinguished visiting Professor Dr. Werner Wintersteiner.

Tuesday, November 29, 2005, 3 – 5pm
Peace Education Teacher Training
The Experience of EURED
Room 539 Grace Dodge - Teachers College Columbia University

Teacher training, both pre training and in-service training, is the core question for sustainable peace education. While peace education is in no European country an obligatory component of the formation of teachers there is a rich tradition of in-service training provided by NGOs but also by teacher training institutions.

This colloquium develops a rationale for peace education teacher training and focuses on the on-going EURED experience. The EURED/UNESCO course “Human Rights and Peace Education in Europe” is a two-year in service training university course for educators from all over Europe. (Pilot course 2004 – 2006). Including a short movie and basic material for understanding EURED.

For more information on the past two sessions (Peace Education in Europe: Achievements and Perspectives History, Contents, New Developments …; Bertha von Suttner: Lessons for Peace Educators Today 1905 – 2005: Centenary of the first female Nobel Peace Prize Winner) please visit
www.tc.edu/PeaceEd/pe-europe.htm

Prof. Werner Wintersteiner, Klagenfurt University, Austria

Prof. Dr. Werner Wintersteiner, is a teacher trainer at the Department for German at Klagenfurt University and is the founding director of the Klagenfurt University “Centre for Peace Research and Peace Education.” He is a member of the Global Campaign for Peace Education and of the editorial board of the “Journal of Peace Education.”

His writings include many articles and several books on intercultural and peace education in different languages. His English publications include: Wintersteiner, Werner / Vedrana Spajić-Vrkaš / Rüdiger Teutsch (eds.). 2003. “Peace Education in Europe: Visions and experiences.” Münster: Waxmann (European Studies in Education, 19).

Sponsored by the Peace Education Center, Teachers College Columbia University
www.tc.edu/PeaceEd