Abstract

LIRA, Yolanda; VELA ALVAREZ, Héctor Archivaldo  and  VELA LIRA, Héctor Archivaldo. Education for peace as a teaching skill: Contributions to the education system. Innov. educ. (Méx. DF) [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.64, pp.123-144. ISSN 1665-2673.

Academic training on the subject of education for peace is to integrate education's social competencies for life within a pertinent and efficient conceptual framework - as opposed to the current faction that fights violence. This implies to perfect new personal competencies. To achieve this, the following research question has been stated: How to educate for a peace culture that generates appropriate learning atmospheres for students? The object of study was defined as "the teaching actions for a pacifist culture", and the action field included education for peace, human rights and emotional intelligence. The research was methodologically linked to the participatory socio-critic paradigm. The research was done with 36 teachers from the General Management Office of Industrial Technology Education (Dirección General de Educación Tecnológica Industrial, DGETI) of Durango, Mexico; the Durango Technological Institute (Instituto Tecnológico de Durango) and the National Polytechnic Institute (Instituto Politécnico Nacional).

Keywords : Education for peace; teaching skills; emotional intelligence; training for life.

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