A Review of 12 Peace Education Learning Frameworks

And why you should make your own

This is my framework. You can learn more about it at the end of this article.

“The ultimate goal of peace education is the formation of responsible, committed, and caring citizens who have integrated the values into everyday life and acquired the skills to advocate for them.” — Betty Reardon

So I made this peace-learning framework once. No, not the one in the image above. That’s the second proper one I made. Similar concept, but entirely different purpose and intended use.

Peace-learning frameworks are seriously critical for any peace education program you want to set up or for any education-type program associated with peace, human rights, anti-racism, social justice, or anything of the sort. I’ve used them tons, and it’s been great, but all too often, such frameworks are misused and misunderstood. And when that happens, well, it’s just a bit of a waste of everybody’s time to be honest.

Let me explain.

So I was part of this team that made a peace-learning framework intended to be used in programs all over the world. This was maybe six years ago or so. They actually had a first draft of the thing that was the product of a huge participatory process involving ‘experts’ and practitioners all over the world and stuff. It was great content-wise but needed a bit of refining. So BAM! A…