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The Teacher as a Promoter of the Pedagogy of Coexistence for Education for Peace Year of publication: 2014 Author: María Elena López Serrano | Rosa María Medrano Domínguez | Patricia Villar López Corporate author: Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez Recognizing the diversity in the aulic space allows to create spaces of harmonious coexistence that promote and accept interculturality, for this the teacher becomes the nodal axis to propitiate the conditions that allow the students to recognize themselves as equal beings capable of developing their capacities to the maximum academic and personal. To achieve this goal it is essential that the teacher recognizes himself and others, in such a way that generates spaces in which students identify as social beings able to interact with their peers, the educational community and their environment. What has been described here supports the proposal of the pedagogy of coexistence in the aulic space as a promoter of education for peace that contributes to the reduction of the violence experienced in society. The proposal is based on a documentary research on the pedagogy of coexistence linked to diversity and interculturality to promote education for peace. The proposal recognizes the teacher as the axis that drives education for peace through fostering harmonious environments in the classroom. It is not possible to speak of harmonic coexistence without considering the teacher's awareness of his role as a social educator, which promotes through Pedagogy of Coexistence an intercultural education that attends to diversity and that favors education for peace and contributes to the decrease of cultural violence. 
Educational Programs and the Unification of History Textbooks in the Lebanon: Programs to Unite or Divide? Year of publication: 2012 Author: حلاق، حسان Corporate author: Lebanese Association for Educational Studies (LAES) Educational programs and the question of the unification of history textbooks constitute a major problem which has been ongoing for several decades. It remains till today a hindrance on the way to unifying the Lebanese in terms of their political, cultural, historical and national perspectives.This has a negative impact not only on their present, but also on their future. Educational and cultural considerations, including the multiplicity and variety of history books and the differences and discrepancies in their content, are among the major causes for the division of the Lebanese, whether under the French mandate or since the independence years preceding the breakout of the Lebanese war in 1975 as well as in post-war years. In spite of the fact that the Taef Acord noted the importance of establishing a unified history textbook in the Lebanon, all attempts by all the ministers of national education between 1990 and 2011 failed in producing a unified history textbook satisfying all the Lebanese factions.The author presents in this paper his experience on the committees for the “unification of the history textbook”, and offers several suggestions for addressing the problems of education, including that of the history textbook. These include: 1) Reeducating Lebanese students to make them attuned to national concerns, as they constitute a valuable national and developmental resource. 2) Revising educational programs and curricula away from partisanship, sectarianism and confessionalism. 3) Preparing teachers professionally, nationally and educationally. 4) Appointing nationally minded personnel to write the history books and unify them. 5) Reintegrating the teaching staff in schools and universities to replace the current sorting by sect, confession, region, politics and partisanship, all of which works to the detriment of education and teaching. 6) Supervising the media whose programs have a negative impact by contributing to the division of the Lebanese as unifying the history textbook without putting constraints on the media will not lead to the unification of the Lebanese. 
Teaching Lebanese-Oriental Economic and Social History: Promoting a Societal Unity Which Acknowledges and Values Diversity Year of publication: 2012 Author: لبكي، بطرس Corporate author: Lebanese Association for Educational Studies (LAES) Teaching the economic and social history of the Lebanon and the Orient contributes towards the cooling down of sectarian tensions in the minds of learners and clears up common prejudices. Economic transactions connect everyone within a given area: Buying and selling, production and distribution of resources are operations in which everyone cooperates, regardless what their religious, confessional or ethnic affiliation might be. Economic and social history informs about the economic and political organization of society: in rural areas taxed farmers, governors and the Sultan; in the cities guilds (corporations) and the sheikhs of the guilds/corporations. Indeed, teaching the economic and social history of Lebanon and the Orient contributes to a societal unity which acknowledges and values diversity because this aspect of history highlights the longstanding cooperation among the people in the production, distribution or use of resources, no matter what their religious, ethnic or tribal affiliation might be. It also highlights the organization of these activities in society and their relation to the political system. This aspect of history also points to the fact that the intervals of conflict between the sectarian communities were short, whereas the intervals of peacefully living together were the rule. Besides, this aspect of history highlights the cultural unity and its diversity in all domains and the fact that all are shaped in their lives by this same experience of unity in diversity which comes from: religions, languages, regions, societal organization (guilds/corporations in the cities, clans in rural areas) or adjacent cultures: Turkish, Persian, Greek and Indian. It allows us to see how our ancestors lived this diversity within the unity of the Arab-Oriental culture. 
The Extent to which the Students of Qassim University Posses the Dialogue Culture and Its Role in Promoting Tolerance Year of publication: 2017 Author: الصمادي، هند سمعان Corporate author: International Group for Consulting and Training (IGCT) The current study aimed to identify the extent to which the students of Qassim University possess the dialogue culture and its role in promoting tolerance from their point of view. To achieve the aim of the study, the researcher developed a questionnaire which was applied on a stratified study sample.The researcher adopted the analytical descriptive approach. The outcomes showed that the degree of possessing the culture of dialogue among the students was average with an arithmetic mean،and there were no statistically significant differences attributed to gender variable. In addition, the findings detected that there were statistically significant differences attributed to study year and to the discipline variable and that the role of dialogue culture in promoting tolerance was average with an arithmetic mean.The intellectual tolerance had the highest mean, whereas the social tolerance had the lowest mean. Furthermore, the results revealed that there were no statistically significant differences attributed to gender variable, and that there were statistically significant differences attributed to the study year variable. The researcher recommends that more studies should be conducted in the domain of social tolerance. 
Children and Developing Tolerance Year of publication: 2011 Author: حسونة، أمل محمد Corporate author: Kuwait Society for the Advancement of Arab Children (KSAAC) This paper dealt with the issue of peace education and the nurturing of toleration among children proceeding from the idea that this culture is acquired through social nurturing along the different stages of development. It covered a group of values, concepts and skills that distinguish this culture and give it it’s special character.The paper also focuses on the importance of children acquiring peace culture at an early age since it is considered a preventive solution that protects them from future conflicts and provides them with positive coexistence skills in society and saves them from violence and aggression. On the other side, the paper concentrates on the importance of tolerance which makes it must for education policies and programs to contribute to developing understanding, solidarity and toleration among individuals. All of this aims at creating responsible and interdependent citizens, open to other cultures and capable of preventing conflicts or solving them peacefully. 
Responsible History as a Tool for Historical Reconciliation? EUROCLIO, the European Association of History Educators as a Case Study? Year of publication: 2012 Author: فان دير لييو-رورد، يوكي Corporate author: Lebanese Association for Educational Studies (LAES) Many university researchers specialized in the theory of history and in teaching history write about reconciliation using history learning and teaching. However, there are almost no empirical data on practical applications of such approaches nor on the process of implementation. In this contribution. I’d like to have a close look at the working methods of the European Association of History Educators EUROCLIO, in countries with internal political, racial and religious tensions, such as Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Moldovia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and in the countries and regions that were recently exposed to severe conflicts such as Bosnia, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Republic of Macedonia and Serbia. Then I’d want to ask the question about how EUROCLIO functions and explore what applies to be an example of reconciliation through teaching history, and whether the reconciliation approach creates a history teaching and learning that would be supportive of sustainable political entities. 
Developing Education Units in the Light of Democratic Values in the National and Civic Education Course and Its Impact on Political and Civic Participation and Peace Skills on Females Students in High Basic Female Schools in Jordan Year of publication: 2015 Author: حداد، نهلا أمجد Corporate author: Al-Quds Open University This article aims to study the development of education units in the light of democratic values in the National and Civic Education Course and its impact on political and civic participation and peace skills on females students in high basic female schools in the Directorate of Mafraq. For this purpose, the researchers conducted a list of democratic values, and developed three units of teaching in the light of this system. The democratic values that have been relied upon were to develop the civic participation of the tenth grade students, the political participation among the ninth grade students, and the skills of peace among the eighth grade students.Three tests have been prepared and confirmed. Tests were applied before the application of targeted educational units on a sample formed of the eighth grade consists of (87) divided into two groups (46 control and 41 experimental) . The ninth grade sample consists of 74 female students who were divided into two groups (37 control and 37 experimental) , and the tenth grade sample consists of 86 students who were divided into two groups (42 control and 44 experimental) . After processing the data statistically by (ANCOVA) , the results showed a statistically significant difference at the level of significance (a ≤ 0.05) due to the variable of the group in all the tests, and the differences were in favor of the three experimental groups which received the developed units in the three classes. In the light of these results, a number of recommendations are suggested. 
Dilemmas in Teaching Human Rights and Democracy between the Current Reality and the Difficulties in Seeking to Spread a Culture of Human Rights Year of publication: 2014 Author: العبيدي، أنسام فائق عبد الرزاق Corporate author: University of Baghdad In the age of information and communication revolution, education as one of life aspects has influenced with that revolution by integrating technology in education, which have become as an important learning tools of the whole educational process . Technology, when used appropriately, can help make science classroom a site of active learning and critical thinking, furthering student inquiry and connections with different materials. It is necessary to develop human rights education programs and materials for discretionary and extracurricular activities as it provide them with the skills and tools so that they are empowered to take action to realize their rights. Human rights education is a critical means of instilling the knowledge skills, attitudes and values that can foster a culture of human rights, improving a shared language around the world of equality, non-discrimination, inclusion respect, dignity and participation that is crucial to the goal of achieving a more peaceful and just global society. 
The Role of Education in Enforcing the Mentality of the Youth Against Terrorism and Extremism Year of publication: 2015 Author: السلطاني، نسرين حمزة عباس Corporate author: University of Babylon Terrorism has become an international phenomenon. It does not relate to a certain region or culture or society or certain religious group. Terrorism is related to social, political factors as a result of the rapid progress. The early years of the twenty first century have witnessed growth of terrorism in Iraq. Many specialists think that those years represent a turning point in the history of terrorism. Actually, terrorism is not limited to western countries but it strikes all Arab counties especially Iraq. All those explosions reflect extremist thought adopted by young people mobilized by Fatwas imported from ideologies foreign to Islamic Teachings that advocate tolerance and accepting the other. Security is not anymore the sole responsibilty of security forces rather all formal and informal institutions of society must be engaged.Next to the family, the school represents the second social environment where young people internalize social and cultural values. Should the school fail to do that society would loose its srcond defence line. Hence, it is necessary to discuss the role of the educational institutions in combatting terrorism and extremism. This study attempts to look at the role of schools in combatting terrorism, violence and extremism in all their contemporary forms, through the following two questions: what is the concept of violence, terrorism and violence? what role for the school in facing this phenomenon? 
Analytic Study of Culture of Peace in Children's Stories Issued by State Information Service (SIS) in Egypt Year of publication: 2010 Author: السعيد، نفيسة صلاح الدين محمود Corporate author: Ain Shams University The study investigates the contents of a series of 41 stories in 11 booklets that were published in Cairo by a governmental publishing house as a contribution to the UN's Decade of Culture of Peace and Non-Violence. The study concludes that the stories include the nine concepts (and subconcepts) which together constitute the concept of culture of peace. The nine concepts are: Dialogue, tolerance, coexistence, peace glorification and renouncing of violence, preservation of the environment, peace-building, solidarity, democracy and human rights. Method of the study: descriptive and media survey.