Promoting Peace Through Education: Hizmet Schools as a Model
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https://doi.org/10.66362/iji.v1i3.13Keywords:
Peace education, Hizmet schools, Global peace, Peace curriculumAbstract
The paper will first provide statistics on illiteracy around the world and its impact on peace. This will be followed by a discussion about the general role of education as an instrument of peace. The rest of the paper will describe the role of Hizmet schools in promoting world peace. More specifically, Hizmet Schools' curriculum, pedagogy, and relationship building between students and teachers, home and school, school and community will be examined. The paper will conclude with some recommendations for universalizing the Hizmet educational model for promoting peace.
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