Teacher’s Perception on Promotion of Peace Education through Social Studies Subject among Elementary Schools Students

Authors

  • Dr. Khawaja Sabir Hussain AEPAM, Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, Islamabad-Pakistan
  • Dr. Tahira Bibi Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad
  • Ms. Sidra Swati PhD Scholar, Department of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Language (NUML), Islamabad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v10i1.906

Abstract

Education is a social process to bring change in the behavior of the individual consequently modification and transformation of minds can be taken so that individual would be able to live in the society with complete harmony and peace. That is why integration of peace education in the curriculum of social studies and organization of activities in the school are the best way to achieve desired goals. Present study was designed to explore perception of elementary schools’ teachers regarding peace education and to what extent they would be able to promote peace education in classroom setting among elementary schools’ student so that change in their behavior can be made toward a peaceful society. The descriptive method of research was used to collect the data from the sample of the study. Fifty percent elementary school (188) teachers with equal ratio of male female and rural urban were included in the sample of the study from the district Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Questionnaire was used to collect the data. The findings of the study indicate that majority of elementary school teachers are quite clear about perception of peace education such as human rights and responsibilities, respect to others, i.e., culture, sects, creeds and multi ethnics etc. They tried to mobilize the students, regarding peace education in their classroom setting.

 

Author Biographies

Dr. Khawaja Sabir Hussain, AEPAM, Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, Islamabad-Pakistan

AEPAM, Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, Islamabad-Pakistan

Dr. Tahira Bibi, Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad

Lectuere Educational Planning policy studies and leadership department faculty ofEducation

Ms. Sidra Swati, PhD Scholar, Department of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Language (NUML), Islamabad

PhD Scholar, Department of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Language (NUML), Islamabad

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2022-03-10

How to Cite

Hussain, D. K. S., Bibi, D. T., & Swati, M. S. (2022). Teacher’s Perception on Promotion of Peace Education through Social Studies Subject among Elementary Schools Students. VFAST Transactions on Education and Social Sciences, 10(1), 59–65. https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v10i1.906