DEPA – South Africa Educator’s Workshop

The South African DEPA team hosted an impactful Teachers Workshop aimed at educators teaching Life Orientation in low-income schools. The focus was squarely on a crucial, yet often overlooked, subject: teaching peace in the classroom. Through interactive sessions, teachers and DEPA experts engaged in a dynamic exchange of experiences and strategies. The outcome of this workshop was a collaboratively developed framework that provided actionable, practical methods for incorporating peace education into the classroom setting. Ideas ranged from curriculum adjustments to hands-on activities designed to foster empathy and mutual respect among students. The Teachers Workshop serves as an essential stepping stone in the journey towards a more peaceful educational environment. By equipping educators with the tools and knowledge to teach peace effectively, DEPA aims to sow the seeds of change from the ground up, starting in the classroom.The 9 files in this item document the exploratory and experiential process of the workshop.The South Africa Project was one of the original Proof of Concept projects with DEPA (Decolonising Education for Peace in Africa). DEPA was a 4 year project funded by the Arts and Humanities Council (AHRC) addressing the question: What are the different knowledges and values underpinning peace and how can these practices be connected and compared across countries to create curriculum content and mode of delivery in informal and formal settings, Secondary and Higher Education (HE), in order to decolonise peace education?

南非DEPA团队成功举办了一场旨在为低收入学校教授生活取向课程的教师研讨班，该研讨班影响深远。此次研讨班将焦点集中在一个至关重要却常被忽视的主题上：课堂中的和平教育。通过互动式研讨会，教师与DEPA专家们进行了经验与策略的生动交流。研讨班的结果是共同制定了一个框架，该框架提供了将和平教育融入课堂环境的可操作、实用的方法。这些想法涵盖了从课程调整到旨在培养学生同理心和相互尊重的动手活动。教师研讨班是迈向更和平教育环境的必要基石。通过为教育工作者提供有效教授和平的工具与知识，DEPA旨在自下而上播撒变革的种子，课堂教育是其起点。本数据集中的9个文件记录了研讨班的探索性和体验性过程。南非项目是DEPA（非洲去殖民化教育以实现和平）最初的证明概念项目之一。DEPA是一个由艺术与人文委员会（AHRC）资助的为期四年的项目，旨在探讨以下问题：支撑和平的不同知识与价值观是什么，以及如何将这些实践在不同国家连接并比较，以创建非正式和正式环境、中学和高等教育（HE）的课程内容与授课方式，从而实现和平教育的去殖民化。