Incorporation of Peace Education in Existing Secondary Level Curriculum and Teachers Practice
Peace education is a new discipline which is being introduced in the existing curriculum in the world. Peace education is mandatory for reducing violence and developing positive thinking. The major aim of this study was to examine the need of peace education and to investigate the perception of teachers for incorporating peace education in existing curriculum at Secondary level. The study was descriptive in nature. All the secondary school teachers (753) of district Attock were included in population of the study. Of these, 255 teachers were taken as a sample through a random sampling technique. The researcher employed a validated questionnaire for collecting data. The major findings showed that the teachers favored the inclusion of peace education as a compulsory subject at secondary level.
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Peace Education, Teachers, Curriculum, Secondary
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(1) Basharat Ali Khan
PhD Scholar,Department of Education, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Azhar Mahmood
Associate Professor, Department of Education, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Wajeeha Aurangzeb
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan.