Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 10

‘Learning to live together’: Building Values and Peace in the Minds of People through Curriculum Transaction

  • Author:
  • Ritu Bakshi
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • Page Number: 275 to 286

Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Studies, Central University of Jammu, India

Online published on 4 October, 2013.

Abstract

In this article, the author reflects on ‘learning to live together’, one of UNESCO's Four Pillars of Education. The paper explores how this pillar can infuse an international dimension into the curriculum and describe how it informed the objectives, contents and method of two core points namely ‘Society, Education, and Intercultural Dialogue’, and ‘Living Together in 2025’. The former covers the horizontal dimension, focusing on living together across space, whereby students’ attention is drawn to various barriers to educational opportunities and how to overcome them. The latter takes a vertical approach, focusing on living together across time. The paper also discusses the constraints in educating people to live together.

Keywords

International educating class, UNESCO, Learning to live together, Intercultural Dialogue