Master Class in Peace Education

Master Class in Peace Education

Dates: December 2-4, 2011
Location: La Casa de Maria Retreat Center (Santa Barbara, CA)
Conducted by: National Peace Academy in partnership with La Casa de Maria
Course Instructors: Betty A. Reardon, Founder Emeritus, International Institute on Peace Education. Tony Jenkins, Director of Education, National Peace Academy.
Course fees: $300 commuter, $400 residential (*Residential fees include tuition, as well as shared room and meals served within the timeframe of the program. **Commuter fees include tuition, day use, and meals served within the timeframe of the program.)
NPA Certificate Points: 2 certificate points
CEUs: 1.4 CEUs
Spheres of Peace: This workshop meets the requirements for the Social and Political spheres.

The class will begin and end with "Conversations with the Master Teachers" about the purposes, principles and practices of peace education and the particular concerns and issues of those seeking to further develop their peace education capacities. This class is an opportunity for experienced peace educators to take the next steps in making good learning experiences even better and closer to the core purposes, principles and practices of comprehensive/critical peace education. Participants will present short learning units to peace education master teachers in micro-teaching situations in which other participants serve as the intended learners. They will be given responses from the point of view of learners and constructive critiques from the master teachers, so as to be enable them to improve their demonstration units or design new ones that will be more likely to better fulfill their respective learning goals.

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This course is part of the National Peace Academy’s National Peacebuilding Peacelearning Certi..., a program designed to make learning for peace accessible, available and affordable for all. The program allows participants to pursue an individualized course of study that will help them achieve depth in knowledge and skills they need to achieve their personal and professional goals and interests in peacebuilding and peace education.