Liberty A. Rosario, Ph. D.
Moises Alexander T. Asuncion, Ph. D.
Saint Mary’s University
Philippines
Abstract
The study ventured on peace education as a paramount avenue for transformative education. A profound exploration of the concept of peace has been done in a renewed and contextualized holistic way vis-a-vis the peaceable learning process experienced by the student teachers and student leaders.
The extent of understanding peace in the teaching-learning process has been unraveled to a great extent in the areas of knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
The results revealed that there was a great extent of knowledge, skills, and attitudes about peace education among the BEED, BSED, and other student leaders. Further, the challenge of how to become a peacemaker in the educational process towards transformative education heightened the concept of peace as expressed by student-teachers and student leaders.
The recognition of the diversified contributions of peace education has been found to be a paramount avenue towards transformative education as the respondents qualified the level of peace education in the quest for positive social change. The extent of the key themes attached to peace education served as the basis for the crafting of a program on transformative education.
Keywords: peace, transformative, holistic change, learning
Academic Profile
Dr. Liberty A. Rosario is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts (AB); Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education (BSED); Master of Arts in Religious Education; and Ph. D. in Educational Management. She has been in the academic field for 28 years and is currently the Department Head of Religious Education and Department Head of Professional Education at Saint Mary’s University, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.
