Abstract: The study evaluated the contribution of the implementation of peace education curriculum in building peace in South Central Mindanao using the descriptive-predictive research design to the randomly selected 60 respondents using Raosoft method. The study made use of mean, Pearson r Correlation and Stepwise Regressions in the analysis of data gathered. The locale of the study is three (3) Higher Educational Institutions offering Peace Education Curriculum. The (3) three schools produced hundreds of graduates in peace and development. The result revealed that the implementation of Peace Education is very highly extensive. The overall mean for extent of implementation of peace education curriculum in the attainment of peace in terms of foundation of peace and development, philosophical foundations of peace, peace research, development paradigms and culture of peace, human rights and peace, religion and global ethics towards peace and environment peace were very highly extensive. But the social justice and peace, conflict resolution management and transformation, and ethnicity and cultural solidarity were highly extensive. The extent of contribution of peace education curriculum to building peace in terms of building inner peace and building culture respect, reconciliation and solidarity were very highly evident. But the dismantling culture of war, living with compassion and social justice, living in harmony with earth and promoting human rights and responsibilities were highly evident. The correlational analysis between the implementation of peace education curriculum in the attainment of peace and its contribution to build peace revealed significant relationship. The best predictors that emerged were ethnicity and cultural solidarity, social justice and peace and conflict resolution management and transformation. The study concludes that the schools offering peace education curriculum produce individuals who are peace loving individual that manifested good moral characters and behavior with good peace leadership. The study recommended for intensification of peace education programs in the schools at all levels.
Keywords: Peace Education, Peace-building, Peace Curriculum, Southern Philippines.
Title: THE PEACE EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO BUILDING PEACE IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES
Author: AISHA J. MIDTANGGAL, PHD
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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