A resource for understanding conflict, violence, peacefulness and nonviolence.
“Too often we deal with problems in a one-dimensional way, addressing the effect but not the cause, or addressing the macro level but not the micro.
Peace education teaches us to look at problems holistically, and try to see with a wide lens, looking from the past and forward to the future, and looking deep within ourselves, while at the same time understanding the larger impacts. (Knox-Cubbon, 2010, Teachers Without Borders)”
The resource
This resource provides a framework to examine issues of social justice, inequity, potential or actual conflict and/or violence. It can be used to illustrate concepts of conflict and violence and peacefulness and nonviolence and to develop critical thinking skills.
The resource uses photographs and the analogy of the camera lens to provide students with an analytic lens to view and evaluate particular events and circumstances.
Photo literacy examples give teachers a practical technique to explore perspectives surrounding a range of social, cultural and environmental issues impacting on individuals, families, communities and societies.
The resource includes links to image galleries and where possible access to photographs that are freely available for download or printing for use in the classroom.
Download the pdf
Using the Peace Education Lens (pdf , 19 pages , 2.7MB) CAUTION LARGE FILE
Multiple Perspectives Diagram (pdf 49kb)
These are living or dynamic documents that will be continually revised and updated.
Please download the most recent versions at the time of use.
Last updated March 2012
