A Directory of Peace Education Resources for NZ Educators
Handspan peace memorial, Whanganui.
- Locate peace education resources available in the public domain
- Identify resources relevant to the material covered in New Zealand curriculum learning areas
- Find resources to use in New Zealand classrooms and early childhood education
Peace Education Directory V1.0 July 2012
A resource produced by the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Otago, with funding from the Peace and Development Education Trust (PADET) Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand.
This directory is a living or dynamic document that will be continually updated. Please access the most recent versions at the time of use.
Downloadable Directory Guide
16 page summary of peace education topic areas and themes
High resolution version (Colour PDF) – Warning Large File 5.5 mb
Medium resolution version (Colour PDF) – 1.5 mb
Low resolution version (Colour PDF) – Fast download 600 kb
Downloadable Directory Databases
Listing of resources related to peace education topic areas and themes
Excel version (Use on PC or MAC) – Includes worksheets and pivot table
The Pivot Table can be used to summarise and select various combinations of data. Use the filters to obtain details of relevant resources. Please note hyperlinks in Excel are not active – you need to cut and paste URLs into your browser.
Access version (Use on PC only with Microsoft Access) – Includes query and filter functions
Please let us know if a link does not open to the expected page. Email: education4peace
Relevance of directory for NZ educators
Topics of nonviolence, human rights, and peaceful solutions and practices relate to all levels of the New Zealand national curriculum and more broadly for school communities and students.
Promoting positive, problem solving attitudes and behaviour is particularly important when the personal and family experience of large numbers of New Zealand’s young people is one of violence.
Find out more about peace movements and peace people in New Zealand and activities for students.
You can contribute to the directory – Provide information, resources and feedback
- Please send your comments about the directory and your experiences using it
- Please tell us about additional resources and how these are useful in the education context
The directory is freely available for teachers, early childhood educators and curriculum leaders.
We hope to collaborate with interested educators to promote access to the directory. Please contact us if you are interested in hosting the directory on your website or intranet.
Share your curriculum resources for use in the NZ Curriculum
We hope that teachers, curriculum leaders, early childhood educators and trainee teachers will send us copies of their unit and lesson plans.
How are you using peace education resources in your teaching?
Peace Education in the NZ Curriculum
Where does peace education fit in the NZ Curriculum? How can you include peace education in your teaching and assessments?
How can peace education topics be integrated into the different learning areas?
Note. This is a working document for use by teachers and curriculum leaders. Please use it as a starting point to explore links of peace education topic areas to your teaching and assessment.
