The development of peace values within a multicultural approach

Abstract

Teachers` are models for their students, those who plant valuable attitudes, respect for different cultures, diversity, equity, justice, and humanism. Peace education is essential for a multicultural society. It has a huge transformative influence on the students’ personalities, transforming them into peacemaker citizens able to avoid social-cultural conflicts, become promoters of constructive dialogues, demonstrate respect for values and aspirations, self and others. The research described in this article aims to develop a methodology for developing peace values in teachers who work in the system but did not have a specific peace education course with a multicultural approach, with a holistic vision. To check the effectiveness of the methodology was carried out an experiment where teachers who come to continuous professional development were involved in a formative program.