Peace Education as a Tool to Counter Violence

Abstract

Education is an important tool to change and shape our minds because it is very important to learn and segregate between what we know and what we understand. Peace Education is the best tool to counter violence by equipping citizens with critical thinking skills. Sustainable development goals for education can reduce and eventually eliminate terrorism, radicalization, violence and extremism in societies. The present descriptive research focuses on building connections between people, programs and policies. This research aims at elaborating on the conceptual challenges in eliminating violence and explains ways to achieve this goal through education by identifying characteristics, trends and categories. The point of departure in this research is that peace education is the most effective instrument for combating violence and extremism.