Professional Training / Teaching Pack in Conflict Transformation / Reconciliation (CPD) for Schools

Peace-Dove

British Friends of Wahat al-Salam ~ Neve Shalom (Oasis of Peace - WAS-NS)

Dealing with Conflict
Education Resource
Unique Training Day Opportunity
for Teachers and Teaching Staff
London 3rd February 2008

Citizenship - Community Cohesion -
Mediation - RE- History - Conflict Reduction

"A conflict education resource that provides an international outside perspective of ethnic, religious and cultural conflict to students, whilst teaching at the same time how to deal with conflict on a micro-local level."

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Education Resource:
Our teaching resource Dealing with Conflict (DWC) is ideal to help students to think about conflict through the famous international example of Wahat al-Salam ~ Neve Shalom (see below for details), but then taking it back to whatever conflict students here in the UK may face.

The pack has been designed for the use in history lessons, citizenship education, R.E., geography, English. Dealing with Conflict is tied in with all learning outcome requirements of key stage 3-5.

DWC also suits well all areas of community cohesion, inter-faith, and inter-cultural, youth-work, as well as intra-religious, and intra-cultural work in the class room and school setting.

What is offered in the training on 3rd of February?
We are offering conflict, mediation and cohesion insights, that are modeled after this special village, but refer to the local needs of children in your own school. The pack has a plethora of topical activities, and games and an entire educational resource, which we will run through with you.

In our workshop on the 3rd of February, you will be given creative examples of application, with a solid understanding of dialogue from one of the hardest testing grounds on earth (Palestine - Israel conflict)`.

The Workshop is led by Susan Denton Brown, a former Head of Religious Education, who is also a conflict facilitator for Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam, and nonviolence trainer for the Gandhi Foundation.

Our background?
The institution, School for Peace is based in the village of Wahat Al-Salam ~ Neve Shalom(WAS-NS) Israel (*), one of the first pioneers in Arab / Jewish relations since the 1970s, and still the only successful community in Israel, and to probably globally, where Arabs and Jews live together by choice. The village also houses the first successful mixed kindergarten and primary school in the Middle East teaching Arabs and Jews together (in two languages with the three religions). This without any loosing any sense of their cultural identity, but gaining insights into the others.

The School for Peace in WAS-NS is one of the most acknowledged centres of encounter in the region and internationally. It compares to similar centres in Northern Ireland, South Africa, the FYR and so on. Mostly young people, Jews and Palestinian Arabs (who are both Christian and Muslim), over 16 are brought together every year, for the the duration of four days. They learn to encounter the other constructively in a method that considers all the imbalances and problems that divide the communities. Very unique ways of working with people have evolved there (Detailed information on this can be read in Halabi: Israeli and Palestinian identities in Dialogue)

The British Friends of Wahat al Salam ~ Neve Shalom act as the UK representative of the village and fund all educational institution in the village. We also run a set of educational initiatives ourselves, of which Dealing with Conflict is a part.

Costs:
The Teaching pack on its own costs £19.50 plus postage.
The costs of attending our workshop on 3rd of February is £70 (£50 concessions). This includes a copy of the pack.

There may also be a follow up course for all those who have attended this and earlier workshops.

When and Where?
The date for our next training workshop is 3rd Feb. 2008 at St. Ethelburga's Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (near Liverpool Street Station.).

We are also able to run bespoke training (in any area on the UK), given a minimum of bookings (depending on the region). Just contact us to discuss!

For any other questions please get in contact.

With kind regards

Thank You

Daniel Zylbersztajn, BA, MA, MSc
Education Coordinator DWC
British Friends of WAS-NS
Premier House,112 Station Road,
Edgware, Middlesex
HA8 7BJ
Direct Mobile 07843630760
Office: 02089524717
E-Mail: daniel.z@oasisofpeaceuk.org

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Further information Links:

Who is Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al Salam? Wahat-Al Salam ~ Neve Shalom
10 Minute Video about Wahat al-Salam ~ Neve Shalom
Binational / Bilingual Primary School of Wahat al Salam - 30 minute video from Teacher TV
What is the School for Peace? School for Peace
Who are British Friends of Wahat al Salam ~ Neve Shalom (Oasis of Peace) Oasis of peace
General Press: Church Times, Radio Four Midweek (select 21st of May) , BBC World Wide TV (27th May) , BBC World Service (20th May and June 08 Persian Service), Radio Netherland, Daily Telegraph
Susan Denton Brown Article (opens pdf) and Daniel Zylbersztajn

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Dealing with Conflict (DWC) Information on the Internet:

Training and Facilitation

Introduction to The Resources

Details

Samples

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