Democratic Dialogue & Peace Skills

Available courses

Upcoming classes

Week 26

6/21 - 6/25/2027 (5 days)

May 21, 2027 at 03:00 PM

Payment

Day price

80 €

Course days

Total

400 €

*The invoice will be available after the registration deadline and if at least 8 participants have enrolled. Otherwise the class will be cancelled.

Course

Title

Democratic Dialogue & Peace Skills

Description

Peace education is equally the search for one's own inner balance, the literacy of social situations and the prevention and resolution of conflicts.

The educators of the OpenTupas peace education course have worked as volunteers in the Teachers Without Borders network and produced peace education material both for international distribution and for teachers in Finland.

War, climate change and threats to the democratic system create uncertainties for the future, which makes peace education even more timely and necessary to prevent.

The exercises in the course are functional and emphasize inclusion. They can be implemented in participants own teaching in addition to peace education to strengthen emotional skills, cooperation skills and influencing.

The course examines the importance of inner peace in building a broader peace, practices dialogue and negotiation situations through functional pedagogy, and considers different channels and means of influence.

The goal of the course is to guide course participants to perceive the world through different perspectives, understanding and perceiving.

Pre-assignment

A Person Who Brings Peace to Their Environment:

Briefly tell us about the peacebuilder you appreciate.

What factors do you think make them a good peacebuilder?

They can be any member of your close circle or community, a significant influencer in your home country, or a globally known person.

Program (5 days)

Welcome

Heli-Maija, Riikka

Beginning of the course, practical matters, and review of the week's program.
Getting to know each other and grouping.
Going through the pre-assignment.
What is peace? What is conflict? Familiarization with concepts and their meanings.

Inner Peace

Heli-Maija, Riikka

Theory and practical exercises about inner peace.
Emotions: How to build students' faith in the future.
Finding peace in nature (forest walk).

A Day in Helsinki

Heli-Maija, Riikka

How does urban planning/construction promote peace in the community?
City orienteering and museum/visit to an organization.

Communication

Heli-Maija, Riikka

Theory and practical exercises on different ways of communication.
Learning to look at different perspectives.
Dialogue practices.
Nonviolent communication (Rosenberg's model).

Taking Action

Heli-Maija, Riikka

How to plan a project with students.
How can I use the course content in my teaching? Joint planning of course participants based on the course content.
Handing out certificates, giving feedback, and ending the course.