IJB Theme
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The Theme for the 2007-2009 period is Conflict and Peace Education.
- Download the Theme Packet Documents from the Theme corner at the JB Library.
- Why work with the Theme? Let ASKless Kid and Pirate tell you why.
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Why Conflict Resolution and Peace Education?
The IJB theme was chosen with several different ideas in mind. Firstly, that conflict (and its potential and possible resolution) is an issue that is central to the ideas and philosophy of CISV, although in practice is very rarely directly addressed within the organization, its programs and activities.
Secondly, Peace Education is the central pillar in the educational content of the organization, and again is touched very little in comparison to the potential it holds as a topic of discussion and learning. As the educational content of CISV becomes increasingly important to all members, understanding the distinction of peace education becomes an even more relevant task.
Turning Our Model Upside Down
CISV is based on experiential education, meaning that the vast majority of our activities and programs are founded on the experiences and feelings of their participants. From this basis, participants draw conclusions and, hopefully, take actions, as can be seen in the experiential education cycle. This process is used as a foundation for broader, more factual knowledge. Using the IJB theme over the next two years we would like to INVERT this model and make factual knowledge the basis of our experiences, thus lowering the amount of mis-information that possibly occurs when groups of participants experience something together in an isolated incident and then decide that their one group experience is fact. We believe that by providing this new and exciting foundation, the quality of all of our experiential learning moments will increase.
Attitudes, Skills and Knowledge
Over the course of the next year, several resources, activities and events will be created. In making these tools available, we hope that JBers and CISVers around the world will be able to work towards the following Attitudes, Skills and Knowledge:
Attitudes
- Of willing to understand that you may be wrong
- Of willingness to lean about conflict(s)
- Of willingness to solve conflicts
Skills
- Of non-aggressive communication
- Of inter-personal conflict resolution
- Of negotiating
- Of understanding “positions”
- Of building peaceful processes
Knowledge
- Of the issue you’re approaching
- Of conflict theory
- Of peace education
If you want to know more about the IJB theme, or if you have ideas and input, contact ijbtheme@ijb.cisv.org
Working on the theme
Are you interested in taking part in the IJB theme?
If you are interested in running activites or sessions on the theme, contact ijbtheme@ijb.cisv.org to get a copy of the theme packet and the theme tools. You can also download them from the JB Library at www.ijb.cisv.org/library
Who's doing what?
If you are interested in knowing what has been going on with the theme, or if you want to add what your JB has been doing, check out the JB Theme Share page.
