Transformational pedagogy

Pedagogies become transformational when they combine the following four levers:

  1. Positive authority postures
  2. Teaching practices that are interactive and inclusive of all students
  3. Experiential activities to awaken students’ human values and exercise their skills, including their peace skills (listening, dialogue, collaboration, mutual aid, creative conflict resolution, intercultural fluency, eco-citizenship…).
  4. A safe, nurturing learning environment. 

As far as teaching practices are concerned, they call in particular for participative, cooperative, collaborative, democratic, resolutive and proactive practices.

To be effective, they integrate:

  1. sensitivity to context …
  2. the model role of teachers and others in schools
  3. the whole-school approach
  4. support for learners’ everyday actions in favor of peace.

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