Language of peace in the peaceful classroom.

Language of peace in the peaceful classroom. For the past 30 years, peace educators have drawn attention to thevital role of language--the caring, creative words that describe andenhance peace. As far back as the 1970s, Priscilla Prutzman and hercolleagues in a Quaker Project on Community Conflict in the New YorkCity New York City:see New York, city. New York CityCity (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. area crafted The Friendly Classroom for a Small Planet (Prutzman,Burger, Bodenhamer, & Stern, 1978), with a special chapter onlearning to communicate. This included The Telephone Game, in whichchildren tried to pass down a correct message through the ears ofseveral classmates Classmates can refer to either: Classmates.com, a social networking website. Classmates (film), a 2006 Malayalam blockbuster directed by Lal Jose, starring Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Indragith, Sunil, Jagathy, Kavya Madhavan, Balachandra Menon, ... . At the same time, they could show they had followeddirections and learned to paraphrase to express the viewpoints ofanother child. Then, in the 1980s, Fran Schmidt and Alice Friedman createdmaterials for the Grace Contrino Abrams Peace Education Foundation inMiami. As a result, the "I Care Rules" from Peacemaking PeacemakingSee also Antimilitarism.Agrippa, MeneniusCoriolanus’s witty friend; reasons with rioting mob. [Br. Lit.: Coriolanus]Antenorpercipiently urges peace with Greeks. [Gk. Lit. Skillsfor Little Kids (Schmidt & Friedman, 1988) have been used bycountless teachers for embedding classroom listening and the enhancementof peacemaking skills in thousands of classrooms throughout the world.The authors emphasized that "listening skills helped children getto know each other and their environment, building a sense ofcommunity." The "I Care Rules" include: "1. Welisten to each other; 2. Hands are for helping, not hurting; 3. We useI-Care-Language." Children learn to talk to each other with respectas the basis for constructive communication, using phrases such as:"I am sorry, excuse me," "May I help you.),""May I play.)," "Yes, play with us." Appropriate foryoung children, the I Care Language on posters may be found at the PeaceTable to help children discuss their problems and resolve theirdifferences. It is depicted in the Miami classroom of Lourdes Balisterosin the video "Starting Small" (Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an internationally known nonprofit organization that files Class Action lawsuits to fight discrimination and unequal treatment; it also tracks hate groups and runs a program to educate Americans about racism, anti-Semitism, and other forms of ,1997). The "I Care Rules" and the Peace Table form thefoundation for the Language of Peace in kindergarten-primary classrooms. In the 1990s, Montessori teachers Rebecca Janke and Julie Peterson Julie Peterson is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in February, 1987. Dr. Peterson attended Aberdeen High School, Aberdeen, Maryland, and is now a Chiropractor, graduating from Life University. crafted a guide for teaching conflict resolution with a peace table,with a chapter devoted to "Developing Vocabulary and Understandingof Feelings." They emphasized that children needed to develop theircomprehension and application of the vocabulary for peace so they couldmore accurately describe their feelings and understand anotherchild's choice of words Noun 1. choice of words - the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Pattonphraseology, wording, diction, phrasing, verbiage when they "describe their own and thediffering feelings" of others (Janke & Peterson, 1995). Theteacher and the children could craft a "Feelings Book" withpictures depicting the specific emotions for conflict resolutionrole-playing. These and dozens of other educators and curriculumdesigners over the past decades have created a rich heritage of peaceeducation (Stomfay-Stitz, 1993). For upper elementary children, Linda Williams and her colleaguesdeveloped the concept of "The Respectful Classroom," wherethey discussed such questions as: "How would you like to be treatedin our classroom?" and "How would students treat one anotherin a respectful classroom?" Students first worked cooperatively tocreate a Classroom Compact (similar to the Mayflower Compact Mayflower Compact,in U.S. colonial history, an agreement providing for the temporary government of Plymouth Colony. The compact was signed (1620) on board the Mayflower from thePlymouth, Massachusetts :This article is about the town of Plymouth in Massachusetts. See also Plymouth, England or Plymouth (disambiguation). Plymouth (historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. , colony in 1620). They crafted a statement suchas: "In this classroom, we treat each other with respect. Thatmeans: First ... Second ... Third ...," with contributions fromseveral students. Class meetings followed, with a discussion as towhether or not the Classroom Compact's goals were being met andsetting a new goal for the coming week to improve behavior in that area.The words of peace were also set to music, available on a CD (Williams,Schilling, & Palomares, 1996). More recently, Edyth Wheeler (2004) included several examples of"Teacher Talk" as efforts to help young children learn toshare. This begins with planning for both the physical and socialenvironments in the preschool setting, including "language ... as apart of the children's environments." Children are encouragedon a daily basis with "words that promote awareness of people andobjects.... Words ... used to label not only objects but actions andfeelings." As a result, children hear and learn a language ofkindness and caring, which includes signing (for deaf children) andmultilingual vocabulary in songs, stories, and routine times. Planningfor this ideal environment would meet the needs of our present-daycaring classroom, warmly welcoming the many ESOL ESOL English for Speakers of Other LanguagesESOL Endless Snorts of Stupid LaughterESOL Evaluator Series Online children who may speakdozens of different languages. Clearly, the language of peace has evolved through several stagesof growth and complexity. The caring classroom offers an understanding,tolerant, and accepting environment that reflects the roots of empathyand knowledge of emotions encountered in facing potential violence andresolving conflicts. It also could be considered as meeting Daniel Goleman's criteria for addressing social emotionalintelligence in childhood environments (Goleman, 1996) and embracing thepioneering research depicted in Vivian Paley's tolerant, inclusivepreschool environments (Paley, 1993). The language of peace can offer aheritage of caring and acceptance for all children who enter through ourclassroom doors. 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