LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER: Education

as lifeAyesha Tanwir

Priyanka KishoreHarim QudsiPre-PhD Scholar

Regional Institute of EducationBhubaneswar

Odisha

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“We have learned to fly the air like birds and

swim the sea like fish, but we have not yet

learned the simple art of living together as

brothers”

Martin Luther King

Who am I

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I am a HinduI am a Muslim

I am a ChristianI am an OdiaI am a Bihari

I am a BengaliHow Do we

recognise ourselves ?

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Do We ever recognize we are human being

That’s what all about learning to live

togetherI We

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Delors Commission(1996) on education for the twenty-first century concluded that ‘Learning to live together, learning to live with others. This type of learning is probably one of the major issues in education today. The theme of learning to live together was taken up by UNESCO and others, as an umbrella title for initiatives designed to lessen the risk of armed conflict and promote non-violent approaches to solving interpersonal, national and international problems.

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Learning to live together is the pillar

UNESCO emphasizes more than any other pillar

Developing an understanding of others leading to empathy, respect, and

appreciation We must first know ourselves Handling conflict constructively is central

to human life. Skills of cooperation

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Inserting learning to

live together into the school

curriculum

Peace Education

Humanitarian education

Citizenship education

Multicultural Education

Life Skills

Value education

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Lets

live

to

get

her

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•Thank you