Infusion Method for Teaching Peace

KEYWORDS: Peace: A state of Harmony. Infusion Method: It is a method of infusion a concept of social concern with other school subjects. ABSTRACT ‘Peace is a state of harmony characterised by the lack of violent conflict and the freedom from fear of vio-lence. ’ Violence is emerging in an unprecedented manner in human society. It has become difficult for any sen-sible person to tolerate these. He feels disheartened and even horrified to see the kind of violent acts being committed by man against man and nature. The saddest part of the story is that this state of disorder and confusion in the society is affecting the children's innocent minds. The spirit of violence is absorbed by our children as it is highlighted in each and every game, movie and everywhere. Peace education must address the prevention and resolution of all forms of conflict and violence, whether overt or structural, from the interpersonal level to the societal and global level. Infusion which is the well known method of teaching basic concepts of many social concerns can be conveniently used in developing the concepts of peace education through the school subjects such as languages, social sciences etc.,. This study was conducted to test the possibility of infusion of peace education in social science subject of 9th standard. A lesson plan on a topic of social science was developed and that lesson was taught to 100 9th standard students. It was found that that the concepts of peace education have been imbibed by the students even when they are not taught directly. Infusion method has a noticeable impact in developing a positive outlook about peace. Introduction.‘Peace is a state of harmony characterised by the lack of violen