First, in this post I want to briefly present some ideas about how you could “teach peace” in all of your courses. While these ideas are focused on the teaching of psychology, they could probably be applied to most high school and university courses.
Read MoreFrom AAAS press release --
Jean Maria Arrigo, who confronted systematic efforts by the American Psychological Association (APA) to allow and conceal the involvement of psychologists in the torture and abuse of detainees following the September 11 attacks, has been awarded the 2015 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Arrigo, an independent social psychologist and oral historian focusing on ethics and national security issues, was honored by AAAS "for her courage and persistence in advocating for ethical behavior among her fellow psychologists, the importance of international human rights standards, and against torture."
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Read MoreThis is the first of several blogs that I plan to write in order to introduce and encourage use of the “Teach Peace” resources. I will offer suggestions for how teachers might use these materials, and I also welcome your comments and suggestions. Please join us in this important mission to Teach Peace.
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Those of us who are psychology professors have an opportunity to have a positive influence on the war and peace attitudes of a large proportion of the future decision-making citizens in the world, and we have a responsibility to help our students understand the application of psychology for their personal well-being and for the survival and well-being of life on earth.
I bring to your attention two movies that are worth seeing for peace psychologists and worth using for classes for those of us who teach -- “The Experimenter” (trailer) and "The Stanford Prison Experiment" (trailer)
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One thing that was left out that peace psychology teachers would want to add instruction on is the experiments that showed what increased non-compliance with the demands of destructive authority.
My identity as a peace scholar and activist is shaped by my experiences growing up in the Northeastern borderlands of India, which has been dealing with protracted ethnic conflict, armed insurgency, and militarization.
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