Arweck, Elisabeth and Nesbitt, Eleanor. (2008) Peace and non-violence : Sathya Sai education in human values in British schools. Journal of Peace Education, Vol.5 (No.1). pp. 17-32. ISSN 1740-0201

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Not only is peace one of the values at the heart of Sathya Sai Education in Human Values (SSEHV), it is also presented as one of the programme's outcomes. The SSEHV programme seeks to promote 'human values' in British schools, also with regard to educating pupils from different social, cultural or ethnic backgrounds towards greater tolerance and understanding. The programme aims to achieve this as part of the statutory provision of physical, social and health education (PSHE) and citizenship education as well provision for the social, moral, cultural and spiritual (SMCS) development of pupils in community schools. This article reports on an ethnographic study of SSEHV in the UK, which was conducted by members of the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit (WRERU) at the University of Warwick. The research reported here focused on the development of the programme, its contents (including the value of 'non-violence' and the practice of 'silent sitting'), its application in the classroom, and its reception by pupils and teachers. Further, this article seeks to embed SSEHV in the wider theoretical context of peace education and suggests theoretical discussions to which this investigation contributes.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Education -- Great Britain, Peace, Values
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Peace Education
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	1740-0201
Date:	March 2008
Volume:	Vol.5
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 17-32
Identification Number:	10.1080/17400200701859304
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
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