{"id":63336,"date":"2010-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/gandhi-king-teacher-institute-targets-high-school-english-social-studies-teachers\/"},"modified":"2010-07-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T00:00:00","slug":"gandhi-king-teacher-institute-targets-high-school-english-social-studies-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/07\/gandhi-king-teacher-institute-targets-high-school-english-social-studies-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gandhi-King Teacher Institute targets high school English, social studies teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tTraining offers tips for integrating nonviolence into teaching curriculum<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 13, 2010 \u2013 Just hours before his assassination on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. talked with his friend Bernard Lafayette about the importance of nonviolence education.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cMartin Luther King told me that nonviolence teaching was going to become nationalized,\u201d Lafayette said. \u201cIf young people can understand the concepts of nonviolence, they can help prevent violence in their lives. The teaching of nonviolence is vital in education.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tKing\u2019s vision stayed with Lafayette and played a key role in the development of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the 溏心vlog免费B站. Beginning Monday, July 19, the center will host the first Gandhi-King Teacher Institute. The three-day teacher-training program \u2013 which is focused on infusing nonviolence education into the curriculum \u2013 offers professional development credit approved by the Rhode Island Department of Education.<\/p>\n


\n\tA collaborative effort between 溏心vlog免费B站 and the Raise Your Voice Project, the institute is targeting high school English and social studies teachers throughout the state. The goal is to get twelve teams of two teachers from the same schools — one English teacher and one social studies teacher — to attend the camp together. <\/p>\n


\nFunded through a grant from and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, the training will show how teachers can use humanities-based instructional strategies to develop and share the curriculum. Paul Bueno de Mesquita, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of psychology and director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, along with School of Education professors Diane Kern and Kathryn Johnson, form the 溏心vlog免费B站 contingent of workshop facilitators for the institute.<\/p>\n


\nOne of the key approaches in the training is to use poetry and drama to deliver the message of nonviolence in the classroom. \u201cMany students have trouble reading the vast amounts of text that is presented to them,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cBy incorporating the humanities with the social sciences, teachers can develop different strategies to bring their lessons alive.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nConsultants Dorothy Bocian and Risa Gilpin from Cultural Connections reached out to 溏心vlog免费B站 for the project. Cultural Connections had developed the successful Raise Your Voice, a program that focused on Kingian nonviolence theories by guiding urban school students to write poetry. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe want to introduce the idea of humanities and history working together,\u201d Bocian said. \u201cThrough this, we can demonstrate what has been done in the past to help lead to peaceable solutions in times of conflict. We can help students learn how to get along.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThere is no cost to attend the institute, which will be held in the Multicultural Center Forum at 74 Lower College Road on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus. A $100 stipend will be offered to teachers who train and implement practices in their classroom.<\/p>\n


\nTeachers interested in registering for or learning more about the institute can call 401.874.2875, or email nonviolence@etal.uri.edu.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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