Education for peace in educational institutions: Considerations about the Venezuelan Context

Abstract

This research frames the importance of education for peace in schools and in the Venezuelan national context. The methodology was documentary based on a review of the literature with a phenomenological approach. It is evident that Venezuelan educational management is facing a great challenge, given the existence of the conflict in the development of society context, the need arises for teachers to appropriate the humanist chair of teaching peace from the critical review of school violence. To achieve this, sensitive encounters should be fostered towards citizen peace, educating to promote the climate of coexistence as the nerve center of which significant elements are dictated in the Venezuelan educational system, as spaces committed for achieving peaceful coexistence.