Recognition and Compassion at Stake: towards a Nonkilling Education

Abstract

How should we teach? What educational tools should be used in the clas s room? In formal education it is no easy task to identify and apply the most appropriate and efficient tools available to teachers so that students learn properly in line with the competences established for each subject and, at the same time, so the subject matter and the way it is dealt with are mea n ingful for the students’ personal and professional futures. Although this chapter f ocuses on formal education, many concepts and problems also are applicable to non - formal and informal education. The interrelations are ev i- dent, including the links between schools and families (García Moriyón, 2004). The complexities of teaching practice includes elements such as the system , the teaching staff , and the students . We will refer to these three components of formal education in what follows. This chapter is based on the review of three pedagogical models in cu r rent use and aims to verify how t hey contribute to create a nonkilling ed u cation. These models are structured in three stages, taking into account their approach to the cu r- ric u lum and the interpersonal dynamics in the classroom.