Assessment of Education for peace and ethical learning at school

Abstract

This article discusses Education for Peace based on Aristotelian virtues with children in situation of risk. The problem of the research is violence at school and the necessity of building peace there. The Hypothesis is the possibility of Education for Peace at areas of risk. The objective is that 4th grader students can learn and practice the virtue of Friendship. The locus of the research is a public Elementary School in an area of risk in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Living Peace project is the core concept for this research on Education for Peace. We concluded that the practice of Ethics and Education for Peace through Virtue is possible if the students learn to practice virtues as the basis of a Culture of Peace.