Government should organize regular training workshops for Social Studies teachers to enhance their peacebuilding and mediation instructional skills

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Sourced from the recommendations of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2025 and 2026, spanning 4 journals.

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• Unravelling the dynamics of successful collaboration and the potential for community-based learning in child and youth care (2025) · Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk · doi

  It is recommended that other disciplinary departments, particularly social work, reconstruct their traditional fieldwork placements by moving more into underserved or marginalised community spaces where students can engage, collaborate and plan interventions that address contextually relevant problems. Only through embracing community engagement as an equal partner alongside teaching and research can the shift towards integrating engagement in teaching and research be achieved. It is therefore recommended that universities support community engagement initiatives more robustly, so that they become entrenched within teaching and research in higher education. REFERENCES Allsopp, J. M. (2021). Child and youth care work in the South African context: towards a model for education and practice. (Doctoral dissertation). Durban University of Technology. South Africa. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2025: 61(3) 543 Anas, N., & Ishaq, K. (2022). Qualitative research method in social and behavioural science research. International journal of management, social sciences, peace and conflict studies, 5(1): 89-93. Atinga, R. A., Agyepong, I. A., & Esena, R. K. (2018). Ghana's community-based primary health care: Why women and children are ‘disadvantaged’ by its implementation. Social Science & Medicine, 201, 27-34. Benneworth, P. (2018). Definitions, approaches and challenges to community engagement. Mapping and Critical Synthesis of Current State-of-the-Art on, 39, 16. Bhagwan, R. (2017a). Community engagement in social work education: Building pedagogical pathways. Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development, 29(3), 22. Bhagwan, R. (2017b). Towards a conceptual understanding of community engagement in higher education in South Africa. Perspective in Education, 35(1), 171-185. Bhagwan, R. (2019). Emerging wisdom on the values and principles to guide community engagement in South Africa. Journal for New Generation Sciences, 17(1), 1-14. Bhagwan, R. (2020). Student volunteer experiences as a way to advance teaching and learning: A call for community service. The Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning, 15(2), 8-23. Bhagwan, R., Naidu, L., & Panwar, M. (2022). Transcending university boundaries: Community engagement as a tool to enhance social work students preparedness for real world practice. Social Work Education, 41(6), 1123-1140. Bhagwan, R., & Rowkith, S. (2023). Insights into community engagement at higher education institutions in South Africa. In: M. Singh, W. Bhatt, W, Singh, & K. S. Pareek. (Eds). Community engagement in higher education: from theory to practice. (pp. 110- 125). Routledge. Bidandi, F., Ambe, A. N., & Mukong, C. H. (2021). Insights and current debates on community engagement in higher education institutions: Perspectives on the University of the Western Cape. Sage Open, 11(2), 21582440211011467.

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  Keywords: community engagement social education bhagwan teaching higher south africa journal towards practice university recommended students
• Peace, Conflict and Sustainable Development: Management Implications for Peace Education in Nigeria (2026) · NIU journal of social sciences. · doi

  sustainable development through peace education were made. Among these, is that peace education should be introduced to teachings and trainings of each age group; teachers; head teachers; public servants and in research institutes both as pre-service and as in-service trainings. The paper also highlighted several management implications on social institutions in Nigeria such as Strategic management, peace building and governance, conflict management and sustainable development goals. achieving for Keywords: Peace, Peace education, Conflict, Sustainable education, Sustainable development and

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• Peace, Conflict and Sustainable Development: Management Implications for Peace Education in Nigeria (2026) · NIU journal of social sciences. · doi

  Peace education should be applied to each age group and especially to students who are in their puberty age for peace education to reach its aims. Peace education should be introduced to trainings of teachers both as pre-service and as in-service training. For peace education to be able to achieve its optimum aim, there is the need for teachers to be at peace with themselves, with social sensitivity, to adopt solutions for solving problems peacefully. The Nigerian government should facilitate meaningful and effective medium for skills acquisition to address the issue of youth unemployment in the Country. It is essential that the government should embark upon sensitization and orientation of youths on conflict resolution, to inculcate in them, the values and attitudes towards developing a culture of peace. Through this, they will be encouraged on the need for dialogue, negotiation, respect for human rights and other traditional ways of resolving conflicts for the purpose of peace building. Various governments also need to amplify the opportunity of in-service training on peace education for governments to de-emphasize line officers, overzealousness and insensitivity on the part of government officers, against the citizens and the youths. NIU Journal of Social Sciences Governments at various levels should adhere to the tenets of transparency, accountability and should also avoid paying lip service to enabling and vital policies in governance. The Federal Ministry of education should endeavor to fast track a realistic process of including Peace education in curriculums, right from pre-school education, as a means of inculcating innate peaceful coexisting interrelationship in the psyche of Nigerian citizens. In many countries with low levels of development, such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somali and Sudan, the peace education is included in curriculums since preschool education (Tumuklu; 2006). The Nigerian Government should also introduce peace education as a mandatory course in the trainings of all categories of officers of the Nigeria Police, the Army, the Navy, the Air force and all other Security Agencies or bodies, including Private Security Organizations, that are licensed by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Management implications: Here's the breakdown of the key management implications for Peace, Conflict and

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  Keywords: peace education government service need nigerian governments officers trainings teachers training social youths conflict various
• Learning through Workshops: A Reflective Evaluation in Action Research (2026) · Journal of Education and Learning Technology · doi

  It is recommended that education on peace strategies be implemented for both children and adults in South Africa on a larger scale in the various provinces. For children, this will help them to grow up with a mindset and attitude that condemns and resists xenophobic violence. This can be achieved by hosting educational training sessions on television channels, and the Ministry of Education can incorporate these sessions into the Life Orientation modules offered in the South African curriculum. To further promote empathy and address violence, a community-based project with stakeholders from different fields, such as NGOs, religious organisations and political parties, can join forces and use interactive techniques like story circles, peace circles, art, and drama. Further, including parents and guardians in peace education workshops may further increase the impact of workshops outside of the classroom. CONCLUSION Shifting how people think about certain social issues is a critical aspect of social change. Toxic mindsets lead to blaming marginalized people and impede efforts to address violence. The importance of workshops for training children cannot be stressed enough. The study has emphasized the role of educating for peace through the use of training workshops as relevant tools for child participation and engagement. Education is an effective weapon to transform people’s mindset and can undoubtedly be used as a powerful instrument, and is essential for changing the conduct and attitudes of individuals and societies. The workshop sessions offered a safe space that would enable participants to connect. However, for workshops to be a success, there needs to be flexibility, language considerations, ground rules and use of creative tools. The results show that workshops are a powerful tool that can be used as an educational tool for peace. BIBLIOGRAPHY Ahmed, Sabreena, and Ratnawati Mohd Asraf. “The Workshop as a Qualitative Research Approach: Lessons Learnt from a ‘Critical Thinking through Writing’ Workshop.” The Turkish Online Journal of Design, Art and Communication 2018 (2018): 1504–10. Albertse, Johanna, Johanna Catharina Lubbe, and Isabel Coetzee-Prinsloo. “Through the Reflective Eye of a Pragmatist: Authenticity in Workshops for Co-Constructivism.” Journal of ExoTechnology and Education 1, no. 1 (2025). Asharose, Izuru Saizen, and Praveen Kumar Chakkalathundiyil Sasi. “Awareness Workshop as an Effective Tool and Approach for Education in Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case Study from Tamil Nadu, India.” Sustainability 7, no. 7 (2015): 8965–84. Asiry, Othman, Haifeng Shen, Theodor Wyeld, and Soher Balkhy. “Extending Attention Span for Children ADHD Using an Attentive Visual Interface.” In 2018 22nd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV), 188–93. IEEE, 2018. 64 Lin Wu et al., “Short-Term versus Long-Term Benefits: Balanced Sustainability Framework and Research Propositions,”

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  Keywords: workshops education peace children workshop violence training sessions further people tool south mindset educational offered
• Influence of Social Studies Education on Conflicts Prevention and Peace Building Among Communities in the Southern Senatorial Zone of Taraba State, Nigeria (2026) · JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL POLICY · doi

  1. Government should organize regular training workshops for Social Studies teachers to enhance their peacebuilding and mediation instructional skills. 2. Ministry of Education should revise the Social Studies curriculum to include more practical field activities that promote inter-ethnic collaboration among students. IIARD – International Institute of Academic Research and Development Page 26 Journal of Humanities and Social Policy E-ISSN 2545-5729 P-ISSN 2695 2416 Vol 12. No. 5 2026 www.iiardjournals.org online version

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  Keywords: social issn government organize regular training workshops teachers enhance peacebuilding mediation instructional skills ministry education

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