Participants showed growth and
development in thinking and analyzing information from different sources, such
as media, word of mouth and news. They processed how to transform conflict into
peace. Students strongly engaged in the discussions of different ideas on how
to create images and artwork that would represent conflict resolution.
Although some participants needed
more clarification on the concept of transforming conflict into peace, they
were able to come up with some sketches as well as ideas of how their
representation of peace would appear. The majority came up with ideas of
reconciliation and reviewing of the current laws. The interesting part is when
one of the participants kept asking and wondering why conflict and violence are
sometimes confusing, especially when expectations of the society about a
certain type of conflict dramatically changes to an unexpected pattern
resulting into confusion in the society.
The challenges experiences were: Some
students were interested in their conflict types like personal and interpersonal.
However, they were not comfortable to put down their peace resolution sketch. In
what ways can the student be encouraged to present their solution without
feeling their private life is not exposed? How can they be encouraged to create
artwork without feeling negatively about the task?
