The training unit (TU), developed in the Pestalozzi Programme in the Education for the prevention of violence at schools (VIO) module, consists of three activities, including an assessment session for initial and in-service training.
The three activities aim to make the participants aware of verbal injury. The first activity enables the participants to experience the effect of both harmful and pleasant words. The second helps the participants detect verbal injury, visualise it on a (cut out) person and “repair” the injuries. In the last activity the animal world is transformed into our world in order to understand connections and similarities with human behaviour.
To cite this resource: Träger, K. (2012). Teacher’s responsibility for a nonviolent learning environment. In Council of Europe Pestalozzi Programme Training Units.
