Beyond Bali Education Resource

The Beyond Bali Education Program was developed following the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings terrorist attacks. The program uses activities to engage students with the social impacts of these attacks and guide them through peaceful alternatives to violence.

There are five modules linked to the Australian curriculum, including engagement, empathy, moral reasoning and mindfulness, problem solving, and creative resolution using the context of the Bali bombings and the Bali peace park.

Key Takeaways

A small qualitative evaluation of a pilot of the program indicates that the program achieved some success in:

• Building resilience by engaging participants in constructing violent extremism as unjust and inhumane
• Creating empathy with victims of violent extremism
• Developing self-efficacy in resisting violent extremism influences
• Responding to influences in positive, productive ways and considering the devastating impacts of violent extremism