Margaret Hepworth is a Peace Educator and the Founder/Director of The Gandhi Experiment, whose vision is world peace through education. She has been the Head of Campus (Vice Principal) at Preshil School, Melbourne, Australia, and holds a Master of Educational Studies. She is the creator of Collaborative Debating and published her first novel, Clarity in Time, in 2012.
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4438665866851805;margin-top:6.829986572265625pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:#231f20;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">How do we take Gandhi’s messages further, as lessons that could bring about change in and around us? Perhaps a healthy dose of non-violent, solution-focused activities stemming from Gandhian principles would be a more productive approach both at school and at home, especially for the citizens of tomorrow. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4438665866851805;margin-top:5.167999267578125pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:#231f20;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">How do we teach our youngsters non-violence is a conscious choice; that we need to rise against injustices; that ‘hope in action’ and ‘moving from apathy to action’ are of supreme importance; and that ‘satyagraha’ is the very foundation we stand on? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4438665866851805;margin-top:5.167999267578125pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:#231f20;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">This book literally equips teachers and parents with tools and strategies for peace-building. For teachers, it takes these into the rigorous academic classroom; for parents, it is a guide to how they can build better relationships with their children whilst helping them step forward into a better world. </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:#231f20;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Gandhi Experiment </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:#231f20;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">teaches teenagers global citizenship, conflict resolution, anger management, forgiveness and how to mould their thoughts for a more positive future. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4438665866851805;margin-top:5.167999267578125pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:#231f20;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Using thirty-plus years of experience, Margaret Hepworth combines concepts, techniques and practices, creating activities that engage, provide equity and enable teenagers to make powerful and positive choices for a better tomorrow. </span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-85809a40-7fff-3a46-d61f-2288818cc039"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:7.667999267578125pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></p>
