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In this paper, we will examine the significance of circle processes based on restorative justice on moral education. Restorative life education was introduced as an attempt to change the paradigm of existing retributive school life guidance to correct problematic behaviors by coercion, punishment, blame, exclusion, and instillation of shame. Restorative life education is a paradigm for inner healing, relationship recovery, community restoration, and community reintegration of all parties to the conflict, seeing how to suppress and avoid conflict as an opportunity for learning and growth. Circle processes based on restorative justice and restorative life education can impart peer communication, empathy and listening, relationship recovery, healing, and reconciliation capabilities to peers. Through Circle Processes, not only the conflict of the parties involved in conflict and violence can be resolved, but also mutual trust and common wisdom can be reached, and the school community (class, club or school) can be restored to a peaceful and safe space. In this paper, circle processes could be presented as a method applicable to moral education in elementary schools.

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