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This book brings together discourse on children and peace from the 15th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace, and is divided into nine sections that examine traditional themes (social construction and deconstruction of diversity, intergenerational transitions and memories of war, and multiculturalism), as well as contemporary issues such as migration, radicalization and violent extremism, and violence in families, schools and communities.
Building upon theoretical concepts that deal with multifarious links between education and conflict, the IOE's Tejendra Pherali provides a critical analysis of the contentious role of education in the emergence of conflict, as well as the effects of violence on education.
A unique representation of refugee children's journeys in their own voices, reflected through their stories, verses, and artworks. Schooling for refugee children is a collaboration between five authors who explore their interactions with refugee children displaced from Syria to the Lebanese borders and London.
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What is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Why is it happening? Is peace possible? When kids ask questions like these, are grownups prepared to answer? This book was created to provide context for this conflict, open the door to conversation, and lay a path for understanding, peace, and compassion for our shared future.
This article (History Education Resource Journal 21(1), 11) explores the intersection of history education and traumatic narratives, focusing on the impact of out-of-the-classroom learning experiences on the teaching of history during turbulent periods. Through a case study of history teacher training in contemporary Israel, it investigates how exposure to others’ troubled histories and past traumas outside the traditional classroom setting influences the personal, disciplinary, pedagogical and professional-educational development of prospective history educators.
This book explores how minority-led skateboarding, punk rock, and unschooling communities engage in collective efforts to humanize education and construct kinder social frameworks. Romero examines the roles of informal and community-embedded learning in actualizing transformative education and shows how decolonizing education can take place outside of school settings.
This book advances knowledge about the implementation of peace and non-violence strategies in education that counter violence.
The aim of this study, published in Intercultural Education (2024), is to analyse the ‘Teaching Students to be Peacemakers’ programme, which is frequently cited in the Peace Education discourse, within the context of Peace Education. Based on a systematic literature review conducted using the PRISMA method, the study focuses on this programme that emerged as significant from the review results.
A timely and insightful exploration of the vital relationships among effective communication, education, peace, and democracy, this book explores the complexities of addressing divisive societal challenges, reducing conflicts, and building and sustaining peace and democracy around the world.
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This edited collection brings together a series of conceptual explorations and practical case studies to illuminate a developing innovative praxis of transdisciplinary peace and education. Drawing on the work of the Cambridge Peace and Education Research Group as well as international scholars, this book responds to calls for transdisciplinary peace and education praxis and presents innovative examples of peace and education research practices, peace interventions in educational settings, and alternative ontologies in peace and education work.
Zenobia was once a great warrior queen of Syria whose reign reached from Egypt to Turkey. When things feel overwhelming for Amina, a Syrian girl, her mother reminds her to think of Zenobia and be strong.
This book discusses education's role of developing social cohesion in a post-conflict environment where tensions continue to exist between the three "constituent" ethnic groups. It offers fresh insights into the relationship between education and social cohesion in a specific context of Bosnia & Herzegovina, where the need to rebuild social trust is acutely felt.
This volume addresses the role and importance of education for processes of transitional justice. In the aftermath of conflict and mass violence, education has been one of the tools with which societies have sought to achieve positive transformation. The original contributions in the book reflect on lessons learned from education policies of the past in post-conflict societies and seek innovative, sustainable and context-sensitive grassroots approaches, designed to advocate critical thinking, values of inclusion and tolerance, and ultimately a culture of peace.
This book takes a look at the challenges of delivering quality education to the approximately 39 million out-of-school children around the world who live in situations affected by violent conflict. With chapters by leading researchers on education in war and other conflict zones, the volume provides a comprehensive and critical overview of the links between conflict and children's access to education, as well as a review of the policies and approaches taken by those offering international assistance in this area.
In this handbook, a diverse range of leading scholars consider the social, cultural, economic, political, and developmental underpinnings of peace. This handbook is a much-needed response to the failures of contemporary peacebuilding missions and narrow disciplinary debates, both of which have outlined the need for more interdisciplinary work in International Relations and Peace and Conflict studies.
This book presents new perspectives and research on the struggle for social justice and peace in Myanmar at this critical juncture following the February 2021 military coup. The chapters provide the compelling life stories of the authors, specific examples of what they are doing, and insights of how their work might be applied to other contexts.
Ultimately concerned with how citizenship education for peace can be enriched through interdisciplinary learning, this edited volume reveals the role of peace education in global citizenship by illuminating instruction for comprehensive citizenship. It offers timely insights from countries including Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Canada, Bangladesh, Korea, Zimbabwe, and Timor-Leste.
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