Schooling for Peaceful Development in Post-Conflict Societies

Education for Transformation?

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Drawing upon research from a wide range of post-conflict developing societies including Cambodia, Colombia and Kenya, the author examines whether there is any empirical support for the idea that schooling can be transformed so it can contribute to more peaceful and democratic societies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-05-13
Mått:148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt:528 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:306
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030176884

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Clive Harber is Emeritus Professor of International Education at the University of Birmingham, UK. His research interests include education for peace and democracy on the one hand, and education for violence and authoritarianism on the other.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface.- Chapter 1. Violence, Violent Conflict and Schooling.- Chapter 2. Education as potentially preventative of violent conflict.- Chapter 3. How might schooling be transformed to contribute to peace?.- Chapter 4. A (partial) post-conflict educational success story? Colombia.- Chapter 5. Evidence on schools and peacebuilding in post-conflict developing societies school governance, management and ethos.- Chapter 6. Evidence on curriculum - Peace Education in Africa.- Chapter 7. Evidence on curriculum - Peace Education in Asia (and the Middle East).- Chapter 8. Evidence on curriculum - history and religious education.- Chapter 9. Evidence on curriculum - citizenship education and classroom teaching methods.- Chapter 10. Evidence from further post-conflict countries.- Chapter 11. Explaining the failure of education as a vehicle for peaceful transformation - and why is the myth perpetuated?