Book by Reardon, Betty

Product Description: A volume in Studies in the History of Education Series Editor: Karen L. Riley, Auburn University at Montgomery Conflict and Resolution: Progressive Educators and the Question of Religion investigates the impact of religion in shaping the progressive education movement...read more

While featuring field-based examples in multiple disciplines, including political science, anthropology, communication, psychology, sociology, law and teacher training, this book presents real cases of conflict work. Explained are concepts underlying conflict transformation and strategies that have been adapted for use in professional practice.

Product Description: This research monograph contributes to the fields of peace education, post conflict resolution, peacebuilding and conflict analysis by providing the first in-depth scholarly analysis of the Education for Peace program in Bosnia and Herzegovina by an independent scholar and researcher...read more

Product Description: A collection of writings by William H. Boyer which articulate key issues and concepts for education in the new century. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume includes essays on the following topics: peace education - enhancing caring skills and emotional intelligence in children; self science; multiple intelligences; anger and behaviour management; imagination, participation and action; and conflict resolution.

Product Description: Book by Brock (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This handbook encompasses a range of disciplines that underlie the field of peace education and provides the rationales for the ways it is actually carried out . The discipline is a composite of contributions from a variety of disciplines ranging from social psychology to philosophy and from communication to political science. That is, peace education is an applied subject which is practiced in differing ways, but must always be firmly based on a range of established empirical disciplines. The volume is structured around contributions from expert scholars in various fields that underpin peace education, plus contributions from experts in applying peace education in a range of settings, all complemented by chapters which deal with issues related to research and evaluation of peace education.

Product Description: Book by Carlsson-Paige, Nancy

Product Description: How Children Understand War and Peace is a landmark book that examines these two vital questions and provides a solid framework on which to build answers. Written by an international panel of experts in the fields of developmental, social, and educational psychology, How Children Understand War and Peace presents a collection of the most current thoughts and insights into how children and adolescents develop an understanding of war, conflict, and peace...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The end of World War II resulted in the realization that any war leaves devastating effects in its wake, which may take years to resolve. Mungazi argues that the key to avoiding armed conflict is education on a global scale. Only an increasing awareness of cultural diversity can improve relationships between nations.