More Than a Curriculum: Education for Peace and Development (Hc) (Peace Education) - Tapa dura

Galtung & Udayakumar; Galtung, Johan; Udayakumar, S. P.

 
9781617355486: More Than a Curriculum: Education for Peace and Development (Hc) (Peace Education)
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ISBN 10: 1617355488 ISBN 13: 9781617355486
Editorial: Information Age Publishing, 2013

Sinopsis

Exploring the field of peace education, the bulk of the book analyzes and criticallyevaluates contemporary schools and universities. Providing some successfuland not-so-successful alternative school and university projects andexperiments, the book proposes peace and development education as a life process and presents a whole array ofnon-conventional tools and approaches.The unique feature of the book is that instead of putting emphasis on teaching peace and development, it insistson being and becoming what we teach. It makes a great textbook for education courses and programs, and a goodhandbook for peace educators and peace researchers around the world.The authors of the book are two teachers who are not attached to any regular educational institution anywhere inthe world and are qualified to say what they have said in the book. The two authors have played significant, instrumentalroles in promoting peace studies.

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Exploring the field of peace education, the bulk of the book analyzes and critically evaluates contemporary schools and universities. Providing some successful and not-so-successful alternative school and university projects and experiments, the book proposes peace and development education as a life process and presents a whole array of non-conventional tools and approaches. The unique feature of the book is that instead of putting emphasis on teaching peace and development, it insists on being and becoming what we teach. It makes a great textbook for education courses and programs, and a good handbook for peace educators and peace researchers around the world. The authors of the book are two teachers who are not attached to any regular educational institution anywhere in the world and are qualified to say what they have said in the book. The two authors have played significant, instrumental roles in promoting peace studies.

Biografía del autor

Johan Galtung, "dr hc mult, "is Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Haiwaii, the University of Witten/Herdecke, the European Peace University and the University of Troms[o with a line through it]o. One of the founders of peace research, he established the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and the "Journal of Peace Research" in 1964. He has published over 50 books, including, "Essays in Peace Research, Theories and Methods of Social Science Research, Human Rights in Another Key "(1994) and "Choose Peace "(1995).

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Editorial
Information Age Publishing
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1617355488
ISBN 13 
9781617355486
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
194
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