Peace Education and the Task for Peace Educators
Editors:
Terrance R. Carson
Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Hendrik D. Gideonse
College of Education, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface ………………………………………………………………. 1
Estela C. Matriano
Introduction ………………………………………………………….. 5
Terrance R. Carson
Part I – Historical Perspective on Peace Education ……………………….. 8
Chapter One – Peace Education and the Schools:
What can we Learn from History ………………………………………….. 10
Ken Osborne
Chapter Two – Some Current Controversies in the New Peace Education
Movement: Debates and Perspectives ………………………………………. 25
Nigel Young
Part II – Present Context ………………………………………………. 35
Chapter Three – Peace Education and Curriculum ……………………………. 37
Robin Burns
Chapter Four – Peace Education: The Asian Experience ………………………. 41
Virginia Cawagas
Chapter Five – Learning Through Action in a Violent Environment:
An Experience Of Adult Non-Formal Education at the Grass Roots Level ………… 49
Jaime Diaz
Chapter Six – The Relationship of Feminism to Peace and Peace Education ……… 57
Birgit Brock-Utne
Part III – Nurturing Children as a Starting Point for Peace Education ……….. 64
Chapter Seven – The Infinite Capacity of the Child: The Foundation of
Education For Peace ……………………………………………………. 66
Mildred Masheder
Chapter Eight – Problems of War and Peace in The Child’s World ……………. 71
Lennart Vriens
Part IV – Problems of Teaching in Transforming Culture …………………….. 80
Chapter Nine – A Pedagogy for Peace ……………………………………… 82
John Hurst
Chapter Ten – Towards a Transpolitics: The Role of the Peace Educator ……….. 90
Peter Dale Scott
Current Addressed of Contributors ……………………………………….. 106