258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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First-place winner of the Society for Education Studies' 2005 book prize, Education and Conflict is a critical review of education in an international context. Based on the author's extensive research and experience of education in several areas afflicted by conflict, the book explores the relationship between schooling and social conflict and looks at conflict internal to schools. It... Read more
Part 1: The Terms of the Debate 1. Introduction: The Nature of Conflict 2. Complexity Theory and Conflict Part 2: Roots of Conflict and Their Implications for Education 3. Economic and Class Relations 4. Gender and Violence 5. Pluralism and Identity Work Part 3: The Education/ War Interface 6. The Effects of Violence on Schooling 7. War Education 8. Peace Education Part 4: Strategic Responses to Conflict 9. Education in Immediate Times of Conflict 10. The Aftermath of Conflict: Rebuilding Society 11. Conflict Resolution Within the School Part 5: The Complex Adaptive School 12. Education for Positive Conflict and Interruptive Democracy
Biography
Lynn Davies is Professor of International Education and Director of the Centre of International Education and Research at the University of Birmingham.
'This is a complex, challenging and important book ... I shall certainly use this book with student teachers and would suggest that it is essential reading for all teachers, student teachers and policy makers who have a commitment to using education to make the world a better place.' - The Development Education Journal
