Constructive Conflict Pedagogies for Building Democratic Peace - (Peace and Human Rights Education) by Kathy Bickmore (Hardcover)

About the Book

Shows what teaching for democratic citizenship and peace can look like in real classrooms in different violent and less-violent contexts around the world.

Book Synopsis

This open accessbook shows what teaching for democratic citizenship and peace can look like in classrooms in violent and less-violent contexts around the world.

It features chapters written by leading scholars and practitioners based in Canada, Chile, Columbia, Cyprus, Mexico, Spain, the UK and the USA. It includes sections on navigating contested history and heritage; language teaching that bridges social identities; teaching democratic engagement with conflictual issues; and students Sharing Authority and Handling Systemic Violence. The chapters cover a wide range of topics with local and global significance including indigenous praxis as peace building, social conflicts, transformative hope, teacher training, and student voice. Vignettes of practice accompany each chapter, grounded in careful scholarship and teaching experience.The book shows how teachers and young people can feasibly nurture and learn non-violent ways of dealing with difficult conflicts and social tensions, to become agents of democratic revitalization and peacebuilding in their own communities and beyond. The contributors also engage critically with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), SDG 4 and 16 in particular, arguing that teachers and teacher educators can make a crucial difference in meeting these goals.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Weatherhead Canada Program.

Review Quotes

Featuring global contributions from experts, this book provides personal real-world examples, practical teaching strategies and theoretical insights for teaching democracy and peace in diverse conflict settings. This book has given me deep insights in the richness off constructive conflict pedagogies available worldwide and the hopeful power of educators!

Here, in one place, is an extraordinary collection of theory and practice on conflict pedagogies, democratic practice, and peace-building in difficult places from Iran and Chile to South Africa and Columbia. Brilliantly edited, and perfectly timed, this rich compendium of lively stories (vignettes) and action-inspired pedagogies offers an invaluable resource for teacher education in a world still wrecked by conflicts past and present.

This exciting volume illustrates how scholars and educators globally can inspire democratic citizenship and peace, tackling complex histories and identities while engaging with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. A vital resource for anyone dedicated to transformative educational practices and social change.

About the Author

Kathy Bickmore is Professor of Curriculum and Pedagogy, and Comparative and International Development Education, at OISE, University of Toronto, Canada.