Nonviolence as Educational PRAXIS - (Lived Experience, Nonviolence, and Curriculum Studies) by Ying Ma & Jon L Smythe & Jennifer Williams

About the Book

Nonviolence as Educational Praxis serves as an important resource for educators and practitioners dedicated to enacting meaningful change in their classrooms and communities, reinforcing the urgent need for a worldwide commitment to nonviolence in education in today's chaotic and violent world.

Book Synopsis

Nonviolence as Educational Praxis, offers an international perspective on integrating nonviolence into educational practices. Featuring contributions from scholars in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, England, Estonia, and beyond, this volume emphasizes the urgency of practicing nonviolence in the international educational landscape.

It centers nonviolence in the educational field within and beyond schools in terms of nonviolent communication, autobiography, storytelling, psychoanalytical implications, relational dynamics and ecological perspectives, and much more. This book illustrates how educators can create spaces that encourage empathy, interconnection, and growth.

Nonviolence as Educational Praxis serves as an important resource for educators and practitioners dedicated to enacting meaningful change in their classrooms and communities, reinforcing the urgent need for a worldwide commitment to nonviolence in education in today's chaotic and violent world.

About the Author

Dr. Ying Ma is currently a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Jon L. Smythe is Assistant Professor of Curriculum Studies at Oklahoma State University.

Jennifer Williams is a graduate student in Curriculum Studies at Oklahoma State University.