| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 266 pages) |
| Series |
World Council of Comparative Education Societies, Distinguished Contributors
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| Contents |
Part 1. Debates on frameworks, theory and methodology -- Part 2. Debates on policy and politicization -- Part 3. Debates on people as agents of change -- Part 4. Debates on pedagogy |
| Summary |
"This book brings together new thinking on education's complex and evolving role in conflict and fragility. The changing nature of conflict, from inter- to intra-state, and with shifting geopolitical power balances, demands a reconceptualization of where education is positioned. Claims that education on its own can be an agent of conflict transformation are disputed. Deliberate attempts at peace education are not without critics and controversies. This collection aims to generate new realism from empirical and reflective accounts in a variety of countries and political contexts, as well as provide innovative methodological approaches to the study of education and conflict. The particular distinctiveness of the volume is the emphasis on 'contested' - it includes the debates and disagreements on the many faces of education in conflict, as well as material on teaching controversial issues in fragile contexts. Crucially, it underscores how education itself exists within highly contested projects of state, nation and region building. As well as overview comparative chapters, the collection encompasses a range of specific contexts, geographically and educationally - Algeria, Canada, El Salvador, Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Tunisia, UK and US, with settings that include schools, higher education and refugee camps. Focuses range from analyses of education in historical conflicts to contemporary issues such as post Arab Spring transformations. Perennial concerns about religion, colonialism, protest, integration, cohesion, emergencies, globalization and narrative are given new slants. Yet in spite of the debates, a cross-cutting consensus emerges as the crucial need for critical pedagogy and critical theory if education is to make any mark at all on conflict and fragility." |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 25, 2015) |
| Subject |
War and education.
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Education and state.
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
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Education and state
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War and education
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gross, Zehavit, editor.
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Davies, Lynn, editor.
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World Council of Comparative Education Societies.
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| ISBN |
9789463000109 |
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9463000100 |
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9463000089 |
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9789463000086 |
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9463000097 |
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9789463000093 |
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