Educating for Peace and Human Rights: An Introduction

Peace education and human rights education have emerged as global fields of scholarship and practice, focusing on dismantling violence and promoting cultures of peace, justice, and human rights. Educating for Peace and Human Rights Education explores the core concepts, histories, and research agendas of these fields, offering insights into their intersections, convergences, and divergences.

Format: Hardback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 06 May 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Over the past five decades, both peace education and human rights education have emerged as distinct and separate global fields of scholarship and practice. These fields have been promoted through various efforts, including those of the United Nations, civil society, and grassroots educators. Both of these fields aim to dismantle various forms of violence and promote cultures of peace, justice, and human rights.

Educating for Peace and Human Rights Education provides a comprehensive introduction to these fields, exploring their core concepts, histories, and conceptual foundations. It offers models and key research findings to help consider their intersections, convergences, and divergences. The book also includes an annotated bibliography that serves as a resource for emerging and seasoned scholars seeking to engage with the global fields of peace and human rights education.

In conclusion, Educating for Peace and Human Rights Education is a valuable resource for students, educators, and scholars interested in understanding the challenges and possibilities of implementing peace and human rights education in diverse global contexts. By providing a comprehensive exploration of these fields, the book sets forth a research agenda that encourages scholars to situate their work in conversation with the global fields of peace and human rights education.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 164 x 241 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350129726