Peace Education Around the World

To know where we are going, we must understand where we are and where we've come from. Peace Education Around the World is a vital contribution to the peace education field, tracing its roots while honoring the breadth of its applications across diverse contexts, geographies, and sectors. - Stephanie Knox Steiner, PhD. Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies & Peace Education Academic Coordinator, University for Peace. As peace education needs to address the multiple forms of direct, structural, and cultural violence faced locally and globally in a pluriverse, this book provides knowledge, insight, thought-provoking examples, possible routes, and critical questions for the present and future of the field. - Anita Yudkin. UNESCO Chair on Education for Peace, University of Puerto Rico. From the informal to the formal, from the personal to the political, from colleagues and friends old and new, Peace Education Around the World is a truly global look at a field of vital and growing importance to our planetary sustenance. Essential to both the newcomer and the seasoned elder, this collection complements any reading list on building peace with justice in our times. A must-read! - Matt Meyer. Secretary-General, International Peace Research Association. No topic, focus or subject is as important and vital for human life as educating for peace, human solidarity, respect for differences within overarching human or collective identity, dialogue and collaboration. - Joseph Lo Bianco. Professor Emeritus, Language and Literacy, University of Melbourne, Australia. This book is more than a collection of chapters, I believe this book is a tribute to the human spirit, to those who have dedicated their lives to building peace through education, empathy, and action. - Rajib Timalsina. Assistant Professor of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies at Tribhuvan University (Nepal). Co-secretary General of Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA). Burns and Haavelsrud propel us forward toward peacelearning for the better world we seek...This is the best updated review for peace education courses, research, and scholarship. My peace education practice has been flooded with fresh energy. - Dr. Janet C. Gerson, Education Director, International Institute on Peace Education. This book reminds us that the pursuit of peace is never a solitary effort. Across the globe...countless individuals are planting the seeds of peace through their teaching and practices. By offering both reflection and inspiration, the book encourages us to renew our belief that optimism for peace is genuine and that each person has a meaningful role to play in bringing it closer. - Dody Wibowo, Ph.D., Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. This volume is grounding and inspiring. It offers rooted historical perspectives, sobering realism regarding hope and change, diverse voices from diverse contexts, and personal scholarly narratives that situate peace education work within everyday struggle, circumscribed by systemic and structural constraints. It offers a fresh look at perennial problems of violence amid personal portraits of human possibility. - Edward J. Brantmeier, Ph. D.Professor, James Madison University, U.S.A.; Editor, Journal of Peace Education (2022-present). This is not merely a book; it is a vital resource. I wholeheartedly recommend it to scholars seeking to advance the field and to practitioners committed to building a more peaceful world through education. - Dr Colins Imoh. Assistant Professor, Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford.