Teaching of Peace and Conflict Resolution : New Trends and Innovations

Contents: Preface. 1. Learning peace education: values and orientations. 2. Young people and world peace. 3. New science of peace. 4. Revolution in peace education. 5. Typological approach to multi-criteria peace and conflict analysis. 6. Dispute resolution education, training and critical issues. 7. Women and peace. 8. Farmers and peace. 9. Labour and peace. 10. Commerce and peace. 11. War veterans and world peace. 12. Warriors for peace: military leaders in shifting roles. 13. Prospects and conclusions of peace education. 14. Reducing risk conflict by negotiation. 15. Cambodian peace process: an analysis. 16. Dispute resolution and democratic theory. 17. Decision-aiding software and alternative dispute resolution. 18. Peace and nonviolence in India. Bibliography. Index.

"This book examines these two vital questions and provides a solid framework on which to build answers. Teaching of peace and conflict resolution presents a collection of the most current thoughts and insights into how children and adolescents develop an understanding of war, conflict and peace. The contributors present persuasive evidence that the knowledge about how youngsters form around the globe develop and from worldviews can be used to create educational programs that teach children peace education, conflict management, and conflict resolution. This is an indispensable guide for psychologists, educators and anyone concerned with building a solid foundation for a more peaceful world through knowledge and education. It offers an international perspective on how the concepts of war and peace develop in children and how, through overt teaching of conflict resolution and peacemaking skills in schools, a more peaceful world could be created." (jacket)