PEACE EDUCATION

Catalog description

(Slashed with PACS 60041 ) This course explores the interdisciplinary concepts, theories and practices that provide a global overview of peace education. The course offers an overview of the history, scholarship and practices of peace education, addressing a variety of international structures, organizations and individuals engaged in its practice. A range of concerns are investigated, including war; genocide; climate change; economic disparities; and the marginalization of minorities based upon race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation, culture and other categories of difference. Theories of positive peace, conflict resolution, restorative justice, liberation pedagogy and experiential education are also introduced.