Peace education international perspectives

Introduction: Theory, Research and Praxis of Peace Education, Monisha Bajaj (University of San Francisco, USA) and Maria Hantzopoulos (Vassar College, USA)Part I: Educating for Peace in Conflict and Post-Traumatic Contexts1. Emotion, Trauma and Critical Pedagogy: Implications for Critical Peace Education, Michalinos Zembylas (Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus)2. Building Peace: The Opportunities and Limitations of Educational Interventions in Countries with Identity-Based Conflicts, Karen Murphy (Facing History and Ourselves, USA), Sean Pettis (Corrymeela Community, Northern Ireland) and Dylan Wray (Shikaya, South Africa)3. Experimenting with Integrated Peace Education: Critical Perspectives in the Israeli Context, Zvi Bekerman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)Part II: National Landscapes for Peacebuilding and Education 4. Peace Education and Peacebuilding Across the Conflict Continuum: Insights from Lebanon, Zeena Zakharia (University of Massachusetts, USA)5. Peace Education in Crisis Settings: Insights and Lessons Learned from Kenya, Mary Mendenhall and Nivedita Chopra (Columbia University, USA)6. In the Gaze of Gandhi: Peace Education in Contemporary India, Monisha Bajaj (University of San Francisco, USA)Part III: Navigating Structures of Violence 7. Uncertainty, fluidity and occupying spaces in-between: Peace education practices in Mindanao, the Philippines, Lindsey Horner (University of Sussex, UK)8. Lingering Colonialities as Blockades to Peace Education: School Violence in Trinidad, Hakim Williams (Gettysburg College, USA)9. Teachers as Agents of Peace: The Role of Educators in Interrupting Youth Involvement in Urban Violence in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Maria Jose Bermeo (Columbia University, USA)Part IV: Peace by Piece: Approaches and Models for Peace Education10. Beyond American Exceptionalism: Centering Critical Peace Education in US School Reform, Maria Hantzopoulos (Vassar College, USA)11. Nurturing and Growing the ‘Ceeds’ of Peace: A Peacebuilding Model for Educators, Maya Soetoro-Ng (University of Hawai’i, USA) and Kerrie Urosevich (University of Hawai’i, USA)12. Promoting Peace through Children’s Media: The Case of Sesame Workshop, Mathangi Subramanian (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, India), June Lee (Sesame Workshop, USA) Lilith Dollard (Sesame Workshop, USA) and Zainab Kabba (Oxford University, UK) Conclusion: Critical Directions for Peace Education, Maria Hantzopoulos (Vassar College, USA) and Monisha Bajaj (University of San Francisco, USA)