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Bjerstedt, Ake – 1990
This document presents a selective bibliography on education for global perspectives and nonviolent relations. The major emphasis is on recent books, reports, and articles in English or in the Scandinavian languages. The document groups the literature in seven content categories and presents introductory comments both in English and in Swedish.…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Harris, Ian M. – 1993
Peace education as an educational reform originally responded to international threats of violence and wars. Since the end of the Cold War, peace education has directed its efforts to many different aspects of violence that plague both teachers and students. This paper reports on the efforts of one school district in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Course Content, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Change
Bjerstedt, Ake – 1990
As a means of studying ways to help children and young people deal constructively with questions of peace and war, Anima Bose and Zlmarian Jeanne Walker, who have worked to promote peace education in India and Brazil respectively, are interviewed. The influence of Gandhi on the concept of peace in India is emphasized. One cannot teach peace, it…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
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Thompson, Kenneth W. – Perspectives on Political Science, 1991
Defines war as symptom rather than cause. Identifies the root cause of the Middle East crisis as destruction of the regional balance of power through foreign augmentation of Iraqi power. Criticizes the tendency to see world problems as a fight between good and evil. Defines realism as the ability to see political realities as a balance of power.…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, International Relations
Abrams, Irwin – 1995
This paper suggests how peace stamps can be used to further understanding of the movement for world peace. In this effort the Nobel Peace Prize, the most prestigious award in the world for peacemaking, is used as a focus. In the prizes from 1901 to the present, the Norwegian Nobel committees have recognized the major paths to peace. This variety…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Global Education
Burns, Robin J., Ed.; Aspeslagh, Robert, Ed. – 1996
The Peace Education Commission (PEC) of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) has been the forum for peace educators to come together, to exchange and to share ideas, materials and experiences over three decades. This book draws from key papers from different areas and times of peace education work to show the richness of ideas and…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Higher Education
Bjerstedt, Ake
This bibliography lists and indexes a total of 124 papers presented during five international conferences held during the 1990s on the topic of peace education. This miniprint aims to make it easier for peace researchers and peace educators to locate conference contributions of special interest to them. The guide has been organized into three…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries, Global Education
Lund Univ. (Sweden). Malmo School of Education. – 1990
The project group "Preparedness for Peace," at the Malmo School of Education (Sweden), studies possible ways of helping children and young people to deal constructively with questions of peace and war. As part of this work, the project group conducts interviews with people engaged in the problems of peace education. This publication…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Conflict Resolution, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Newcombe, Hanna – Peace Research Reviews, 1984
This bibliographic essay discusses peace research. There are four major sections. The first section discusses traditional peace research, i.e., research with relevance to world peace that was carried out before the term "peace research" became widely used. Emphasized are the disciplines of international relations, international…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Conflict