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Representations of Violence in Social Science Textbooks: Rethinking Opportunities for Peacebuilding in the Colombian and South African Post-Conflict Scenarios
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Rodríguez-Gómez, Diana; Foulds, Kim; Sayed, Yusuf – Education as Change, 2016
Recent years have witnessed violence in educational settings becoming an object of public concern and global mobilisation. International initiatives indicate rising levels of awareness regarding the interconnectedness of violence and education. In this context, international educational agendas identify violence in schools as a challenge to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Textbooks, Conflict
The Relationship of Safe and Participatory School Environments and Supportive Attitudes toward Violence: Evidence from the Colombian Saber Test of Citizenship Competencies
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Diazgranados, Silvia; Noonan, James – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2015
In Colombia, reducing levels of interpersonal and community violence is a key component of the country's approach to citizenship education. In this study, we use data collected during the 2005 Saber test of Citizenship Competencies to examine the relationship of school environments and individual students' supportive attitudes toward violence…
Descriptors: Correlation, School Safety, Violence, Classification