The purpose of this article is to consider how higher education responds to conflict on campus and in the community. Moving beyond the victim/perpetrator paradigm prevalent in the literature on education in conflict contexts toward the transformative capacity of education, this research suggests that public universities may develop mechanisms that…

Purpose: In this study, we explore students' views and experiences in relation to education about, through, and for human rights, peace, and sustainability in the global north and south. We investigate what students after nine years of schooling see as central issues and productive actions linked to key elements of global citizenship education…

This article reports on a comparative study revealing students' perceptions and conceptualisations of global citizenship in two different educational settings in Israel, a country facing long-lasting violent conflict between Jewish Israelis and Palestinians. Jewish Israeli students attending a public Israeli school and students at an international…

This article reviews and analyses educational policies and curricula for general education in Australian and Spanish systems, in relation to their concerns for arts education to contribute to values education and the acquisition of peaceful, social and civic competences in schools. The use of the arts to shape individual and community identities,…

Mediation continues to expand, both geographically and in terms of scope. Depending on its purpose, there are three main consolidated mediation models or schools worldwide: the Traditional-Linear Harvard model, which seeks to find an agreement between the parties; the Circular-Narrative model, which apart from the agreement also emphasizes…

Mathematical disagreements occur when students challenge each other's ideas related to a mathematical concept. In this research, we examined Hong Kong and U.S. elementary teachers' perceptions of mathematical disagreements and their resolutions using a video-stimulated survey. Participants were directed to give particular attention to the…

During the past decade, the authors have conducted research in their own countries, all of which are considered conflict or postconflict societies: Israel, Cyprus, and Northern Ireland. They have focused on a variety of topics related to peace education, reconciliation, and coexistence. Giving special emphasis to the formation of identity in…

This article explores the relationship between the propagation of religious nationalist citizenship discourses in classrooms and inter-religious conflict in the context of two developing democracies, India and Israel. The author concludes that students schooled in religious nationalist ideology in developing nations are at greater risk of…

Israel's main strategies for managing conflict in its educational policymaking system include ignoring or veiling differences, deferring decisions, and exchanging financial resources for political consensus. Among the costs of consensus are rigid fixation on consensual ideas, concealment of conflicts and disagreements on behavioral and operational…

This paper compares the concept of mixed faith/cultural education in Northern Ireland and Israel. It is primarily concerned with the processes that these "integrated" schools adopt in their quest to improve relations between divided ethnic groups. Drawing on qualitative data collected in two mixed religion primary schools in each…

This study surveyed Australian high school students' conceptions of democracy. Students held that equal shares, equal say, equal quality, and rewarding productivity were essential to the democratic processes but emphasized them differently when presented with actual problems to solve democratically. (AM)

Characterizes Spanish universities during the period 1939-77. Examines the changing relationships that emerged during this period among the political establishment, the general social transformations that occurred in the country, and the people directly concerned with higher education and scientific research. (Author/AV)

To help teachers inculcate ideals of peace and international understanding, the article suggests that the teacher education curriculum should emphasize international interdependence, language studies, cultural awareness, geography, integrated studies, and work experiences with international organizations. (DB)

A secondary school residential project, which began by suffering such a blow to group unity that recovery seemed impossible, ended by successfully facilitating the moral growth of its members. Social interaction in groups, allowing role-taking and the resolution of conflicts, was the technique responsible for this success. (Author/RM)

Presents a brief history of international textbook revision since the early twentieth century and discusses Germany's role in these revisions and in setting international textbook standards. Emphasis placed on the political factors which influenced relations between Germany and various other nations and which, therefore, influenced textbook…