Presents a Swedish booklet which addresses the reasons for highlighting peace education. Examines the current content and syllabi, and presents suggestions for organizing peace education, with reference to the concepts of knowledge, feeling, and action. Stresses the importance of teaching international affairs in the compulsory and upper-secondary…

Asserts that the Nobel Peace Prize provides a gateway for teaching the critical issue of peace in history courses. Presents an overview of the origin, development, and history of the Nobel Peace Prize, with special focus on U.S. winners. Includes six suggested student projects and a list of U.S. Nobel Peace Prize winners. (CFR)

Argues that recent changes in conceptions of state control over schools are due partially to the relaxation of Cold War politics. Shows that new models of management produce fewer changes in school quality than expected. Proposes that the determining factor in change is the mentality inherent in individual schools' working structures. (DSK)