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Justice-Sensitive Education: The Implications of Transitional Justice Mechanisms for Teaching and Learning
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Davies, Lynn – Comparative Education, 2017
This article introduces the notion of "justice-sensitive education"--derived from the ideals and practices of transitional justice (TJ) in countries emerging from conflict. It describes three mechanisms for this: structural reforms (relating to inequity and division); curriculum change (the treatment of history, human rights and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Justice, Educational Change
"Whether and How?" History Education about Recent and Ongoing Conflict: A Review of Research
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Paulson, Julia – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2015
This article reviews research on history education that addresses recent or ongoing conflict since 1990. History education is recognized as a key site for constructing identity, transmitting collective memory, and shaping "imagined communities," which makes its revision or reform a complex and important part of education in emergencies…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Conflict, Nationalism, Self Concept
Peace Education in Conflict Zones--Experience from Northern Sri Lanka
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Harris, Simon; Lewer, Nick – Journal of Peace Education, 2008
In September 2005, adult students from Kilinochchi, located in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-controlled Wanni region of northern Sri Lanka, were awarded University of Bradford, UK, validated postgraduate certificates or diplomas in conflict resolution and peace preparedness. The diploma is, we think, a landmark in peace education…
Descriptors: Conflict, Adult Students, Peace, Foreign Countries
Sri Lanka: In Peace or in Pieces? A Critical Approach to Peace Education in Sri Lanka
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Cardozo, Mieke T. A. Lopes – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2008
This article seeks to explore the "two faces of education" through a critical analysis of peace education in Sri Lanka. It aims to contribute to the wider debate on the complex role of education in situations of conflict. The article starts with an overview of what peace education is, or should be. This leads to the conclusion that peace…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Conflict, Role of Education, Criticism
Post-Graduate Peace Education in Sri Lanka
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Harris, Simon; Lewer, Nick – Journal of Peace Education, 2005
This paper summarises the rationale, development, content, and delivery of a Post Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution and Peace Preparedness in Sri Lanka, a country that has experienced a violent and protracted social conflict over the last 25 years. It also describes the methodology which is being used to measure the peace impact of the…
Descriptors: Conflict, Peace, Foreign Countries, Conflict Resolution
Long-Term Effects of Peace Workshops in Protracted Conflicts
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Malhotra, Deepak; Liyanage, Sumanasiri – Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2005
The current study evaluates the efficacy of an intensive four-day contact intervention (a peace workshop) organized in Sri Lanka and represents an initial step toward understanding the long-term impact of such interventions on attitudes and behaviors in the context of protracted ethnic conflict. Compared with two control groups, the participant…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Student Attitudes, Workshops, Foreign Countries