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Tirrell, Jonathan M.; Kelly, Erin I.; Gasana, John Gasasira; Dowling, Elizabeth M.; Dennis, Julia; Malvese, Katelyn; Rollman, Elise; Namurinda, Emmanuel; Lerner, Richard M.; Sim, Alistair T. R. – Journal of Moral Education, 2023
Should forgiveness be considered a civic virtue that promotes peace and justice following injustice? In the aftermath of conflicts as severe as state-sponsored genocide, how can relationships be restored, communities reconciled, and justice achieved? We interviewed 15 adults in Rwanda--survivors of the 1994 genocide, nominated as exemplars for…
Descriptors: Death, War, Peace, Justice
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Schultze-Kraft, Markus – Journal of Peace Education, 2022
Promoted by the peace process between the Santos administration (2010-2018) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which resulted in the signing of a peace accord in November 2016, peace education at Colombia's higher education establishments and schools is gaining momentum. Educators have seized upon the opportunity afforded by the peace…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Presidents, Conflict Resolution
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McDonald, James Russell – Journal of Peace Education, 2015
This paper reflects my experiences developing a course within the Criminal Justice Technology Associates of Science degree program at Valencia College that fuses topics unique to peace and police studies. The key challenge in developing this course was in confronting the paradox of the police as instruments of both peace and conflict. In dealing…
Descriptors: Peace, Police Education, Police Community Relationship, Conflict Resolution
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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
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Mercadillo, Roberto E.; Arias, Nallely A. – International Social Science Journal, 2010
This article considers the social problem of violence and the alternative of resolution through cooperation and compassion from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience. Violence is a social problem, the manifestations of which have a biological basis reflected in the development of aggression and the neural mechanisms that regulate it.…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Violence, Conflict Resolution, Cooperation
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