The Art of Global Peacebuilding and Excellence in Education

Pathways to Hopeful, Transformational Practice
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-70271-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

This seminal volume juxtaposes and interrogates established definitions of peacebuilding and excellence in diverse education settings, including in conflict, and assesses how they might work together in international educational contexts.

Showcasing in-depth case studies from Rwanda, Ethiopia, Liberia, and the UK, chapters tackle issues of global significance such as identity, conflict, decolonisation, and climate justice, fusing empirical research outcomes with practical examples. Each chapter argues for the central role of peacebuilding in defining excellence in education, demonstrating context-specific, cognitive, affective, and relational strands of learning and teaching. Ultimately challenging contemporary thinking and educational theory in an accessible, practitioner-focused way, this book demonstrates how imaginative and reflective practice in diverse contexts can lead to the educational transformation required for the world’s current and future challenges.

This book will inspire educators, researchers, and policymakers involved with education policy and politics, citizenship education, and teacher education and development, to work towards change both within classrooms and at the systems level so that education can contribute to peacebuilding through new definitions of excellence.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kotler, Angie

Westbrook, Jo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Sir Keith Ajegbo

Preface

Introduction: the urgency of the here and now in education: excellence and peace Angie Kotler

Life Histories

Part 1 Education for excellence and peacebuilding

Chapter 1 Education for excellence Jo Westbrook and Angie Kotler

Chapter 2 Education and peacebuilding: all the pieces matter Angie Kotler

Chapter 3 Education for excellence and peacebuilding Angie Kotler and Jo Westbrook

Part 2 Case studies

Chapter 4 We don’t want to live in fear: The Linking Network, UK Angie Kotler

Chapter 5 Stories of excellence and peace in education in Rwanda Angie Kotler

Chapter 6 Second chance classrooms in Ethiopia and Liberia Jo Westbrook

Chapter 7: Education for climate justice in the UK Jo Westbrook and Angie Kotler

Part 3 Pathways for change

Chapter 8 Education as the art of becoming who we need to be: pathways to transformational practice Angie Kotler and Jo Westbrook

Chapter 9 Reflections, signposts and resources from our case studies Angie Kotler and Jo Westbrook

Über Autor(innen)

Angie Kotler is a Research Fellow in International Education, University of Sussex, UK.

Jo Westbrook is Professor of International Education and Pedagogy, and Co-Director of the Centre for International Education, University of Sussex, UK.