How Children Understand War and Peace A Call for International Peace Education

by Raviv, Amiram; Oppenheimer, Louis; Bar-Tal, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780787941697
• ISBN10: 0787941697
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-10
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

How Children Understand War and Peace is a landmark book that examines these two vital questions and provides a solid framework on which to build answers. Written by an international panel of experts in the fields of developmental, social, and educational psychology, How Children Understand War and Peace presents a collection of the most current thoughts and insights into how children and adolescents develop an understanding of war, conflict, and peace.Based on research studies done in Australia, Canada, Finland, Holland, Israel, Portugal, Northern Ireland, Sweden, and the United States, this comprehensive volume presents evidence that perceptions of war and peace formed during childhood relate directly to adult perspectives on these critical issues. The contributors present persuasive evidence that our knowledge about how youngsters from around the globe develop and form worldviews can be used to create educational programs that teach children peace education, conflict management, and conflict resolution.

Author Biography

AMIRAM RAVIV is associate professor of clinical child psychology at Tel Aviv University. He is also a school and children's clinical psychologist. LOUIS OPPENHEIMER Louis Oppenheimer DANIEL BAR-TAL is a professor of social psychology, Tel Aviv University, and is president of the International Society of Political Psychology, 1999-2000.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Introduction: Understanding Peace, Conflict, and War Louis Oppenheimer, University of Amsterdam; Daniel Bar-Tal, Tel Aviv University; Amiram Raviv, Tel Aviv University.

DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES.

Children, War, and Peace: A Review of Fifty Years of Research from the Perspective of a Balanced Concept of Peace EducationLennart Vriens, Utrecht University.

I Know What You Are Thinking: The Role-Taking Ability and Understanding of Peace and WarIlse Hakvoort and Louis Oppenheimer, University of Amsterdam.

The Peace Personality Robert C. Ziller, Dahlie S. Moriarty, and Stephen T. Phillips, University of Florida.

Toward a Positive Conception of Peace Orlando Lourenco, University of Lisbon.

SOCIALIZATION AND EXPERIENCE.

Cultural Socialization and Conceptions of War and Peace: A Cross-National Comparison Katherine Covell, University College of Cape Breton.

Concept Formation of War and Peace: A Meeting Point Between Child Development and a Politically Violent Society Raija-Leena Punam trade, University of Helsinki.

Children, Peace, and War in Northern Ireland Frances McLernon and Ed Cairns, University of Ulster.

Beliefs About War, Conflict, and Peace in Israel as a Function of Developmental, Cultural, and Situational Factors Amiram Raviv, Tel Aviv University; Daniel Bar-Tal, Tel Aviv University; Leah Koren-Silvershatz, Israeli Ministry of Health; Alona Raviv, Tel Aviv University.

Peer Relationships and Children's Understanding of Peace and War: A Sociocultural Perspective Solveig trade Goteborg University.

Correlates, Consequences, and Cross-Cultural Issues Michael R. Van Slyck, Research Institute for Dispute Resolution; Marilyn Stern, State University of New York, Albany; Salman Elbedour, Ben Gurion University at Negev.

LEARNING IN SCHOOLS.

Teaching Conflict and Conflict Resolution in School: (Extra-)Curricular Considerations Kathy Bickmore, University of Toronto.

Teaching an Understanding of War and Peace Through Structured Academic Controversies Patricia G. Avery, David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson, and James M. Mitchell, University of Minnesota.

Learning Conflict Management Through Peer Mediation Robin Hall, Charles Sturt University.

Types of Peace Education Ian M. Harris, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

About the Editors.

About the Contributors.

Index.