Learning to Live Together Preventing Hatred and Violence in Child and Adolescent Development

by Hamburg, David A.; Hamburg, Beatrix A.

• ISBN13: 9780195157796
• ISBN10: 0195157796
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-08
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

With a view to deepening our understanding of sources of hatred and prejudice, this book uses a developmental and evolutionary perspective to explore and explain the process by which our beliefs are conveyed to the youngest members of society. Discussing the psychological obstacles to peacefulrelations between groups, the authors focus on the developmental processes by which we can work to diminish ethnocentrism, prejudice, and hatred, which children learn from a very early age. Until now, scholarship and practice in international relations have gravely neglected crucial psychologicalaspects of these terrible problems and have not yet explored the educational opportunities related to them. Addressing these promising lines of inquiry and innovation, this book fosters a more humane and less violent development in childhood and adolescence. Educators, religious leaders,developmental and social psychologists, will find this a valuable resource, as will a socially concerned segment of the public who are looking for practical ways to work for peace.

Table of Contents

1 Growing Up in the Twenty-First Century	3	(11)
2 Child Development, the Human Group, and Survival	14	(16)
3 Ethnic, Religious, and Nationalist Factors in Human Conflict	30	(19)
4 Teaching Hatred	49	(15)
5 Development of Prosocial Behavior	64	(19)
6 Violence Prevention in the Context of Child and Adolescent Development	83	(16)
7 Contact, Intergroup Relations, and Opportunities for Education	99	(14)
8 Cooperative Learning	113	(7)
9 A Framework for Understanding and Addressing School Violence	120	(11)
10 Education for Conflict Resolution: From Public Concern to Research to Practice	131	(24)
11 Exemplary Programs of Conflict-Resolution Education	155	(15)
12 Community Service: Preparation for Socially Responsible Adulthood	170	(15)
13 Media as an Educational System: Can the Media Help?	185	(19)
14 Information Technology: Its Potential to Educate for Peace	204	(22)
15 International Education: A Global Outlook	226	(23)
16 Education for Peace: Concepts and Institutions	249	(26)
17 Putting Education for Peace into Practice	275	(30)
18 Education for Peace: The Role of Universities	305	(27)
19 Overview: Toward a Better World for Our Grandchildren	332	(30)
Epilogue	362	(3)
Notes	365	(36)
Bibliography	401	(8)
Index	409