Full Description
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.
Contents
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
