Educating for a Culture of Peace
Edited by Riane Eisler, Ron Miller
ISBN 978-0-325-00726-7 / 0-325-00726-8 / 2004 / 240pp / Paperback
Imprint: Heinemann
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Grade Level: K-12
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What could be more timely than a book that advocates we teach the skills and knowledge students need to both live peacefully in the world and promote peace through their actions? After all, children are exposed to violence dozens of times daily, whether in programming targeted to their age groups, evening news carrying the latest casualties of war and murder, or video games that trivialize cruelty. That’s why Riane Eisler and Ron Miller have joined with thirteen other proponents for peace education, including famed children’s troubadour Raffi, to present a crucial collection of essays that will help you create instructional practices and lessons that model the tools students need to turn aside culturally conditioned predilections toward domination and violence and, instead, embrace ideals that enable them to transform their relationships through a belief in compassion, caring, respect, and diversity. This vitally important book includes not only a strong rationale for why teaching for peace is utterly necessary, but also specific chapters dealing with issues that teachers encounter every day, including:
Grounded in today’s cultural realities, Educating for a Culture of Peace asks you to think globally, act locally, and fine-tune your practice by instilling every lesson you teach with the basic humane values that lead to greater interpersonal and intercultural understanding. Read Educating for a Culture of Peace and make a concrete contribution to a better world, one peaceful classroom at a time.
Part One: The Urgent Need to Educate for Peace
Part Two: Education as a Human Connection
4. Education for Integrity: Connection, Compassion, and Character by Rachael Kessler
Part Three: How Schools Would Be Different in a Culture of Peace
Part Four: Moving from Dominator to Partnership Culture
1. Introduction by Ron Miller
2. Education for a Culture of Peace by Riane Eisler
3. Darwin's Lost Theory and the Hidden Crisis in Western Education by David Loye
5. Nonviolent Partnership Parenting and Teaching: Leaving Behind the Old Control Model by Thomas Gordon
6. On Being a Caring Teacher by Doralice Lange de Souza Rocha
7. Creating a Culture of Peace with Nonviolent Communication by Sura Hart
8. Emphasizing Variety Rather Than Commonality: Educating Young Children for a Culture of Peace by Lisa S. Goldstein
9. If We Could Really Feel: The Need for Emotions of Care Within by Dierdre Bucciarelli
10. Dandelions and Deadlines: The Preservation of Childhood as a Temporal Location by Chip Wood
11. Music: A Culture of Peace by Raffi
12. From Gladiator to Midwife: Birthing "the Beloved Community" of Partnership in a Black Studies Classroom by Paulette Pierce
13. Strategies for Teaching Caring and Empowerment: Drawing from African American, Mexican American, and Indian American Traditions by Linda Bynoe
14. What Is the Language of Care and Social Justice That We Use in Schools? by Carl A. Grant and Lavonne J. Williams
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Educating for a Culture of Peace describes a better way to educate. The way is more democratic, more intellectually honest, and more relevant to the human condition. ”
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