Peace and Justice Education in Theory and Practice
Lavender, Madeleine
2012
- This paper draws on a vast collection of progressive methodologies in the field of education to propose a comprehensive framework through which to consider educational practices that serve the promotion of peace and justice through schooling. The Peace and Justice Education (PJE) framework represents a value-based model, and aims to promote students_�_ moral, emotional, social and intellectual ... read moredevelopment, and to graduate students who are dedicated to leaving the world a better place than they found it. In addition to defining the PJE framework in theoretical terms, this paper describes a study that attempts to discern if and how PJE is translated into practice at three schools with an espoused commitment to aspects of the framework. Observational research in participating classrooms suggests that a dedication to PJE is in fact translated into observable practice at each school, though the framework is found to be more apparent in some classrooms than others. Findings also reveal patterns related to aspects of PJE that appear to be emphasized most and least at the each site. Descriptive _��snapshots_�� of the three classrooms studied offer examples of how three teachers have implemented the framework, and provide a sense of what PJE might look, sound, and feel like in practice. Finally, the paper offers suggestions for further research on the topic of PJE.read less
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