Responding to Recent Shootings and the Perils of Daily Life
Facing History & Ourselves have developed a mini-lesson to help students process the tragic news of recent shootings of young people going about their daily lives.
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AHDR seeks Educational Project Officer -History Education (Cyprus)
The Association for Historical Dialogue and Research is seeking an Educational Project Officer with a focus on History Education to join their team. Application deadline: November 10.
History education and reconciliation in (post)conflict societies
This essay by Jamie Wise considers the role of history education in shaping collective memory and intergroup relations in (post)conflict contexts. History education intersects with peace education by focusing on how narratives about past violence are invoked and constructed in (post)conflict educational settings.
East Asian education unions unite for quality peace education
Understanding that history is often distorted and that political forces often interfere with education systems and curricula, Chinese, Korean and Japanese teachers are exploring their shared past to teach students for a better future.
Objects, Memory, and Peacebuilding
There is no single truth about the past. However, as Rei Foundation scholar Dody Wibowo argues, we are at times exposed to and asked to believe in a single definitive version of history. Using the lens of peace education, he asks us to consider the motives and strategies of government run museums, and suggests a way forward through museum practices that contribute to peacebuilding.
Affective practices, difficult histories and peace education: An analysis of teachers’ affective dilemmas in ethnically divided Cyprus
This paper examines the affective practices of teachers engaged in peace education in a conflict-affected society, focusing on teachers’ affective dilemmas while confronting difficult histories.
The 1619 Project Curriculum: Challenging the historical narrative of U.S. slavery
The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when the first enslaved Africans arrived on Virginia soil as our nation’s foundational date. The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has developed a curricula resource guide to bring The 1619 Project into your classroom.
Cultivating Peace through Teaching History in Rwandan Secondary Schools: Opportunities and Challenges
In Rwanda, pre-1994 formal education became a tool for inciting violence. In the 23 years since the genocide, the Rwandan government has propagated education that promotes national unity and decreases division amongst students. The 2015 national competence-based curriculum that incorporates Education for a Culture of Peace, is one pertinent example.
Seán MacBride Peace Prize 2018 is awarded to Association for Historical Dialogue and Research and Home for Cooperation
The AHDR envisions a society where dialogue on issues of history, historiography, history teaching, and history learning is welcomed as an integral part of democracy and is considered as a means for the advancement of historical understanding and critical thinking.
The Islamic school that ensures its boys understand the Israeli point of view
The private Abrar Academy is pioneering a groundbreaking method of teaching the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Association for Historical Dialogue and Research seeks Peace Education Intern (Cyprus)
The Association for Historical Dialogue and Research is looking for one Greek-speaking and one Turkish-speaking intern with an interest in history education and peace education for the period September 2018-February 2019 to join their office based in the Home for Cooperation, at the heart of Nicosia.
Book Review – For the People: A Documentary History of the Struggle for Peace and Justice in the United States
“For the People: A Documentary History of the Struggle for Peace and Justice in the United States,” edited by Charles F. Howlettt and Robbie Lieberman, is a volume in the Information Age Press series: Peace Education, edited by Laura Finley & Robin Cooper. This review, authored by Kazuyo Yamane, is one in a series co-published by the Global Campaign for Peace Education and In Factis Pax: Journal of Peace Education and Social Justice toward promoting peace education scholarship.