Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques

Course Description In this course, we will explore the question of the actual and potential connections between democracy and education. Our focus of attention will be placed on a critical examination of democratic theory and its implications for the civic education roles and contributions of teachers, adult educators, community development practitioners, and community organizers. We will survey and deal critically with a range of competing conceptions of democracy, variously described as classical, republican, liberal, radical, marxist, neomarxist, pragmatist, feminist, populist, pluralist, postmodern, and/or participatory. Using narrative inquiry as a means for illuminating and interpreting contemporary practice, we will analyze the implications of different conceptions of democracy for the practical work of civic education.

Democracy and education.

萨义德以其独特的双重身份,对西方中心权力话语做了分析,通过对文学作品、演讲演说等文本的解读,将O rie n ta lis m——"东方学",做了三重释义:一门学科、一种思维方式和一种权力话语系统,对东方学权力话语做了系统的批判,同时将东方学放入空间维度对东方学文本做了细致的解读。

萨义德的“Orientalism”释义

The Wretched of the Earth

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The Precariat. The New Dangerous Class

Three gaps seem to be present within the literature of peace education: relatively little self-critique of the internal workings of the field; a dearth of studies featuring the personal narratives ...

Southern voices in peace education: interrogating race, marginalisation and cultural violence in the field

Peace and conflict studies (PACS) education has grown significantly in the last 30 years, mainly in Higher Education. This article critically analyzes the ways in which this field might be subject ...

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Peace education and peace education research: Toward a concept of poststructural violence and second-order reflexivity

Each year the Asia-Pacific centre of education for international understanding (APCEIU), operating under the auspices of UNESCO, hosts a peace education training-of-trainer’s program for teacher-educators from Asia-Pacific member states. In this paper, I examine through a qualitative case study approach the programmatic design and evaluation of the APCEIU training program, seeking to monitor its medium-term impact on educators in order to understand the broader implications of peace education training. Research findings are based on consultation records, documentary analysis, observations, and questionnaire responses from participants of the 2009 peace education training program. In the medium-term impact assessment report, 14 educators offered data pertaining to their post-program implementation of peace education concepts and practices into their work. Data was also collected from several participants two years later to continue monitoring progress. These results are further compared to impact data gath...

Peace education: an impact assessment of a case study of UNESCO-APCEIU and the university for peace

This article examines higher education for peace inside the United Nations (UN). It offers an overview and synthesis of core concepts, organizing frameworks and theoretical premises in the field of peace and conflict studies (PACS) higher education and in the UN universities in particular, as the field aspires toward transformative learning and social justice. The article then critically analyzes the ways in which the field might perpetuate structural and cultural violence and offers implications for the UN universities. In these critiques, I call for further inquiry into the taken-for-granted assumptions of the field and suggest greater criticality along with enhanced empathy and hope for PACS education in the 21st century.

The Case of Educational Peacebuilding Inside the United Nations Universities A Review and Critique

We believe there are three crises facing peacebuilding education today. The first is the nationalism present in many peace education programs. The second is the continuing cultural imposition of We...

Kevin Kester

Papers

Southern voices in peace education: interrogating race, marginalisation and cultural violence in the field

Peace education and peace education research: Toward a concept of poststructural violence and second-order reflexivity

Peace education: an impact assessment of a case study of UNESCO-APCEIU and the university for peace

The Case of Educational Peacebuilding Inside the United Nations Universities A Review and Critique

Transrational Peacebuilding Education to Reduce Epistemic Violence