Encyclopedia of Peace Education

The rise of peace education both in scholarship and in practice has yielded numerousdocuments websites and publications with often divergent perspectives on what thefield is does and means. The Encyclopedia of Peace Education provides a comprehensiveoverview of the scholarly developments in the field to date so as to provide acommon denominator for the various actors involved in advancing peace educationinternationally. Thus this edited volume serves as an essential reference guide thattraces the history and emergence of the field highlights foundational conceptscontextualizes peace education practice across international and disciplinary bordersand suggests new directions for peace educators.From core conceptual perspectives to the moral and spiritual foundations of thefield to the role of the United Nations the Encyclopedia grounds peace education in a solid theoretical and practicalframework through the writings of the field's most renowned scholars. This volume will target undergraduate andgraduate students as well as scholars and practitioners working in international and non-governmental organizationsin the field of peace education.