Here is our 2015 Conference Program in brief. For our full program, please click the link to the right.
Thursday, April 16
"Educating for Peace"
Round Table Session 2
Location: Hyatt, East Tower - Purple Level, Riverside West
"Cultures of Coexistence: Four New York City Elementary Teachers and Their Models for Teaching Peace"
"Superdiversity and Conflict Dichotomies in a Greek Cypriot Literacy Classroom"
"The Global Culture of Peace"
(Paper session)
Location: Hyatt, West Tower - Gold Level, Acapulo
"The Jewish-Muslim Women's Leadership Initiative: A Program for Peaceful Dialogue"
"Committing to Peace Education 20 Years After the Rwandan Genocide Against the Tutsis"
"The Amahoro Project: Emergent Themes for Building Sustainable Peace in Postgenocide Burundi"
"The Possibilities for Reconciliation through Difficult Dialogues: Treaty Education as Peace-Building"
Friday, April 17
"Challenging Extremism? Education for Justice and Peace in a World of Competing Ideologies"
Symposium
Location: Swissotel, Lucerne Level, Alpine 1
"The Rise of Extremism and Challenges for Education in Japan"
"U.K. Government Policies for Preventing Violent Extremism: Critical Perspectives"
"Contrasting Approaches to Justice and Citizenship Education in Two European Nations: Norway and the UK"
"Young Muslims, Identities, and Recognition: Reactions to Politicized Media Discourses"
"Transformative Peace Education"
Roundtable Session 12
"Peace-Building and Conflict Sensitivity Training for Teachers in South Sudan"
"Taking Gandhi to School: Working for Peace and Justice"
"Peace Education as a Vehicle to School Improvement: A Case Study of one Kenyan School"
SIG Business Meeting
Location: Swissotel, Event Centre Second Level, Montreux 3
Speaker: TBA
Refreshments provided; optional dinner outing afterwards at Athena
Saturday, April 18
"Critical Perspectives on Peace Education: Engaging Localized Research and Praxis in the Pursuit of Justice"
Location: Sheraton, Second Level, Michigan A
"Experimenting with Peace Education in the Israeli Context: Critical Perspectives"
"Emotion, Trauma, and Critical Pedagogy: Implications for Critical Peace Education"
"Beyond American Exceptionalism: Centering Critical Peace Education in U.S. Public School Reform"
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