Learning peace (and conflict)
The role of primary learning materials in peacebuilding in post-war Afghanistan, South Sudan and Sri Lanka
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12876103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Vanner (0000-0002-7303-942X, University of Ottawa, corresponding author), Spogmai Akseer (Institute for Christian Studies), Thursica Kovinthan (University of Ottawa) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 32-53 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-0201 • E-ISSN: 1740-021X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17400201.2016.1213710 |
| OpenAlex | W2513455891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 45 |
Post-war education is usually considered a positive contributor to peacebuilding; however, it can also reinforce divisive perspectives. Textbooks and learning materials can be instrumental in maintaining or exacerbating existing inequalities. This paper uses case study literature reviews of Afghanistan, South Sudan and Sri Lanka to explore the ways in which primary learning materials extend existing challenges of post-war education and potentially create new ones. An analysis of the literature on learning materials from these countries reveals that textbook development and uses are intertwined with larger national and international political and social power structures. We draw from Bourdieu and Giroux to consider how learning materials contribute to the reproduction of cultures of hostility, violence, divisiveness and silence or to transformatory cultures of peacebuilding, inclusivity and critical thought. Our resulting conceptual lens highlights how education can take on the role of being a victim, accomplice or transformer of conflict – roles that are often overlapping. Each case study country is taking steps towards peacebuilding through their primary learning materials; however, there are many elements of the textbook design, development, production and distribution process in each country that also reinforce contributing factors for conflict
Hostility · Peace Education · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Peace and Human Rights Education · Psychology · Social Psychology
Introduction
Reproducing Inequalities Through Social Studies Textbooks in Afghanistan
South Sudanese Primary School Textbooks
Creating capacities for peacebuilding citizenship
Teaching and learning the most recent history in divided societies emerging from conflict
Political Participation and Public Perceptions
The rise, removal, and return of women
Tolerance in UAE Islamic Education Textbooks
Knowledge, Education, and Cultural Change
Education and Conflict
Real and Potential Benefits of Bilingual Programmes in Developing Countries
Theories of Reproduction and Resistance in the New Sociology of Education
Education and Conflict
Losing ground
Education and politics in Afghanistan
The new geopolitics of educational aid
Reconstruction versus transformation
Islamic studies as early childhood education in countries affected by conflict
Conflict, education and the global south
Education and conflict
Education and social cohesion
Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture
Education policy reform in Sri Lanka
New Sudan in the Making? Essays on a Nation in Painful Search of Itself
Rethinking Identity, Citizenship, and Violence in Sudan
Public Pedagogy and the Politics of Resistance
Reproduction in education, society, and culture
South Sudan
Briefing
Islamic Education in Afghanistan
Building Peace in Sri Lanka
Interrupting the balance
Social Space and Symbolic Power
Symbolic Power
The Politics of Citizenship and Difference in Sri Lankan Schools
Courses of Conflict
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |