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Incorporating Peace-Building Citizenship Dialogue in Classroom Curricula

Contrasting Cases of Canadian Teacher Development

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Facilitated dialogue about questions of social justice and other conflictual issues is a key component of education for peacebuilding and democratic citizenship (Davies, 2005; Hahn, 2010; Harris & Morrison, 2003; Hess & Avery, 2008; Sears & Hughes, 2006). Education for democratic social justice and sustainable peace disrupts the existing social order, surfacing conflict and uncertainty.

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Bickmore, K. (2015). Incorporating Peace-Building Citizenship Dialogue in Classroom Curricula. In: Majhanovich, S., Malet, R. (eds) Building Democracy through Education on Diversity. The World Council of Comparative Education Societies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-259-2_2

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