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Rethinking Teacher Effectiveness in Democratic Citizenship Education for Ensuring Peace

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Among the agencies with a stake in social, national and international concerns, education has been one of the most vital agencies. Indeed, there is an oft repeated quote, attributed to the famous educator Maria Montessori (Bajaj, 2008, p. 33), ‘Averting war is the work of politicians; establishing peace is the work of education.’ In this spirit, the development of educational awareness symbolizes the journey of human civilization. Thus, every society employs the services of education to realize its goals. It is this age-old agency, education, which has always acted upon realizing the goals and aspirations of the society.

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  1. Alok Gardia
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Educational Counselling, San José State University, USA

    Jason Laker (Professor and Chair) (Professor and Chair)

  2. University of Navarra, Spain

    Concepción Naval (Dean of the School of Education and Psycology) (Dean of the School of Education and Psycology)

  3. University of Rijeka, Croatia

    Kornelija Mrnjaus (Assistant Professor of Education) (Assistant Professor of Education)

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Gardia, A., Mehta, D. (2014). Rethinking Teacher Effectiveness in Democratic Citizenship Education for Ensuring Peace. In: Laker, J., Naval, C., Mrnjaus, K. (eds) Citizenship, Democracy and Higher Education in Europe, Canada and the USA. Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137287489_5

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