Education should be everyone’s concern. For many of us, we are directly involved in promoting conflict resolution, social justice, peacebuilding, and global education. We work with local communities to reduce violence and provide pathways of youth, and in global contexts to show young people what they can do to tackle the most serious problems facingContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: Global Campaign for Peace Education”
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Project Based Learning (PBL) as a Means to Getting Young People to Become Agents of Peaceable Change
Educators, particularly those working with secondary youth, are constantly exploring the best ways for student engagement that would offer them specific life and professional skills as well as knowledge of the world around them. Many educators are now starting to focus on project based learning (PBL) as a means to advancing student learning. In thisContinueContinue reading “Project Based Learning (PBL) as a Means to Getting Young People to Become Agents of Peaceable Change”
ACR Gathering: Defining Our Field and Work in Challenging Times
I’ve written before about the initiative that was started at Point of View/George Mason University in June that is looking at our field, the challenges it faces, and ways to better connect those working to advance conflict resolution and peacebuilding. At Point of View in June 2017, 50 professionals from organizations were brought together forContinueContinue reading “ACR Gathering: Defining Our Field and Work in Challenging Times”
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