PEACEBUILDING FOR ADOLESCENTS: STRATEGIES FOR EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS
New York: Peter Lang, 1999 (376 pages)
EDITED BY LINDA RENNIE FORCEY AND IAN M. HARRIS
Relying largely on the work of peace- and
conflict-resolution scholars
from many disciplines, Peacebuilding for
Adolescents presents proactive
strategies for educators and community
leaders. In order to deter
adolescent violence, educators have been responding
to increasing levels
of school violence by severely punishing
aggressive children, and
politicians have been clamoring for taught
criminal justice measures to
deter youth from crime. The authors in this book argue, instead, for
more humane response by teaching young people
to value peace, to learn
to manage their own conflicts, and to live
more peacefully. They take a
broad view that ranges over three strategic
levels of analysis-personal,
school, and community. They argue for the promotion of a culture of
nonviolence in the schools to help create what
Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. called the beloved community.
Linda Rennie Forcey, Professor Emerita of
Human Development and Women's
Studies at Binghamton University, focuses her
research on the
intersection of peace studies and feminist
theorizing. She has written,
edited, and coedited a number of books and
journal articles related to
women and peace, including Mothers of Sons
and Peace: Meanings,
Politics, Strategies.
Ian M. Harris, Ed.D., is Professor of
Educational Policy and Community
Studies at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he directs a
peace studies program. Since 1985 he has taught Peace
Education. He is
Executive Secretary of the Peace Education
Commission of the
International Peace Research Association and
the author of Peace
Education and Message Men Hear: Constructing Masculinities.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Linda Rennie Forcey and Ian Murray Harris
Part I Confronting
Violence 15
Chapter 2 Dr.
King's Giant Triplets: Racism,
Materialism, and Militarism 17
Nathan Rousseau and Sonya Rousseau
Chapter 3 Countering
School Violence: The Rise of Conflict
Resolution Programs 35
Molly K. Pont-Brown and John D. Krumboltz
Chapter 4 Redefining
School Violence in Boulder Valley Colorado 57
Matthew W. Greene
Part II Classroom
Strategies for Peacebuilding 89
Chapter 5 Peace
and Conflict Curricula for Adolescents 91
Linden L. Nelson, Michael R. Van Slyck, and
Lucille A. Cardella
Chapter 6 The
Speak Your Piece Project: Exploring
Controversial Issues in
Northern Ireland 119
Alan McCully, Marian O'Doherty, and Paul Smyth
Chapter 7 How
Can Caring Help? A Personalized
Cross-Generational Examination
of Violent Adolescent Experiences in Schools 139
Barbara J. Thayer-Bacon
Chapter 8 Adventure-Based
Learning in the Name of Peace 161
Nadja M. Alexander and Teresa B. Carlson
Part III School
Strategies for Peacebuilding 175
Chapter 9 A
Developmental Approach to the Use of Conflict Resolution
Interventions with Adolescents 177
Michael Van Slyck and Marilyn Stern
Chapter 10 Nonviolent
Interventions in Secondary Schools:
Administrative
Perspectives 195
Robert C. DiGiulio
Chapter 11 Integrating
a Multicultural Peacebuilding Strategy into a
Literacy Curriculum 213
Rebecca Wasson, Rebecca Anderson, and Melanie
Suriani
Chapter 12 Disturbing
the Peace: Multicultural Education, Transgressive
Teaching, and Independent School Culture 227
Peter Adam Nash
Part IV School
of Community 237
Chapter 13 Stop
the Violence: Conflict Management in an Inner-City Junior High
School through Action Research and Community
Problem Solving 239
Arjen E. J. Wals
Chapter 14 Special
Needs, Special Measures: Working with Homeless and
Poor Youth 263
DT Bryant, Jennifer Hanis, and Charles Stoner
Chapter 15 Community-Based
Service: Re-Creating the Beloved Community 289
Bonnie Winfield
Chapter 16 A
Summer Institute on Nonviolence 309
Ian Murray Harris
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