Children Understand War and Peace

von Bar-Tal, Raviv, Oppenheimer

356 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

How Children Understand War and Peace is a landmark book thatexamines these two vital questions and provides a solid frameworkon which to build answers. Written by an international panel ofexperts in the fields of developmental, social, and educationalpsychology, How Children Understand War and Peace presents acollection of the most current thoughts and insights into howchildren and adolescents develop an understanding of war, conflict,and peace. Based on research studies done in Australia, Canada, Finland,Holland, Israel, Portugal, Northern Ireland, Sweden, and the UnitedStates, this comprehensive volume presents evidence thatperceptions of war and peace formed during childhood relatedirectly to adult perspectives on these critical issues. Thecontributors present persuasive evidence that our knowledge abouthow youngsters from around the globe develop and form worldviewscan be used to create educational programs that teach childrenpeace education, conflict management, and conflict resolution.

• Reihe: John Wiley & Sons
• ISBN: 9780787941697
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.1999
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons