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Betty A. Reardon's groundbreaking work, originally authored in 1988, provides one of the first and clearest articulations of the field of peace education in theory and practice. Through reflection on her own experiences, Reardon assesses the state of peace education and offers a new comprehensive approach. She addresses the need to help educators and citizens alike understand what peace education is, why it is needed, and how it is and should be pursued. She investigates the root causes of the violent conditions facing society so that we can better understand how education can be used to interrupt the cycles of violence and create the conditions for sustainable peace and justice. Comprehensive peace education, for the author, takes place at every level, and in every subject area, of both formal and non-formal education. In this special 2021 Edition, Reardon provides a new, reflective introduction on the emerging needs and challenges to the field for the 21st century. Formal and non-formal educators, theorists, students and activists will find practical and transformative wisdom immediately applicable to diverse conditions and contexts in Comprehensive Peace Education. Betty A. Reardon is acknowledged around the world as one of the founders of the field of peace education. She has been extensively involved in the international peace education movement and has been published widely in the field. She is a co-founder of both the International Institute on Peace Education and the Global Campaign for Peace Education.

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Comprehensive Peace Education is rightly probably the most influential peace education work ever written. It is the astonishingly far-sighted approach, essentially still relevant today, to perceive different forms of violence not as separate phenomena but as a syndrome that ultimately threatens human life as a whole. The author contrasts this with political-economic, ecological, and gender sensitive alternatives that provide useful impulses for today's educational debates. - Professor (ret.) Dr. Werner Wintersteiner, Klagenfurt University, Austria Betty's work reminds and still inspires us in the understanding that peace education is a necessary pursuit, on the road to moving hearts and minds toward peace and away from the racist white supremacist patriarchal and heteronormative behaviors and systems that are the primary root causes of war. - Dr. David Ragland, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director for Reparations at the Truth Telling Project of Ferguson Reardon's timeless and compelling presentation of peace education concepts and pedagogy reminds us of the essential role that educators can play in cultivating the consciousness, courage, and capacities of future peacemakers and activists. - Felisa Tibbitts, Chair in Human Rights Education, Utrecht University, The Netherlands and UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Higher Education This new edition offers fresh perspectives and insights from Betty Reardon on her classic text that explains the field's core concepts such as peacemaking capacities, education for negative and positive peace, and--more important than ever--planetary stewardship and global citizenship. This is a must read for all peace educators, emerging and seasoned. - Dr. Monisha Bajaj, Professor of International & Multicultural Education, University of San Francisco [Reardon's] re-thinking of peace education, as provided in the 2021 introduction to this book, provides eye-opening insight to those of us committed to educating for peace that engages current realities and proposes new ways of thinking in this field. - Anita Yudkin Suliveres, Ph.D., Coordinator, UNESCO Chair for Peace Education, University of Puerto Rico [Reardon's] work stands as a classic for how to ground peace education in analysis and visions of developments at levels ranging from the global to the local. - Magnus Haavelsrud, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Read Betty Reardon's book on comprehensive peace education for your own ability to cope with uncertainties, complexities, and the unknown, and for use in any situation of learning and interaction! - Ingeborg Breines, Consultant & former co-president International Peace Bureau; Former Director, UNESCO [Reardon] ushers us through the processes of envisioning alternatives and implementing those changes by integrating peace education into everything from gender to the environment. In this revised edition, she goes further, requiring readers to reflect on our own behaviors and assumptions and include ourselves in the transformation process. As always, Reardon's writing inspires and, regardless of the decade or context, is relevant and prescient. - Jill Strauss, PhD, The City University of New York (CUNY) Reardon explains peace education as a transformative process, responsive to global issues, and continually evolving... A brilliant teacher here explains the theory and practice of peace education brilliantly. - Ian Gibson, Professor, Dept. of English and American Studies, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Kyoto, Japan

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Betty A. Reardon is acknowledged around the world as one of the founders of the field of peace education. She has been extensively involved in the international peace education movement and has been published widely in the field. She is a co-founder of both the International Institute on Peace Education and the Global Campaign for Peace Education.

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