spring 2020
SVF-1058 Introduction to Peace, Education and Development - 5 ECTS
Course content
The course introduces the students to the nexus between peace, education and development from an interdisciplinary perspective. The course will include the following modules:
Introduction to peace and conflict: This module will include an introduction to the field of peace and conflict studies and focus on core concepts (e.g. peace, violence, war, conflict resolution and transformation) and debates in the field and the interdisciplinary nature of the field.
Peace education: This module will include approaches to peace and peace education; education, socialization and peace; peace education and conflict; humiliation and peace, non-violence as tool for conflict transformation; and pedagogy, rationality and holism.
Peace from below, development and global transformation: This module will have an emphasis on postcolonial transformation, development and humanitarianism. Topics may include local and contextual peace building (local-liberal hybrid peace), postcolonial transformation, development and humanitarian aid, and institution building.
Recommended reading/syllabus
Pensumliste for SVF-1058: Introduction to Peace, Education and Development- About the course
- Campus: Tromsø |
- ECTS: 5
- Course code: SVF-1058
- Responsible unit
- Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education