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Education and Conflict
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July 2008
Essay forthcoming
Use the following to cite this article: "Education and Conflict." Beyond Intractability. Eds. Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess. Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado, Boulder. Posted: July 2008 <http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/educ_and_conflict/>.
Sources of Additional, In-depth Information on this Topic
Additional Explanations of the Underlying Concepts:
Online (Web) Sources
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. ABC, Teaching Human Rights. Available at:http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/abc.htm. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has teaching materials for primary and secondary school students on human rights. There are booklets and activities for learning.
Human Rights Education Associates Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education. Available at:http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/index.php. an excellent collection of materials for a range of audiences from school children, armed forces to community leaders on human rights education.
Sommers, Marc. Children, Education and War: Reaching Education For All (EFA) Objectives in Countries Affected by Conflict. Available at:Click here for more info. This lengthy paper discusses how war and the chaos it generates have slowed the ability of conflict-affected countries to meet the Education for All (EFA) goals declared at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal in April 2000.
Education in Crisis Situations. Available at:http://www.basiced.org/otherdocs/education_in_crisis.pdf. This brief paper presents key points regarding how conflict affects children's access to education and points about what is needed to ensure education in crisis situations.
Learning for a Future: Refugee Education in Developing Countries. Available at:Click here for more info. This page provides access to a collection of papers that discuss a variety of aspects of refugee education. The chapters are: Education in Emergencies; On School Quality and Attainment; Improving Quality and Attainment in Refugee Schools: The Case of Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal; Peace Education and Refugee Youth; and Vocational Training for Refugees: A Case study from Tanzania.
The Two Faces of Education in Ethnic Conflict: Towards a Peacebuilding Education for Children. Available at:http://www.unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/insight4.pdf. This insightful report explores the importance of ethnic identity and how education plays into the formation of ethnicity. It then examines the negative and positive sides of education as it relates to conflict situations. The paper goes on to discuss strategies for developing "peacebuilding education" curriculum for children directly exposed to conflict.
The World Bank Millenium Development Goals Site. Available at:http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/GMIS/home.do?siteId=2. This site is a comprehensive gateway to a broad array of information about the Millenium Development Goals outlined by the United Nations in the Millenium Declaration in September 2000. The goals revolve around the following areas of concern: poverty, education, gender equality, child mortality, maternal health, HIV/AIDS and other diseases, environment, and global partnership. The site includes sections on all major world regions of concern.
UNESCO World Education Forum Site. Available at:http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/wef_2000/index.shtml. This site provides access to an array of information about the results of the World Education Forum, held in Dakar, Senegal in April 2000. 1,100 participants at the forum reaffirmed their committment to achieving Education For All (EFA) by the year 2015. The site includes text of the Dakar Framework for EFA (in multiple languages), as well as regional frameworks for action, and several other areas of relevant information.
Offline (Print) Sources
Sinclair, Margaret. Planning Education in and After Emergencies. UNESCO, August 2003. This book argues that education is of critical importance in crisis situations, particularly in conflict situations. The author emphasizes the important role that education can play in instilling social and ethical values in the minds of youth, helping to prevent future conflicts.
UNESCO. Education in Emergencies: Helping Communities Cope. UNESCO. Available at:Click here for more info. This piece discusses how UNICEF and UNESCO have developed a "School-in-a-box" for schools in war-torn countries such as Rwanda, Slovenia, and Croatia, to help kids feel like they were living a normal life. The program includes lessons on trauma and healing. Education for women is also considered crucial, as the male population is likely to be decimated after genocidal events such as those that have taken place in these nations.
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