Description
| Product ID: | 9781788929783 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | New Perspectives on Language and Education |
| Title: | Peacebuilding in Language Education |
| Subtitle: | Innovations in Theory and Practice |
| Authors: | Author: Maria Matilde Olivero, Tammy Gregersen, Rebecca L. Oxford, Melinda Harrison |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Language teaching theory and methods, Language teaching theory & methods, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book shares wisdom and strategies to help language teachers, teacher educators, and peace educators communicate peace, contribute to peace and weave peacebuilding into classrooms and daily life. The book's Language of Peace Approach and more than 50 creative activities nurture peacebuilding skills in students, educators and the community. This innovative, much-needed book shares powerful wisdom and practical strategies to help language teachers, teacher educators and peace educators communicate peace, contribute to peace and weave peacebuilding into classrooms and daily life. The clear, six-part Language of Peace Approach underlies more than 50 creative activities that can promote peacebuilding competence in secondary and post-secondary students, current and prospective educators and community members outside of academia. Chapters span the spectrum from cross-cultural peace education to the positive psychology of peace, from nonverbal peace language to transformative language teaching for peace, and from the needs of language learners to the needs of language educators. The book makes a unique and valuable contribution to the discussion of how we can live together peacefully in a changing world. |
| Imprint Name: | Multilingual Matters |
| Publisher Name: | Multilingual Matters |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-11-09 |
