How Children Understand War and Peace (Hardcover)

Amiram Raviv

ISBN 10: 0787941697 / ISBN 13: 9780787941697

Edité par John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 1999

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Hardcover. 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. Presents original research and perspectives about children's and adolescents' understanding of war, conflict, and peace. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Titre: How Children Understand War and Peace (Hardcover)
• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0787941697
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780787941697
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: new

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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.

À propos de l?auteur

AMIRAM RAVIV is associate professor of clinical child psychology at Tel Aviv University. He is also a school and children's clinical psychologist. LOUIS OPPENHEIMER Louis Oppenheimer DANIEL BAR-TAL is a professor of social psychology, Tel Aviv University, and is president of the International Society of Political Psychology, 1999-2000.