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Empowering Multiculturalism and Peacebuilding in Schools

Soner Polat (Kocaeli University, Turkey) and Gizem Günçavdı (Kocaeli University, Turkey)
Indexed In: SCOPUS
Release Date: March, 2020 | Copyright: © 2020 | Pages: 378

Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase
ISBN13: 9781799828273
ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799828280
EISBN13: 9781799828297
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2827-3

Description:

With modern globalization and technological improvements, people from different cultural backgrounds have more opportunity to interact. These differences can be seen across various communities, from familial to organizational, so peacekeeping strategies become essential when navigating global communities. Since these various cultures collect in schools, teaching students to become peacemakers by encouraging skills that include intercultural communication, intercultural sensitivity, and intercultural competence are essential for structuring a peaceful and harmonious society.

Empowering Multiculturalism and Peacebuilding in Schools is an essential research publication that provides comprehensive research on peacebuilding and multiculturalism in terms of educational organizations as well as the skills that need to be taught to students in order to promote peaceful interaction and inclusivity. Featuring a wide range of topics such as cyberbullying, restorative instruction, and intercultural education, this book is ideal for teachers, academicians, administrators, principals, professional development experts, curriculum designers, researchers, managers, and students.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Cyberbullying
  • Discrimination
  • Educational Environment
  • Higher Education
  • Intercultural Education
  • Peace Building Leadership
  • Peace Education
  • Prejudice
  • Restorative Instruction
  • School Conflict

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Soner Polat is a professor at Kocaeli University Faculty of Education in the Department of Educational Administration, from where he received his doctorate in 2007. He has 20 years of experience in various academic positions, also worked as a teacher in various levels of education. His research interests are diversity management, peace education, and organizational image.

Gizem Günçavdı works as a research assistant at Kocaeli University. The editor is studying PhD on Educational Administration since 2015. In the previous years, the editor took part in projects related to Peace Education. Most of the projects were about training prospective teachers for peace education. The editor organized four projects related to this. In addition to them, the editor organized a workshop together with colleagues from the UK. They discussed the peace education process in both Turkey and the UK. Related to peace education, the editor works multicultural personalities of school administrators for the PhD dissertation.

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