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The following three books are recommended by the jhon foundation. CPNN would welcome reviews of one or more of these books: 1. Peace education: A pathway to a culture of peace (2nd Edition) edited by Loreta Navarro-Castro and Jasmin Nario-Galace Publisher: Center for Peace Education 209-page pdf book designed to provide educators with the basic knowledge base as well as the skill- and value-orientations that we associate with educating for a culture of peace. Although this work is primarily directed towards the pre-service and in-service preparation of teachers in the formal school system, it may be used in nonformal education. Part I presents chapters that are meant to help us develop a holistic understanding of peace and peace education. Part II discusses the key themes in peace education. Each chapter starts with a conceptual essay on a theme and is followed by some practical teaching-learning ideas that can either be used in a class or adapted to a community setting. Part III focuses on the peaceable learning climate and the educator, the agent who facilitates the planting and nurturing of the seeds of peace in the learning environment. Finally, the whole school approach is introduced to suggest the need for institutional transformation and the need to move beyond the school towards engagement with other stakeholders in the larger society. The book is available on the web at http://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/resourc....AL2.pdf 2. Peacemaking and Democratisation in Africa. Theoretical Perspectives and Church Initiatives (Heinemann Frontline Series) edited by Hizkias Assefa and George Wachira Overview In what has become known as Africa's \"second liberation\", there has been a renewed drive from within for peace and good governance. Church leaders have been key actors in this drive as is evident in their peacemaking initiatives and their commitment to peaceful change. African scholars explore in this book the transition phenomenon as it unfolded in East and Southern Africa. They reflect on the theological, historical, philosophical and traditional perpsectives of the churches' involvement in the socio-political transition in Africa. Case studies of South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Zambia, Zaire and Kenya have been used with a view to providing a practical counterpoint and hope for the future. 3. Foundations of Peace and Freedom: Ecology of a Peaceful World edited by Ted Dunn Publisher: C.Davies (Publishers) Ltd; New edition (March 1978) |