Summer

PEACE EDUCATION
A Special Interest Group of The
American Educational Research Association
NEWSLETTER
SUMMER, 2006
Vol. 9 No. 2
Jing Lin, University of Maryland
Online Newsletter Editor and
Irene Zoppi, Associate Editor
Reminder: Website for the Online Newsletter is at the AERA Website
(www.AERA.net). Go to section on SIGs. Find Peace Education SIG. Click on
Summer 2006 Newsletter
CONTENTS:
• Message from the SIG Chair, Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark
• Notes from SIG Annual Board Meeting: April 8, 2006
• SIG leadership
• Invitation to submit proposal for 2007!
• Biography of Leaders in Peace Education
• Peace Education Resources
• Upcoming Events and Conferences
• AERA Peace Education SIG Program in 2006
• Reflection from a Canadian Peace Education Leader
• Note from Editor

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MESSAGE FROM THE SIG CHAIR,
ROSEMARIE STALLWORTH-CLARK
A Message to Peace Education SIG Members,
On behalf of myself and the other newly elected members of the Peace Education SIG
Executive Board, we wish to thank you for your confidence in us and for your
continued support for the work of peace education. It is with great pleasure, yet
substantial trepidation, that I assume the office of Chair of the American Educational
Research Association’s Peace Education Special Interest Group. As we begin to plan
for next year’s program to be held in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Monday, April 9 --
Friday, April 13, 2007, I am very aware that the rewarding work of Chair is only
possible through the strong assistance of our membership. Thank you, in advance for
your active participation and commitment to the work of the SIG during the coming
year.
Accessible at www.aera.net., the following activities and roles are critically
important calls for your participation and support—beginning as early as June 2,
2006: ( 1) Submit paper proposals to our Peace Education SIG for next year’s
conference in Chicago. The submission period begins June 2, 2006, and ends August
2, 2006, 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time. Late submissions will not accepted so don’t
be late. Paper proposal submissions are especially important because the number of
presentation sessions provided for our SIG will be based on the number of proposals
we receive through the AERA Proposal Online System—accessible at www. aera.net.
(2) Volunteer to be a reviewer of proposals; (3) Volunteer to be a discussant of
three to four papers presented at a single paper session; (3) Volunteer to chair a
paper session.
For the purpose of increasing awareness of the innumerable ways and means by
which we and others do the work for peace beyond the annual meeting, an incomplete,
yet comprehensive listing of resources for peace education is included in this
newsletter. We invite you to tell us more about your work for peace. Please help us
add to our peace education resources list by sending information to our On-line News
Editor: Jing Lin (jinglin@umd.edu)--( University of Maryland). As you write and
present; develop resources for peace education; know of conferences and/or other
future special events for peace, please send details to Jing Lin so that she can include

current news and events in future newsletters.
In our next newsletter, we will feature biographical sketches of our Peace Education
SIG Leadership. As you read and enjoy the letter, please share it with others as we
share the call to peace on this planet we call earth- in our schools, homes,
communities, and nations, in every way, in every place, in every circumstance, in all.
For PEACE,
Rosemarie Stallworth- Clark, Chair
AERA Peace Education SIG
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NOTES FROM SIG ANNUAL BOARD
MEETING: APRIL 8, 2006
* Open Forum presentation and discussion: Thanks to Dr. Mark Malaby for presenting his
research on masculinity and violence, and to Candice Carter as discussant, for the excellent
Open Forum (first hour of meeting). Thanks, also, to all SIG paper presenters, proposers,
reviewers, discussants and chairs at this year’s conference.
*THANKS: to 2005-06 SIG leaders (completing terms and continuing):
SIG Chair (1 year term ends 4/2006) Kathy Bickmore; Program Chair (2 year term ends
4/2006) Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark; Vice Chair 2005-06 (to become Program Chair for
2006-08) Olga Jarrett; Secretary/Treasurer (term ends 4/ 2006) Marty Khan; Newsletter
Editor (10-year! term ended 2006) Aline Stomfay-Stitz; Board Members at Large (2 year
term ends 4/2006) Bill Timpson and Tom Cavanagh; Board Member at Large (2 year term
ends 4/2007) Candice Carter; Past Chair Edyth Wheeler; Previous Past Chair/Advisor Blythe
Hinitz.
*More thanks: Members present offered PARTICULARLY ENTHUSIASTIC THANKS to
Program Chair 2005 & 2006 Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark, AND to retiring, long-serving and
innovative Newsletter Editor ‘Extraordinaire,’ Aline Stomfay-Stitz!
* SIG Steering Committee (Board) LEADERSHIP for 2006-07

Selected by acclamation/ consensus by those present at this Annual Meeting
* SIG board size: As the above list suggests, members present agreed to a slightly-expanded
steering committee (SIG board), for this year, in order to include all who expressed interest
in such involvement. All of the above leadership roles/terms are renewable (except that
normally Past Chair rotates off, Chair becomes Past Chair, Program Chair becomes Chair,
and Vice Chair becomes Program Chair).
* New electronic journal: Candice Carter described and distributed information about her
new, open-access electronic journal, inviting SIG members to participate (for information:
ccarter@unf.edu)
* SIG newsletter wishes brainstorm (input for new Editor): Members present are enthusiastic
about having a SIG newsletter continue, although some SIG communication functions (such
as Chair and Program Chair sending out invitations to participate and program schedules) are
now covered by AERA’s new e-list provision. Some people suggested that this newsletter be
small-scale and stick primarily to SIG business, while others also hoped for additional short
items such as reports on papers presented (and how to get copies) and mini-reviews of new
resources.
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SIG LEADERSHIP 2006-2007
-SIG Chair: Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark (rosemari@georgiasouthern.edu) term ending
4/2007
-Program Chair: Olga Jarrett (ojarrett@mindspring.com), term ending 4/2007 (should
become SIG Chair, following year, 2007-08)
-Vice Chair: Bill Timpson (wtimpson@lamar.colostate.edu), term ending 4/2007 (would
become Program Chair, following year, 2007-08)
-Treasurer: Candice Carter (ccarter@unf.edu), 2-year term ending 4/2008
-On-line News Editor: Jing Lin (jinglin@umd.edu), assisted by her colleague, Dr. Irene
Zoppi (also at the Univ. of Maryland) as Associate Editor, 2-year term ending 4/2008
-Past Chair: Kathy Bickmore (kbickmore@oise.utoronto.ca), 1-year term ending 4/2007
-Board Member at Large (continuing, also advisor to the new Secretary-Treasurer): Marty
Khan (mkhan@unf.edu), term ending 4/2007
-Board Member at Large (continuing): Tom Cavanagh (new email!
cavanagh@waikato.ac.nz), term ending 4/2007

-Board Member at Large (new, completing Candice’s 2-year term): Tania Ramalho
(ramalho@oswego.edu), term ending 4/2007
-Board Member at Large (new): Linda Pickett (lpickett@umflint.edu), 2-year term ending
4/2008
-Board Member at Large (new): Claire McGlynn (c.mcglynn@qub.ac.uk), 2-year term
ending 4/2008
-Board Member at Large (new): Elavie Ndura (endura@gmu.edu), 2-year term ending
4/2008
--Board Member at Large (new): Shani Beth-Halachmy (sbeth@nl.edu), 2-year term ending
4/2008
-Advisors/ elders (previous past chairs, not on Board, but available for consultation as
needed): "Stomfay-Stitz, Aline" ASTOMFAY@unf.edu, Edyth Wheeler,
ejwheel@towson.edu, and Blythe Hinitz hinitz@tcnj.edu
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INVITATION TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR 2007!
SIG Program Chair Olga Jarrett encourages our members to submit paper proposals, and to
reach out to others to solicit paper proposals, by end of July for next year’s conference in
Chicago. This is especially important now because SIG session allocation will be based on
number of proposals submitted (more than on number of members, as was the case in the
past). Olga also asks members to volunteer as proposal reviewers (for this summer/ early
fall), and as discussants and chairs (at next year’s conference). Note that participation in all
of these roles requires logging on to www.aera.net and volunteering for each applicable role
for this SIG (volunteers set the maximum numbers of proposals they are willing to review,
etc, for each SIG or division).

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BOOKS
PEACE EDUCATION RESOURCES
Love, Peace, and Wisdom in Education: A Vision for Education in the 21st Century
By Jing Lin, Rowman and Littlefield Education
Author Jing Lin contends that there is a great need for educators to reconceptualize education in
the 21st century. Here, she discusses the danger of global wars, environmental
breakdown, moral vacuum and nihilism in society, and the problems in current
debates on school reform. This book calls for a school that facilitates the
formation of a compassionate and loving global community-one that teaches the
younger generation to gain a harmonious, respectful relationship with nature. The
author envisions a school where the teaching of our interconnectedness based
on love, changes the learning atmosphere, school curriculum focus, teacher-
student relationships, school leadership, and the role of education in society as a
transformative power. The book challenges our schools to shift from a
rationalistic, functionalist perspective that primarily emphasizes tests and
efficiency, to a constructive, transformative paradigm in which the integrated development of
students' intellectual, moral, emotional, spiritual, and ecological abilities to promote understanding
of the world helps nurture respect for all human beings and nature. In all, constructing a loving
world should be the central purpose of education in the 21st century. Website:
http://www.rowmaneducation.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATAL
OG.db&eqSKUdata=1578863341.
This book will be of interest to policy makers, teachers, school administrators, peace and
environmental activists, and students.
Finding Forgiveness, written by Eileen Borris, Past President Division 48 of the Society
for the Study of Peace Conflict and Violence of the American Psychological Association, and
current Director of Training - The Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Washington
DC, will be published by McGraw-Hill in early September.
Finding Forgiveness lays out the framework which underlies our thinking that inhibits us
from being able to forgive. Then it shows the reader how to transform one’s thinking to not
only be able to forgive but to be more compassionate and loving human beings. This book
shows how an inner transformation can lead to societal change. Included in this book are

inspiring stories of incredible individuals from the person who could be your next door
neighbor to one of the holiest men in the world, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Each of the
story tellers shares their struggles and eventual triumphs in being able to forgive.
Finding Forgiveness also grapples with the harder issues that societies and the world at large
needs to think about if we want to survive as a human race. It asks us difficult questions such
as can we forgive something as horrific as 9/11 and other terrorist attacks? Is it possible to
use forgiveness as a process for global societal change? Can forgiveness unite us and heal
our wounds so as one humanity we can move forward together in peace and prosperity?
The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the hidden dimensions of your life, By Deepak
Chopra. ISBN 1-4000-9834-3. Published by Three Rivers Press, 2004. Every life is a book
of secrets, ready to be opened. The secret of perfect love is found there, along with the
secrets of healing, compassion, faith, and the most elusive one of all: who we really are. We
are still mysteries to ourselves, despite the proximity of these answers, and what we most
long to know remains lodged deep inside. We all want to know how to find a soul mate,
what career would be most fulfilling, how to live a life with meaning, and how to teach our
children well. We are looking for a personal breakthrough, a turning point, a revelation that
brings with it new meaning. The Book of Secrets--a crystalline distillation of insights and
wisdom accumulated over the lifetime of one of the great spiritual thinkers of our time-provides
an exquisite new tool for achieving just that. Because answers to the questions at
the center of life are counterintuitive, they are often hidden from view, sequestered from our
everyday gaze. In his ongoing quest to elevate our experience, bestselling author Deepak
Chopra has isolated fifteen secrets that drive the narrative of this inspiring book--and of our
lives. From "The World Is in You" and "What You Seek, You Already Are" to "Evil Is Not
Your Enemy" and "You Are Truly Free When You Are Not a Person," The Book of Secrets is
rich with insights, a priceless treasure that can transport us beyond change to transformation,
and from there to a sacred place where we can savor the nectar of enlightenment. "The Book
of Secrets is the finest and most profound of Deepak Chopra’s books to date. Want the
answers to the secrets of life? Let me recommend that you start right here." -- Ken Wilber,
author of A Brief History of Everything. http://www.peace..ca/bookofsecrets.htm
“The Breakthrough Experience: A Revolutionary New Approach to Personal
Transformation” by Dr, John F. Demartini. ISBN 1-56170-885-2. Published By Hay
House Inc. May 2002. 263 pages. This book is an extremely real and practical manual for
understanding why we live the way we do, and how to transform our lives into our highest
vision. You will learn a formula to manifest your dreams, discover the secrets of opening
your heart beyond anything you have imagined, find out how to increase love and
appreciation for every aspect of your life, receive profound insights on how to create more
fulfilling and caring relationships, reawaken your birthright as a true genius, transcend the
fears and illusions surrounding the myth of death, and reconnect with your true mission and
purpose on Earth. That is all true, but mainly, this book will deeply touch and inspire you
with respect to your own greatness and potential—and the magnificence of every single
human soul. This is not just a book, it is what the title implies—an Experience—and it is
impossible to go through it without being moved, challenged, and changed.
http://www.peace.ca/breakthroughexperience.htm

“The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A practical guide to the fulfillment of your
dreams.” by Deepak Chopra. ISBN 1-878424-11-4. Published by Amber-Allen Publishing
& New World Library 1994. 112 pages. This is a book you will cherish for a lifetime, for
within its pages are the secrets to making all your dreams come true. Deepak Chopra distills
the essence of his teachings into seven simple yet powerful principles that can easily be
applied to create success in all areas of your life. Based on natural laws which govern all of
creation, this book shatters the myth that success is the result of hardwork, exacting plans, or
driving ambition. Deepak Chopra offers a life-altering perspective on the attainment of
success: Once we understand our true nature & learn to live in harmony with natural law, a
sense of well-being, good health, fulfilling relationships, energy & enthusiasm for life &
material abundance will spring forth easily & effortlessly. Filled with timeless wisdom &
practical steps you can apply right away, this is a book you will want to read & refer to again
& again. http://www.peace.ca/spirituallaws.htm
I Need Your Love: Is that true?: The Search For Love, Approval, And Happiness, By
Byron Katie. ISBN 1-4000-5107-X. Published by Harmony Books. - In Loving What Is,
bestselling author Byron Katie introduced thousands of people to her simple and profound
method of finding happiness through questioning the mind. Now, I Need Your Love—Is That
True? examines a universal, age-old source of anxiety: our relationships with others. In this
groundbreaking book, Katie helps you question everything you have been taught to do to
gain love and approval. In doing this, you discover how to find genuine love and
connection. The usual advice offered in self-help books and reinforced by our culture
advocates a stressful, all-consuming quest for love and approval. We are advised to learn
self-marketing and manipulative skills—how to attract, impress, seduce, and often pretend to
be something we aren’t. This approach doesn’t work. It leaves millions of walking
wounded—those who, having failed to find love or appreciation, blame themselves and
conclude that they are unworthy of love. I Need Your Love—Is That True? helps you
illuminate every area in your life where you seem to lack what you long for most—the love
of your spouse, the respect of your child, a lover’s tenderness, or the esteem of your boss.
Through its penetrating inquiry, you will quickly discover the falseness of the accepted ways
of seeking love and approval, and also of the mythology that equates love with need. Using
the method in this book, you will inquire into painful beliefs that you’ve based your whole
life on—and be delighted to see them evaporate. Katie shows you how unraveling the knots
in the search for love, approval, and appreciation brings real love and puts you in charge of
your own happiness. “Everyone agrees that love is wonderful, except when it’s terrible.
People spend their whole lives tantalized by love—seeking it, trying to hold on to it, or trying
to get over it. Not far behind love, as major preoccupations, come approval and appreciation.
>From childhood on, most people spend much of their energy in a relentless pursuit of these
things, trying out different methods to be noticed, to please, to impress, and to win other
people’s love, thinking that’s just the way life is. This effort can become so constant and
unquestioned that we barely notice it anymore. This book takes a close look at what works
and what doesn’t in the quest for love and approval. It will help you find a way to be happier
in love and more effective in all your relationships. What you learn here will bring
fulfillment to all kinds of relationships, including romantic love, dating, marriage, work, and
friendship.” —Byron Katie. http://www.peace.ca/isthattrue.htm

The Greatest Miracle in the World, By Og Mandino. ISBN 0-553-34157-X. Published by
Bantam Books, 1975 - this entertaining little book describes the four laws of happiness and
success:
• Count your blessings
• Proclaim your rarity
• Go another mile
• Use wisely your power of choice
• And one more, to fulfill the other four. Do all things with love…love for yourself,
love for all others, and love for G.O.D. (“Grand Organizational Design/Designer”).
"Plan B 2.0, Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble" by Lester R.
Brown, 2006; Earth Policy Institute, W. W. Norton & company, New York. You can also
download the chapters free from: http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB2/Contents.htm
Transformative Practice: New Paths to Leadership,(add publisher and publication date)
by Dr. Sue McGregor, makes the argument that individuals, organizations, and entire
professions must evolve and adapt if they are to effectively serve humanity and the common
good within an increasingly imbalanced and volatile global environment. To achieve this
evolution, transformative professionals are tasked with creating nothing less than a profound
paradigm shift within their own practice and among the wider community that will extend
outward to positively impact all of human society on many levels. This new, transformative
style of leadership will require change in pedagogy and professional development. Evidence
will manifest itself through education at all levels, in refocused policy involvement, in new
approaches to private and public enterprise, in civil society involvement, and in personal
growth and reflection. McGregor’s innovative, ambitious focus centers around the five
themes of paradigm shifts, leadership, educational pedagogy, philosophical growth, and
globalization. The resulting vision calls for a new, globally responsive model of professional
practice that is dynamic and evolving, full of rich, reflective communication, replete with
innovative practice, and guided by clear, far reaching
goals. http://www.consultmcgregor.com/
"Boys of Few Words: Raising Our Sons to Communicate and Connect" by Adam Cox,
PhD (Guilford 2006), about the social and emotional development of boys, in your
community. We need to raise this generation of boys to become socially conscious, empathic
readers. Mary Pipher, PhD, says this "book is important, insightful, and timely. His [Dr.
Cox's] ideas about helping boys of all ages will be useful to parent, to teachers, and indeed to
all of us who have a stake in boys' emotional health--which is, in fact, everyone." For more
information, you can check out the author's website at: www.dradamcox.com
ONLINE SOURCES
Philosophers for Peace has been completed at: http://peacephilosophy.org

Mahatma Gandhi News Digest, May 15-21, 2006. Select News on Mahatma Gandhi,
Peace and Nonviolence: http://www.gandhiserve.org/news/news.html
The Special Issue of the PEACE REVIEW (published by Taylor and Francis) is
now available. Based on over 150 proposals received, eleven articles were
accepted for publication. These essays represent the cutting edge of
contemporary thought on the psychology of warfare. A LIMITED NUMBER OF
COPIES OF THIS SPECIAL ISSUE NOW ARE AVAILABLE
For information on how to obtain a copy of the Special
Issue on the PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF WAR, please
CLICK HERE: https://www.ideologiesofwar.com/register/
Articles included in this special issue are listed below. We also have
provided below brief excerpts that convey the excitement of this special
issue.
Articles include:
SACRIFICE, TRANSCENDENCE AND THE SOLDIER, Babak Rahimi, Assistant
Professor of Iranian and Islamic Studies at the University of California at San Diego.
GROUP PSYCHOLOGY, SACRIFICE AND WAR, Norman Steinhart, M.D., Research
Fellow at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of
Toronto, Canada
WAR AND THE RELIGIOUS WILL TO SACRIFICE, Patrick Porter, Tutor in Modern
History at the University of Oxford
MEMORIALIZATION AND THE SELLING OF WAR, Deborah D. Buffton, Professor of
History at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
THE MYTHOLOGY OF WAR, Dr. Andrew Robinson, Political theorist, University of
Nottingham
THE MANIC ECSTASY OF WAR, Wendy C. Hamblet, Professor of Philosophy, Adelphi
University, New York
HUMILIATION AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR, Paul Saurette, Assistant
Professor, School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada
DOMINANCE AND SUBMISSION IN POSTMODERN WAR IMAGERY, Myra Mendible,
Associate Professor of American Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University
GUILT AND SACRIFICE IN U.S. WARFARE, Carl Mirra, American Studies at SUNY

College, Old Westbury
MALE GENDER INSTABILITY AND WAR, Jeannette Marie Mageo, Professor of
Anthropology, Washington State University
COMBAT MOTIVATION, Johan M.G. van der Dennen, senior researcher on war and
peace at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands
For information on how to obtain a copy of the Special
Issue on the PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF WAR on:
https://www.ideologiesofwar.com/register/
For further information please contact Orion Anderson at (718) 393-1104 or
send an email to oanderson@ideologiesofwar.com
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UPCOMING EVENTS/CONFERENCES
PEACE EDUCATION CENTER, TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY
Educating for Global Peace
spiritual & ethical perspectives on peace & justice
A PEACE EDUCATION CENTER & BIOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE SPONSORED LECTURE SERIES
JUNE - DECEMBER 2006
WWW.TC.EDU/PEACEED/SPIRITETHIC
In an age of unprecedented, ubiquitous and seemingly unending violence, people throughout
the world have lost trust in the institutions, leaders, and policies that determine their lives.
Some join together in alternative political movements and some engage in violent resistance,
such as that which caused and is exploited by the war on terror. Yet the vast majorities are
paralyzed in the face of the global crisis of violence, lacking the critical skills, knowledge
and the capacities to bring forth alternatives to confront it and engage in a democratic process
of change. Given the unprecedented need to address issues of violence, war and peace,
human rights and social justice, there are several questions we must ask ourselves:

Will a new world order emerge, and what kind of world order?
What worldview, values, ethic and ethos will comprise it?
How can spirituality be a resource in this change?
How can peace education contribute to this transformation?
Please join us for this timely and provocative lecture series exploring the possible
contributions of various spiritual and ethical perspectives on peace and justice in educating
toward global peace.
~ Free and open to the public ~ RSVP requested ~
Please note that lectures will take place at different venues.
Please contact the Peace Education Center for additional detail and to RSVP.
Email: peace-ed@tc.edu / phone: (212) 678-8116
Thursday, June 1. 7-9pm
ACTING FOR OTHERS:
SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF THE WORK OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
ARTHUR ZAJONC
Professor of Physics, Amherst College; Director, Academic Program of the Center for
Contemplative Mind in Society
Location: Teachers College, Columbia University (Room TBA)
Wednesday, July 12. 7-9pm
ISLAMIC VALUES & TRANSFORMATIVE NONVIOLENCE:
ARE THEY COMPATIBLE?
IBRAHIM MALIK ABDIL-MU'ID RAMEY
Coordinator of Peace and Disarmament Program, Fellowship of Reconciliation; Board
Member, Temple of Understanding and Muslim Peace Fellowship
Location: Teachers College, Columbia University (Room TBA)
Tuesday, September 12. 7-9pm
ONE WORLD, MANY RELIGIONS: GETTING BEYOND DIALOGUE...
JOYCE DUBENSKY
Director, Tanenbaum Center for Inter religious Understanding
Location: Teachers College, Columbia University – OR - Cathedral Church of St. John of the
Divine (Room TBA)

Thursday, October 19. 7-9pm
COSMOPOLITAN ETHICS & BEING PEACE: EXPLORING THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY, JUSTICE, & PEACE
DALE SNAUWAERT
Associate Professor of Educational Theory and Social Foundations of Education; Chair of the
Department of Foundations of Education, University of Toledo
Location: Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus (Room TBA)
Saturday, November 4. 1-3pm
EDUCATING FOR PEACE AT THE LEVEL OF OUR DEEP HUMANITY
PATRICIA MISCHE
Lloyd Professor of Peace Studies and World Law, Antioch College; Visiting Professor,
School of International Service, American University; Co-founder and current President ,
Global Education Associates
Location: The Riverside Church
PEACE EDUCATION COMMISSION SESSIONS IN THE UPCOMING
INTERNATIONAL PEACE ASSOCIATION Conference, June 29 – July 3, Calgary,
Canada.
B. Jeannie Lum, PEC Program Convener
Naresh Dadich, PEC Convener
June 29 th 4:00-5:30
Session 1: Peace Education in Canada
Chair: Jeannie Lum
Panel: Peace Education Activities & Resources in Canada
Michael Gretton, United Nations Association - Canada
Chris Eddy, Soka Gakkai International Canada
Allison Hall, Classroom Connections Program
Rida Abboud, United Nations Association Canada - Calgary
June 30 th 11:00 - 12:30
Session 2A: The Current State of Peace and Conflict Resolution Education and
New Directions
Chair: Candice Carter
Global Directory of Peace Studies Programs
Ian Harris, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, U.S.A.

In Search Of New Direction for Peace and Conflict Resolution Education
Linda Johnston, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA
Chiharu Okajima, ICAR, George Mason University, Virginia, USA
Al Fuertes, ICAR, George Mason University, Virginia, USA
Session 2B: Gandhi’s Influence
Chair: Frank Hutchinson
Peace Education in India: Status and Implementation
Naresh Dadhich, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur India
Hadrawi’s Peace Caravan in Somalia: Lessons Learned from Promoting Peace Non-
Formally
Afyare Elmi, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Gandhi’s Ashram Vows
Shall Sinha, Nonviolent Peaceforce, Alberta, Canada
June 30 th 2:00 - 3:30
Session 3A: Adolescent Violence and Pathways to Peace
Chair: Shyrl Matias
Are “Anti-Bullying” Approaches Impeding Peacemaking and Peacebuilding Education?
Kathy Bickmore, OISE, University of Toronto, Canada
Total Honesty/Total Heart: Fostering Conflict Resolution Skills and Empathy Development
Marion Little, University of Victoria, Canada
Bullying Prevention and Bias Awareness
Priscilla Prutzman, Creative Response to Conflict, New York, U.S.A...
Session 3B: Educating Diverse Audiences
Chair: Sarah Horowitz
Multilingualism – A Long Time Neglected Topic of Peace Education
Werner Wintersteiner, Klagenfurt University, Austria
Teaching Peace Psychology to Many Audiences – Students, Children, Congregations,
Activists
Rachel MacNair, Institute for Integrated Social Analysis, Kansas, USA
Leading a Multicultural Vision: Principals of Integrated Schools in Northern Ireland
Claire McGlynn, Queen’s University, Northern Ireland
Session 3C: Gandhi and Peace Education
Chair: Naresh Dadhich
Mahatma Gandhi on Violence and Peace Education
Douglas Allen, University of Maine, USA

Martin Meets the Mahatma: Gandhi¹s Influence on Martin Luther King, Jr.
Vincent Kavaloski, Edgewood College, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Towards Inclusive Pedagogies: Building Bridges of Understanding and Hope in a Time of
“The War on Terrorism”
Frank Hutchinson, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Peter Herborn, University of Western Sydney, Australia
June 30 th 4:00 – 5:30
Session 4A: Peace and Conflict Training Programs
Chair: Joy Mosher
Evaluating Training in Nonviolent Conflict Transformation: Lessons Learned in Europe
Giovanni Scotto, Dipartimento di Studi Sociali, Italy
Teaching for Peace and Conflict Resolution in a Global Context
David Woolman, Rhode Island College, U.S.A.
Session 4B: Deconstructing Cultures of Authority
Chair: Kathy Bickmore
The Values of Peace in Historic Fiction for Young Children
Ruth Reynolds, University of Newcastle, Australia
Classroom Discipline and Democracy
Joy Mosher, State University of New York, Cortland, U.S.A
Child Soldiers and Implications for the Global Community
Karen Mizell, Utah Valley State College, Utah, U.S.A.
Session 4C: Transformative Learning
Chair: Werner Wintersteiner
Learning For Transformative and Structural Change: The CIPE Model for Community
Based Learning
Tony Jenkins, Teachers College Columbia, New York, U.S.A.
Defining Characteristics of Peace Education: Challenges in Education
Jeannie Lum, University of Hawai’i, Manoa, U.S.A.
Elise Boulding and the Early History of the International Peace Research Association
Mary Lee Morrison, Pax Educare, Inc., Connecticut, U.S.A.
Michael True, New England Peace Studies Association
July 1 st 11:00 – 12:30
Session 5A: Assessing Peace Programs
Chair: Linda Johnston
Standards as Guidelines for Peace Education: Developments and Considerations
Candice Carter, University of North Florida, U.S.A.

Please Tell Me You Don’t Teach That Book! Analyzing the State Of Peace and Conflict
Studies Undergraduate Degree Programs In North America
Patrick G. Coy, Kent State University, Ohio, U.S.A.
Timothy Hedeen, Kennesaw State University, U.S.A.
The Condition of Peace Scholarship in U.S. Higher Education
Julie Clemens, Ohio State University, U.S.A.
Session 5B: Building Bridges
Chair: Danton Ford
Building Bridges to Peace: An Ethnographic Journey in a Jewish-Palestinian Village in
Israel
Grace Feuerverger, OISE, University of Toronto, Canada
Comparative and International Education as a Factor in the Provision of Global Peace and
Security: A View from Siberia
Elena Fedotova, Tomsk State Pedagogical University, Tomsk Russia
How Coyas and Mapuches Raise Their Children Peacefully
Sara Horowitz, Elvira Masri, Abraham Horowitz, Respuesta para la Paz, Buenos
Aires, Argentina
July 2 nd 11:00 – 12:30
Session 6A: Indigenous Populations
Chair: David Woolman
Education for Survival: The Case for a Cultural Commons
John Synott, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Why the Path to Peace Is Often Mired In Conflict: A Historical Examination of the
Doukhobors of British Columbia
Stacey Makortoff, Vancouver, Canada
Non-biased Health Education
Tamayo Okamoto, Hiroshima Prefectural College of Health Sciences, Japan
Session 6B: Inter-faith Connections
Chair: Rachel MacNair
Inter-Religious Dialogue: A Case Study of Two Communities
Ofelia Durante, Ateneo De Zamboanga University Mindano, Phillippines
Another World Is Possible: Education for a Culture Of Peace Through Interfaith Dialogue
Swee-Hin Toh and Virginia Cawagas, Griffith University, Australia
Educating for Peace and Global Citizenship at the Level of Our Deep Humanity
Patricia Mische, Antioch University, Maryland, U.S.A.

July 2 nd 2:00 – 3:30
Session 7A: Enculturation through the Arts
Chair: Karen Mizell
Peace Education and the Cognitive Praxis of Music: A Liberal Arts College Approach in
Southeast Asia
Angelina Gutierrez, St. Scholastica’s College, Philippines
A Triadic Approach: Fusing Peace Education, Dramatic Art Education and Content
Education
Shyrl Matias, Punahou School, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Building a Culture of Peace: Southern Screens Filming Project
Nector Mbilima, Institute of Graphic Communication, Zambia
Session 7B: Situating History and Values in Peacebuilding
Chair: Ruth Reynolds
History Education and Reconciliation: Multinationals: Join History Textbook Writing
Project as a Peacebuilding Method
Zheng Wang, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA
Educating For Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Danton Ford, Baha’I Training Institute, Korea
Memory and Change: History Education as a Way of Peace Education in East Asia
Biao Yang, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Session 7C: Border Crossings
Chair: Claire McGlynn
Transforming Society and Fostering Peace through Education in Burundi and Rwanda
Elavie Ndura, George Mason University, U.S.A.
Johnson Wagona Makoba, University of Nevada, Reno, U.S.A.
Different Conflict in Great Lakes of Africa
Bishop Ruganza Ndayisenga Ruben, Familie Maintenant Ministry, (FAMA) Burundi
Peace Education Method Beyond Prejudices-Korean Field Work Trip to Osaka
Soon-Won Kang, Hanshin University, Japan
July 2 nd 4:00 – 5:30
Session 8A: Expanding Communities
Chair: Angelina Gutierrez
Fostering Dr. King’s Vision of the “Beloved Community” Through Service-Learning

Jane Hammattt-Kavaloski, M.S.W., Madison Metropolitan School District,
Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Evolving Canadian Model for Culture of Peace Program and Peace Education
Robert Stewart, Canadian Culture of Peace Program, Calgary
A University Peace Project Can Lead To a Dialogue about Peace in the Community
Joan Murdock, University of Cincinnati, U.S.A.
Session 8B: Regional Dialogues: Japan
Chair: Marion Little
Global Politics, the Media, and Educating For Peace
Leslie Crawford, University of Alberta, Canada
Building Paths to Peace: Popoki’s Peace Project
Ronni Alexander, Kobe University, Japan
Session 8C: Linking up
Chair: Priscilla Prutzman
Global Citizenship through International Travel and Education
Lynne Rousom Lee, West Island College, Canada
The Role of Websites in Creating Cultures of Peace: A Preliminary Assessment
Bruce Bonta, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
The Possibility of Non-violent Education in the U.S. High School
Kyoko Oshima, Toyo Eiwa Women’s School, Japan
WORLD PEACE FORUM 2006, VANCOUVER, CANADA 23 – 28 JUNE
June 23 – 28, 2006 - World Peace Forum - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, will
promote partnerships between cities and the anti-war and peace communities to build the
transnational and intercultural capacity to communicate, coordinate, and act on a global
scale to end wars, and create a world of peace, justice and sustainability. For more
information: World Peace Forum, 420-550 West 6th Ave. , Vancouver BC , Canada V5Z
1A1 ; Telephone: 1(604) 687-3223; Facsimile: 1 (604) 687-3277; email
admin@worldpeaceforum.ca ; web site http://www.worldpeaceforum.ca
The conference program can be down loaded from this website:
http://www.worldpeaceforum.ca/forum/program.

AERA PEACE EDUCATION SIG PROGRAM IN 2006
Against All Odds: Waging Peace Not War
Session Organizer: Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark (Georgia Southern
University) rosemari@georgiasouthern.edu
Forgiveness Education With Children in Belfast
*Thomas W. Baskin (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Robert D. Enright (University of
Wisconsin-Madison), Jeanette Knutson (International Forgiveness Institute)
Learning to Create a Culture of Peace and Democratic Engagement in Northern Ireland
*Dominic Scott (Millersville University)
Teacher Evaluation and Implementation of Violence Prevention and Peacemaking Curricula in Head Start and
Elementary Schools
*Edyth J. Wheeler (Towson University)
The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development: Another Step for Peace
*Tania Ramalho (The State University of New York-Oswego)
Chair: Olga S. Jarrett (Georgia State University) ojarrett@mindspring.com
Peacebuilding: Human Rights, Democracy, and Integrated Education
Session Organizer: Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark (Georgia Southern
University) rosemari@georgiasouthern.edu
Peace, Ahimsa, and Democracy: Learning From Rural Women in India
*Reva Joshee (OISE/University of Toronto), Karen Sihra (OISE/University of Toronto)
The Challenges of Initiatives for Catholic-Protestant and Palestinian-Jewish
Integrated Education in Northern Ireland and Israel
*Claire W. McGlynn (Queen's University-Belfast), Zvi Bekerman (Hebrew University)
Facilitating Human Rights Education (HRE): What Fundamental Beliefs Drive
Professional Practice?
*Kevin Chin (McGill University)
The Missing Step in Developing Children’s Abilities to Live Peacefully With Others

*Bonnie Spanvill-Ballif (Brigham Young University), Claudia Clayton (Brigham Young
University), Briahna Bushman (Brigham Young University)
Chair: Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz (Haifa University) rachelhl@construct.haifa.ac.il
Discussant: Edyth J. Wheeler (Towson University) ejwheeler@towson.edu
Traveling the Spiritual Path Toward Social Justice, Activism, and Disobedience:
Engaging in Public Moral Leadership
Session Organizer: Sheri L. Leafgren (Kent State University) sleafgre@kent.edu
Spirituality and Curriculum Studies: Reclaiming a Progressive Theology for Social
Justice
*Patrick Slattery (Texas A & M University)
Joining the "Spirited" Child on the Playful, Uncertain, and Disobedient Path Toward Wisdom
*Sheri L. Leafgren (Kent State University)
Education, Religion, and Society: Critiquing a Standardization of Human Soul
*Michael Patrick O'Malley (Southern Illinois University)
The Administrator as Moral Agent: Creating a Sense of Urgency Toward Action
*Mary Thomas (President, Texas Alliance of Black School Educator)
Discussant: Kathleen Ruth Kesson (Long Island University) Kathleen.Kesson@liu.edu
Discussant: David Purpel (The University of North Carolina) purpeld@uncg
Abstract:
The current political climate in the US has created a hegemonic and monolithic
understanding of religion, spirituality, and theology in the public marketplace of ideas and
in the educational spaces of schools and libraries. While progressive thinkers in this clima
have often avoided discussion of religion or awkwardly professed a private spirituality, th
traditions of many world religions not only embrace, but advance as integral to faith, a
progressive, non-violent, and activist spirituality. Why is this message marginalized in
contemporary political and curriculum discussions? In this session, we will report on our
own understanding of spirituality and curriculum for public moral leadership and social
justice and invite conversation with the audience.
Peace Education SIG Business Meeting: Open Forum - Creating Spaces for
Nonviolent Masculinities; Collaboration for a New Online Peace Education Journa
and Reception
Session Organizer: Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark (Georgia Southern
University) rosemari@georgiasouthern.edu
Masculine Power, Identity Formation, and School Violence
*Mark R. Malaby (Ball State University)
Chair: Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark (Georgia Southern
University) rosemari@georgiasouthern.edu

Chair: Kathy Bickmore (OISE/University of Toronto) kbickmore@oise.utoronto.ca
Discussant: Candice C. Carter (University of North Florida) ccarter@unf.edu
Abstract:
This Peace Education Special Interest Group Business Meeting began as an Open Forum with
interactive discussion proceeding as a Town Hall Meeting with open discussion around Mark
Malaby's paper "Masculine Power, Identity Formation, and School Violence." Participants were
challenged to articulate possible peace education responses to the pressures and prevalence of
hegemonic masculinity. Discussion focused on the differences that teachers, schools, and curriculu
can make in valuing and expanding the space for NONVIOLENT masculinity. SIG President, Kat
Bickmore, University of Toronto; SIG Program Chair, Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark, Georgia
Southern University, and paper presenter, Mark Malaby, Ball State University co-facilitated the
Forum.
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REFLECTION FROM A CANADIAN PEACE EDUCATION LEADER
A Message to Our Readers:
It has been some months since our last Newsletter. I have been taking a sabbatical for a
period of reflection on how I can better serve the Peace Community (by working smarter, not
harder). In the process, I have been undergoing a significant personal transformation – a
journey that I will be pleased to share with you over the next few months.

In the process of seeking peace, we are likely to give ourselves anxiety, pain and even
depression – your mind can become a war zone. Stress is the signal that it’s time to question
your own thinking. Seeking peace is how you lose the awareness of peace. But you can
only lose the awareness of it, not the state. That’s not an option, because peace is what we all
are. Look around you and you will find peace in many ways, if you look hard enough –
celebrate them. The spiritual secret that applies here is this: what you seek, you already are.
The U.N. Culture of Peace Program calls for the transformation of all institutions from a
culture of violence to a Culture of Peace and Non-violence. The first ‘institution’ that must
go through this transformation is ourselves. As Gandhi instructed us, “be the change you
seek in the world”. In a sense, our old selves (our selves raised in a culture of violence and
reflecting it) must die in order that our new selves - our selves living a Culture of Peace and
Non-violence – may be born. We must truly be “Renaissance Men and Women”. I suspect
many of you are also labouring with your rebirth. Each of us has to find the actual
experience of peace and calmness on our own. The secret for doing that is to free the mind.
When it is free, the mind settles down. It gives up its restlessness and becomes a channel for
peace. As the UNESCO motto proclaims, “Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the
minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.” This applies to us as well as
“them”.
I invite you to join me in this personal transformation. A major goal over the next period
will be to strengthen our section of the www.peace.ca web site on Building Peace at the
Individual Level. I will share with you some of the key books that I am reading, and their
highlights. They include:
• Being Peace, by Thich Nhat Hanh. http://www.peace.ca/beingpeace.htm
• The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life, by Deepak
Chopra http://www.peace.ca/bookofsecrets.htm
• The Breakthrough Experience: A Revolutionary New Approach to Personal
Transformation, by John Demartini
http://www.peace.ca/breakthroughexperience.htm
• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, by Deepak
Chopra http://www.peace.ca/spirituallaws.htm
• I Need Your Love – Is That True?: How to Stop Seeking … and Start Finding …,
by Byron Katie http://www.peace.ca/isthattrue.htm
• The Greatest Miracle in the World, by Og Mandino
http://www.peace.ca/greatestmiracle.htm
• The Emotional Freedom Technique, by Gary Craig
http://www.mercola.com/forms/eftcourse.htm
• Psych-K: For Accelerated Personal Growth, by Robert Williams http://psychk.com/home.php
• etc. (more to come later)
I fully believe that the people who need the most peace education are peace educators, peace
leaders and peacebuilders. One of our major goals at Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace is

to help with the necessary personal transformations – to accelerate the personal growth and
wisdom of all peace educators, leaders and builders, by supplying helpful information. Since
everyone is a potential peace educator, leader and builder – this means engaging everyone. It
truly takes an astronomical vision to make a global difference.
I am very grateful that I have found my purpose in life: peace education. We all have our
own unique talents to bring to peace education – I am pleased to bring my unique leadership,
management and business talents to bear on this most worthwhile cause. By teaching peace
and wisdom, our students can transform their lives and make a difference teaching peace and
wisdom.
Today, start to act as if your influence extends everywhere – you should know that it does.
Happy transformations, and remain centered no matter what happens,
Bob Stewart
THE WISDOM I AM LIVING
By Bob Stewart
Higher Purpose - work for the welfare of the whole world, by significantly reducing the
human cost of direct and indirect violence through peace education, raising social
intelligence, true wisdom and self actualization throughout the world.
Communion – communicate and develop relationships with everyone else in the world, to
notify the world’s farthest reaches of the purpose and intention (above).
Awareness – listen to understand, everything that impinges on the purpose
(above). Meditate on it, adapt, remain flexible, respond accordingly.
Acceptance – There are no enemies. Understand my values and others’ values, and
communicate with myself and others accordingly. I am a genius and they are
also. Recognize every one as equally important and interdependent.
Creativity – think thoughts never thought before, ‘dance’ in a way never seen
before. Continue to solve the peace ‘problem’ every day, in creative new ways.
Being – obey the universal cycle of rest and activity. Live a balanced life. Sleep on
it. Meditate on it. Develop routines and cycles. Live the Nature of Peace, and Peace of
Nature.
Efficiency – work smarter, not harder. Prioritize. Seek value, including profit in what is
done. Benefits must significantly exceed all costs. Stop doing things that are not significant
contributors to the purpose.
Bonding – know that we are all fundamentally the same. There are no outcasts. Extend the
hand of friendship to all.

Giving – give and receive automatically, without expectation, without hoarding. Give
students of peace your time.
Immortality – pass on your knowledge, experience and talents to others – and become
immortal by leaving a legacy of peace education that will keep on giving when you pass on
to another plain. Be remembered.
NOTE FROM EDITOR
Please submit to us news about your publications (books, articles, teaching materials), and
activities you have conducted in connection to peace and peace education. Jing Lin can be
reached at jinglin@umd.edu.