Mainstreaming peace education in educational systems worldwide is one of EGP’s main goals. Building on this objective, we are currently conducting research on how peace education is being implemented in several countries. To provide a broad perspective, the analysis focuses on top-down and bottom-up efforts in this regard.
We hope that findings from the cases studied serve as valuable information for educators and practitioners in the field, as well as for decision-makers. The book’s purpose is to assist peacebuilders and peace educators, as information is shared from one country to another, through the text.
The research for this book will also be a basis for the creation of a Global Peace Education Index (GPEI) – ranking states and societies (Institutions, schools and organizations) on their efforts and level of implementation of peace education in school systems in a regularly published report. The metrics for the ranking will be developed in consultation with an international panel of peace education experts and the contributors too this volume.
We invite peace educators, researchers and practitioners to contribute to this project with research about peace education in different countries* . The main questions to be answered for each case study are:
- How does a particular state define peace education (if there is such) and what are the major elements of peace education being taught in the curriculum (in that particular country)?
- Does the state have any institutional structures devoted to peace education?
• Are there non-state actors’ initiatives on peace education?
- What is the relationship between state (or any of its jurisdictions, institutions, or agencies) and non-state actors regarding peace education?
- Are there any other challenges or actors in the society which are serving as a hindrance to peace education?
• What can be learned and what can be improved?
- Submission of proposals: May 1st , 2020
- Submission of chapter draft: September 30th, 2020
- Submission of final version: November 30th , 2020
Proposals submitted should clearly describe what would be in the chapter in no more than 250 words. They should also include the author’s contact details. Please submit a c.v. along with your proposal.
Presentation parameters
• They should be written in Word format, Times New Roman size 12 font, 1½ spacing, paginated, on letter size pages with 2.5 cm margins. Footnotes should be in Times New Roman size 10 Font, single-spaced.
• They should be between 15 to 20 pages long, including abstracts and keywords, bibliography and footnotes, etc.
• Footnotes should be numbered with Arabic numerals.
• There should be a summary of no more than 120 words.
• There should be a list of three to six key words that identify the content of the document.
Editing rules
The first time an acronym or abbreviation is used, it should be written in capital letters and placed in parenthesis after the complete form. The acronym or abbreviation is used alone on subsequent occasions.
For quotations and references please use Chicago style.
Submissions will be reviewed by EGP’s editorial team. Authors of the chapters selected to be published will be informed within a reasonable time frame so that they may undertake the indicated changes.
The main selection criterion will be clarity in answering the questions outlined above. The chapter should explain how peace education is being implemented, by whom (state and/or non-state actors) and how actors working on peace education interact.
Please contact us: [email protected]