ABSTRACT
What does it mean to talk about ‘learning peace’? It is now generally accepted in learning theory that we can only learn something that we know alrèady. That means the existing cognitive structures have to be compatible with the new information, and an experience base has to exist for connecting the new information with what is already known. When new information is to be introduced which is incompatible with existing cognitive structures or contradicts previous experience, then groundwork has to be very carefully laid so that the new information can be assimilated.
