ABSTRACT
This chapter situates recent trends of declining peacefulness in the international arena and presents the vital roles of educators in countering direct, structural, and cultural violence. A table lists the harmful effects of each type of violence that can reproduce and escalate harm as well as impede learning. Additionally, it makes clear the interdependence of those harms. That clarification calls attention to opportunities for promoting peacefulness by applying theories with responsive curricular and instructional tools for countering the roots of violence. The discussion illustrates the influences on conflict in learning opportunities such as pedagogies, relations, curriculum, and student self-evaluation of learning. It further rationalizes why educators need to collectively as well as individually act to nurture peace and prevent violence in and around schools. An overview of the presentations in the book introduces its cases of curriculum and instruction for fostering peace and preventing violence in Argentina, Canada, Catalonia, Colombia, Indonesia, South Africa, Uganda, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
