Teaching about peace through children’s literature

Teaching about peace through children's literature

16-page PDF article in which author, Stan Steiner discusses teaching about peace and conflict resolution using children’s literature. He believes that the instructor should: have more books than readers, have a wide variety of books in terms of level of difficulty, length and points of view and make sure that readers consume a number of books. Steiner mentions small group discussions vs large group discussions, providing readers with open ended questions prior to reading assignments and being open to differing points of view. The article concludes with a 10-page bibliography.

  • Format: pdf
  • Publisher: In Factus Pax - Journal of Peace Education and Social Justice
  • Author: Stan F. Steiner
  • Resource Release Date: 01/01/2008
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