Becoming Rwandan Education, Reconciliation, and the Making of a Post-Genocide Citizen

Informationen zum Autor S. GARNETT RUSSELL is an assistant professor of international and comparative education and the director of the George Clement Bond Center for African Education at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York. Klappentext In the aftermath of the genocide, the Rwandan government has used the education system as a way to sustain peace and shape a new generation of Rwandans. This book argues that although the government utilizes global discourses in national policy documents, the way in which teachers and students engage with these global models distorts its intention. Zusammenfassung In the aftermath of the genocide, the Rwandan government has used the education system as a way to sustain peace and shape a new generation of Rwandans. This book argues that although the government utilizes global discourses in national policy documents, the way in which teachers and students engage with these global models distorts its intention. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 The Role of Education in Transitional Justice, Peacebuilding, and Reconciliation 3 Constructing Citizenship and a Post-Genocide Identity 4 Using and Abusing Human Rights Norms 5 Addressing the Genocide and Promoting Reconciliation 6 The Potential and Limitations of Education for Peacebuilding Appendix 1: Research Methods and Data Analysis Appendix 2: National Policy Documents, Curricula, and Textbooks Acknowledgments Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: S. Garnett Russell, S Garnett Russell
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.07.2019
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology
• EAN: 9781978802872
• ISBN: 978-1-978802-87-2
• Pages: 272
• Series: Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights; Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights; Genocide, Political Violence,
• Subjects: Kriegsverbrechen, Politische Bildung und Zivilgesellschaft, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, EDUCATION / Administration / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Education / Teaching, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education