Research Catalog

Title

Teaching about international conflict and peace / edited by Merry M. Merryfield and Richard C. Remy.

Publication

Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Merryfield, Merry M., 1945-
• Remy, Richard C.

Description

xii, 374 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• Designed especially for preservice teachers, this book links substantive, current scholarship on major topics in the management of international conflict with exemplary instructional methods in social studies education. Through vignettes and case studies of actual classroom practice, the reader learns from experienced teachers how they integrate different instructional methods to achieve content goals. The book contains an appendix on resources that provides additional information on organizations, instructional materials, computer networks, and other scholarly work that can help teachers improve their instruction on international conflict management.
• Teaching About International Conflict and Peace can make a significant difference in preparing social studies teachers to help their students acquire knowledge and understanding of how the peoples of the world have dealt with international conflict in the past and how increasing global interconnections provide new alternatives for the management of international conflict in the present and future.

Series Statement

SUNY series, theory, research, and practice in social education

Uniform Title

SUNY series, theory, research, and practice in social education

Subject

• Peace > Study and teaching
• Pacific settlement of international disputes > Study and teaching
• Friede
• Internationaler Konflikt
• Politischer Unterricht
• International dispute settlement
• USA
• USA

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. 1. Linking Content, Methods, and Educational Goals. Ch. 1. Choosing Content and Methods for Teaching about International Conflict and Peace / Merry M. Merryfield and Richard C. Remy. Ch. 2. A Case Study of Unit Planning in the Context of School Reform / Steve Shapiro and Merry M. Merryfield -- pt. 2. Essays in International Conflict Management & Peace. Ch. 3. Building Peace: A Global Learning Process / Chadwick F. Alger. Ch. 4. The Use and Control of Military Power / Peter D. Feaver. Ch. 5. Diplomacy, Negotiation, and Peaceful Settlement / David P. Barash. Ch. 6. Economic Cooperation / Karen Mingst. Ch. 7. Human Rights in International Perspectives / David P. Forsythe. Ch. 8. Self-Determination / Dov Ronen. Ch. 9. Resolving Conflict Over the Global Environment / Marvin S. Soroos -- Appendix Resources for Teachers / Yasemin Alptekin-Oguzertem.

ISBN

• 0791423735
• 9780791423738
• 0791423743
• 9780791423745

LCCN

94013643

OCLC

• ocm30157127
• 30157127
• SCSB-2056145

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library