Peace education in societies involved in intractable conflicts: Direct and indirect models

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 557-575

  Bar Tal, Daniel ^a   Rosen, Yigal ^b,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conflict; Direct; Indirect; Peace education; Reconciliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950527700     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654308330969     Document Type: Article

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