Learning ‘peace talk’ in northern ireland: Peer mediation and some conceptual issues concerning experiential social education

Pastoral Care in Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 13-21

  Moffat, Chris ^a  

^a The Fortnight Educational Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Interactive dialogue; Northern Ireland; Peace; Pedagogy; Peer mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015056094     PISSN: 02643944     EISSN: 14680122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0264-3944.2004.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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