Nonviolence as Educational Praxis (Lived Experience, Nonviolence, and Curriculum Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1806861445 ISBN 13: 9781806861446

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2026

Synopsis

Nonviolence as Educational Praxis, offers an international perspective on integrating nonviolence into educational practices. Featuring contributions from scholars in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, England, and elsewhere, this volume emphasizes the urgency of practicing nonviolence in the international educational landscape.

It centers nonviolence in the educational field within and beyond schools in terms of nonviolent communication, autobiography, storytelling, psychoanalytical implications, relational dynamics and ecological perspectives, and much more. This book illustrates how educators can create spaces that encourage compassion, interconnection, and growth.

Nonviolence as Educational Praxis serves as an important resource for educators and practitioners dedicated to enacting meaningful change in their classrooms and communities, reinforcing the urgent need for a worldwide commitment to nonviolence in education in today’s chaotic and violent world.

About this title

About the Author

Ying Ma is a faculty member in the Department of Educational Studies at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Jon L. Smythe is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum Studies at Oklahoma State University.

Jennifer Williams is a graduate student in Curriculum Studies at Oklahoma State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1806861445
• ISBN 13: 9781806861446
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Ma Ying, Smythe Jon L., Williams Jennifer