The importance of power sharing and child voice: Trust building for sustainable peace education

Federico  Farini

doi:10.4324/9781003374282-15

The importance of power sharing and child voice: Trust building for sustainable peace education

Federico Farini

Centre for Psychological and Sociological Sciences

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Abstract

This chapter explores how critical pedagogy and childhood studies have questioned the effectiveness of educators’ expertise in promoting children’s trusting commitment and how these ideas have inspired the concept of facilitation, based on promoting learners’ self-expression, taking their views into account, consulting them, involving them in decision-making processes, and sharing power and responsibility for decision-making with them. Insights on the issue are offered, with the discussion of examples that illustrate the use of facilitation in the context of international summer camps promoted by the School of Peace of Monte Sole (Italy), aimed to promote dialogue, positive conflict management and peaceful relationships among groups of adolescents.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Book School Children as Agents of Change
Subtitle of host publication	Raising up Critical Thinking and Judgement in the Early Years
Editors	Abele Longo, Emanuela Guarcello
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	12
Pages	126-137
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-003-37428-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-032-44721-6, 978-1-032-44875-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003374282-15
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2023

Bibliographical note

This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in School Children as Agents of Change: Raising up Critical Thinking and Judgement in the Early Years on 1 Sep 2023, available online https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003374282

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Book School Children as Agents of Change : Raising up Critical Thinking and Judgement in the Early Years. ed. / Abele Longo; Emanuela Guarcello. London: Routledge, 2023. p. 126-137.

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The importance of power sharing and child voice: Trust building for sustainable peace education

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