Communication and Education (eBook)

MARY JOHN O'HAIR is Professor of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky. She was the founding editor of Teacher Education Yearbook and has published numerous journal articles and books on topics including educational leadership, foundations of democratic education, risk and crisis communication, organizational learning, and engaged scholarship. PHILIP A. WOODS is Professor of Educational Policy, Democracy and Leadership, an internationally recognized scholar and the author of over 130 publications. His work focuses principally on educational leadership and policy and education for democracy, with a special focus on distributed, collaborative, and democratic leadership and change towards more democratic environments fostering collaborative and holistic learning. H. DAN O'HAIR served as Professor of Communication and University Research Professor at the University of Kentucky. He authored and edited 23 books and published more than 100 research articles and scholarly chapters on science communication, risk and health communication, media management, natural disasters, and terrorism.

Acknowledgments ix

List of Contributors x

1 The Promise of Communication and Education for Peace and Democracy 1
Mary John O'Hair and Philip A. Woods

Part 1 Communicating and Educating for Peace and Democracy: Frameworks 17

2 Toward Schools as Sites of Radical Democratization: New Possibilities for Democratic Education 19
Stewart Riddle

3 The Dynamic Patterning of Peace and Democracy: A Complexity Science Perspective 31
Sharon Varney

4 How Factionalism and Conflicting Worldviews Threaten Classical Liberalism and Democracy: A Terror Management Theory Perspective 46
Claude H. Miller

Part 2 Tackling Challenges to Peace and Democracy through Communication and Education 65

5 The Educational Benefits of Diversity for Civic and Political Engagement: A Case for Facilitating Cross-Racial Interactions Through Counter-Storytelling 67
Olivia Morales and Frank Fernandez

6 Teacher Discourses: Challenging or Perpetuating Hierarchical, Authoritarian, and Homophobic Social Institutions? 81
Sanjay K. Nanwani

7 Education for Peace and Depeasantization: Challenges in Post-Conflict Societies 103
Irene Giovanni

8 Let Freedom Ring: Music as a Means of Communicating and Promoting Democracy and Social Justice 114
Thomas C. Rebstock

Part 3 Communication and Technology in Building Peace and Democracy 123

9 Developing Democratic Classrooms in the Digital Age: Teaching and Learning in K-12 Schools 125
Daniela Kruel DiGiacomo, Carly Muetterties, Caitlin Taylor, Sara Trapp-Isaacs, Ryan New, and Chris Isaacs

10 Where Technology Meets Empathy: Using Digital Storytelling, Gaming, and AI to Teach about Peace and Human Rights 148
Nomisha Kurian and Caline Saad

11 Building Positive Peace Through Dialogue and Deliberation 164
Laura W. Black, Carson S. Kay, Michael Rodrigue-Barnes, Sheyla Finkelshteyn, Timothy J. Shaffer, and Daniel A. Lahera

Part 4 Communication Strategies and Practices for Fostering and Sustaining Democracy in Education 183

12 Reexamining the Democratic IDEALS and Best Practices in Education 185
Scott N. Wilson, Lindsay A. Williams, Leslie A. Williams, Amy S. Goodin, and Ayanna M. Wheeler

13 Emotional Geographies of Teaching, Empathic Communication, Democratic School Climate, and Teacher Burnout 216
Izhak Berkovich

14 Nurturing Participation in Teachers: The Case of Teachers in Sukma Bangsa Schools, Aceh, Indonesia 236
Dody Wibowo, Mahyudin, and Susan Sovia

Part 5 Transforming Educational Systems through Communication and Partnerships 255

15 Building "Glocal" Literacy to Develop Global Citizens 257
Sarah Cummins

16 Flagship University Influences on Educational System Change: Kentucky and the Center for Next Generation Leadership 269
Karen Perry, Justin M. Bathon, and Lu S. Young

Index 287