This article extends current debates in Education for Peacebuilding (EfP) in conflict settings. It presents and discusses two paradoxes I have observed when examining EfP literature and engaging in conversations with EfP scholars: 'the paradox of liberalism' and 'the paradox of decoloniality'. I unpack these two paradoxes by engaging in conceptual…

School board conflict and controversy can negatively impact the board's function, the school district, and the community. Using the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) framework, this action research study sought to investigate how the implementation of interprofessional collaborative practices could improve the board's response to…

Previous studies have reported a negative relationship between adolescents' conflict management skills and their exposure to bullying. However, the mechanisms underlying this relationship have not yet been fully clarified. This study examines the role of positive school experiences and trust in teachers in this relationship. The research,…

Conflict transformation positions individuals to become more complex as they embrace the transformative benefits that result from working through conflicts. This article explores this topic in art education, as sharing personal interpretations of visual art with others creates an opportunity for participants to experience conflict transformation.…

The relevance of our study is related to the need to help adolescents effectively cope with the challenges of modern society, which is characterised by increased tension, aggressiveness and conflict. The lack of social skills and demonstration of violent ways of overcoming contradictions by adults leads to an increase in conflicts among…

This case is framed around the personal experience of a faculty member whose dispute with supervisors lead to the resignation of a chair, the eventual firing of a dean, and the loss of good will with key community stakeholders. It focuses on the analysis of an internal grievance process that brings the student to two decision points, namely, (a)…

Conflict expression describes the way people convey opposition across six types (debate, argue, tease, dismiss, complain, and disguise). The concept has garnered increased attention among management scholars, but experiential exercises to guide instruction are needed. This paper presents an engaging activity that encourages participants to…

The objective of this study was to investigate how kindergarten teachers respond to peer conflicts among 3-yearolds, with the aim of identifying common patterns and distinguishing features in their interventions. The age of three is a unique transitional period when young children begin attending kindergarten as their first social setting. The…

Although memory sites and formal schooling both serve as battlegrounds for postconflict disputes over memory, there is a dearth of research that examines the connection between the two. This article draws on the case of Colombia to explore the use of memory sites, such as museums and memorials, as pedagogical tools in education for peace building.…

Research integrity is a well-established term used to talk and write about ethical issues in research. Part of its success might be its broad applicability. In this paper, we suggest that this might also be its Achilles heel, since it has the potential to conceal important value conflicts. We identify three broad domains upon which research…

Purpose: Productive friction (Ward "et al.," 2011) can exist as pracademics cross between boundaries of their different identities. Through an exploration of the self-perception of two collaborating pracademics, this paper will consider that organisational and occupational (Evetts, 2009) elements exist that generate professional friction…

I first overview the literature on progressive education and locate Herndon within this tradition. I suggest that Herndon's progressive methods are undermined by his refusal to perform the role of teacher in accordance with expectations. I apply Bourdieu's concept of habitus operationally to use data from Herndon's memoir to construct a…

This article scrutinises the ontological nature of democracy and the implications that different ontological assumptions might have for educational practice. To achieve this, we use Karen Barad's notion of diffraction to read John Dewey's, Ernesto Laclau's and Barad's theoretical insights through one another. Our starting point is Dewey's famous…

Student governments are important actors in higher education governance and also in more general political processes, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most of the research on student governments has thus far focused on the relations with higher education authorities and political parties, often without investigating their internal dynamics,…

The current article explores the impact of work-family conflict (WFC) on work engagement, as well as the potential mediating role of psychological detachment and the moderating effect of gender. A total of 203 Chinese preschool teachers were randomly recruited for this experiment. Results showed that WFC has a significant negative influence on…