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EnvStud 750 – Education, Conflict and International Development

Content:

This course deals with significant issues related to education and conflict reduction. It is divided into four main sections. It examines the relationship between education and conflict. It looks at ways in which the education sector can respond to conflict. It explores the relationships between some of the key international agencies working in the field of conflict and education and focuses attention on three areas where education can respond to conflict: State education; Countries in conflict; Countries emerging from conflict. The final section summarises the policy implications that arise from their analysis.

Course Lecturer: Gerhard Berchtold, PhD

ECTS credits: 6

Coursebook:

Education, Conflict and International Development

Department for International Development DFID

This paper was commissioned by DFID in order to review significant issues related to education and conflict reduction. The report is divided into four main sections. In the first section, the authors examine the relationship between education and conflict. In the second, they look at ways in which the education sector can respond to conflict. In the third, they explore the relationships between some of the key international agencies working in the field of conflict and education. The final section summarises the policy implications that arise from their analysis.

The authors of this report are Alan Smith, Professor of Education and UNESCO Chair at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland and Tony Vaux, Director of Humanitarian Initiatives based in Oxford and former co-ordinator of humanitarian aid for OXFAM.

The report was commissioned by the Department for International Development (UK). The authors are extremely grateful to David Clarke (Senior Education Adviser), Debi Duncan (Conflict Adviser) and Sarah Lyons (Assistant Conflict Adviser) for their guidance and support; to the many DFID Education Advisers who attended the Education Advisers’ Conference in Oxford in September 2001 and those who subsequently provided information for case studies; to the Bosnia country office for organising a field visit and to the numerous people working within UN, international and NGO organisations who provided information and examples of practice related to education and conflict in international development settings.