The role of education in peacebuilding: an analysis of five change theories in Sierra Leone
The role of education in peacebuilding: an analysis of five change theories in Sierra Leone
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DOI：
10.1080/03057925.2012.734138
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发表时间：
2014-03-04
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1.8
通讯作者：
Ellison, Christine Smith
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作者：
Ellison, Christine Smith
本文件就教育对建设和平的贡献提出了一些关键问题。尽管最近有人呼吁加强这两个领域之间的合作，但教育可借以促进建设和平进程的变革理论仍不明确。本文件概述了过去十年来教育与冲突领域的发展，然后确定了教育促进建设和平的五个理由。本文的后半部分探讨了将这些理论转化为实践的问题。塞拉利昂通常被视为联合国建设和平的成功范例，在达成协议10年后，塞拉利昂提供了审查广泛方案拟订工作的机会。本文件利用为期两周的实地研究（2011年1月17日至28日）收集的数据，对冲突后时期在塞拉利昂实施的五个教育方案进行了反思。对项目人员和受益人、教育官员、学生和毕业生、社区领袖和联合国人员进行了半结构化访谈，以评估对教育促进建设和平的看法、指导项目的理由和实施挑战。就国际社会的经验教训、国际社会追求自己议程的倾向以及国际社会通过建设和平转化冲突的承诺提出了一些关键问题。
This paper raises a number of critical questions regarding the contribution of education to peacebuilding. Despite recent calls for greater collaboration between the two fields, there is still a lack of clarity regarding the change theories through which education may contribute to peacebuilding processes. This paper outlines developments over the past decade in the field of education and conflict, before identifying five rationales for the ways in which education contributes to peacebuilding. The second half of the paper examines the translation of these rationales into practice. Sierra Leone is often regarded as a success story of UN peacebuilding and, 10 years post-agreement, offers the opportunity to examine a broad range of programming. Using data gathered during a two-week field study (17-28 January, 2011), the paper reflects on five education programmes that operated in Sierra Leone in the post-conflict period. Semi-structured interviews were held with project personnel and beneficiaries, educational officials, students and graduates, community leaders and UN personnel to assess views on the contribution of education to peacebuilding, the rationales informing projects and challenges to implementation. A number of critical questions are raised regarding the lessons learned by the international community, its tendency to pursue its own agendas and its commitment to conflict transformation through peacebuilding.