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Peacebuilding Education in Posttruth Times: Lessons from the Work of Betty A. Reardon

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Peacebuilding education has grown significantly since the 1970s. It is included within global curricular programs of schools, international agencies, and non-governmental organizations.

Kevin Kester, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of International Education and Global Affairs at Keimyung University in Daegu, Korea; Email: kevinajkester@gmail.com.

Toshiyasu Tsuruhara, postdoctoral research associate and undergraduate supervisor at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Tim Archer, final year Ph.D. candidate, Hughes Hall scholar at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Email: dta30@cam.ac.uk.

The writing of this chapter was supported by a Keimyung University BISA Research Grant 2018–2019.

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Kester, K., Tsuruhara, T., Archer, T. (2019). Peacebuilding Education in Posttruth Times: Lessons from the Work of Betty A. Reardon. In: Snauwaert, D. (eds) Exploring Betty A. Reardon’s Perspective on Peace Education. Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18387-5_3

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