Framing Peace ― Thinking About and Enacting Curriculum As "Radical Hope"

The contributions provided in this book are international in scope, reflecting a range of diverse educational contexts and interests, focusing on framing, peace, and hope and how to engage those three topics in a curriculum. Each chapter is followed by a case study that offers an extended example of the ideas and themes. Chapters end with a series of questions inviting the reader to continue the conversation. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Hans Smits (PhD in curriculum studies from the University of Alberta) is retired as an associate dean from the University of Calgary. He was a recipient of the Ted T. Aoki award for contributions to curriculum in Canada. Recent books include (with Lund, Panayotidis, Smits, and Towers) Provoking Conversations on Inquiry in Teacher Education (Peter Lang, 2012) and (with Rahat Naqvi) Thinking About and Enacting Curriculum in ?Frames of War? (2012).
Rahat Naqvi (PhD in the didactics of languages and cultures from the Universite de la Sorbonne, Paris) is Associate Professor in second language pedagogy at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. Her most recent publications include a book, co-edited with Hans Smits, entitled Thinking About and Enacting Curriculum in ?Frames of War? (2012).