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Dynamic Empowerment in Critical Peace Education: A Three Angle Approach

Dasa, Sita Radhe
http://orcid.org/0009-0005-2150-2805
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1682883807493382

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2023, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Foundations of Education.
Critical peace education sets forth a process-oriented pedagogy with key tenets that include inquiry, reflection, dialogue, critical value-assessment, and empowerment. Empowerment as tenet is unique because, when viewed comprehensively, it is recognized as an integral element required for the actualization of all other tenets within CPE. Although empowerment may take on many forms within the CPE framework, this work seeks to establish that its foundational component rests upon three distinct elements which include: the ability to establish and maintain authentic inner unification with peace (through the development of an integrated state of nonviolence), the ability to offer valid normative justifications for one’s claims, and an ongoing commitment and willingness to reconstruct the conception of peace in pursuit of justice and fairness in a diverse biosphere. The prevalence of violence (specifically structural violence experienced as dehumanization, marginalization, and oppression) coupled with the rise of societal polarization, ingroup bias, and groupthink, highlight the need for a greater focus on and understanding of empowerment in CPE. This work seeks to emphasize that empowerment is a matter of justice which necessitates normative presuppositions for the validation of claims as well as ongoing reflection and praxis in the pursuit of justice as peace; however, without authentic commitment to external as well as internal obligations to peace, empowerment efforts in all forms will remain insufficient. This assertion underscores the need for a three angle approach to dynamic empowerment in CPE.
Dale Snauwaert (Committee Chair)
Florain Feucht (Committee Member)
Jeffery Warnke (Committee Member)
Edward Janak (Committee Member)
233 p.
Education Philosophy; Environmental Education; Higher Education; Peace Studies; Philosophy; Teacher Education
Peace Education; Empowerment; Nonviolence; Moral Reasoning; Existentialism; Biocentrism; Ecojustice; Constructivism; Yogic Philosophy; Dynamic Empowerment; Epigenetics; Ingroup bias; Groupthink; Tribalism; Eco-pedagogy

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  • Dasa, S. R. (2023). Dynamic Empowerment in Critical Peace Education: A Three Angle Approach [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1682883807493382

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dasa, Sita. Dynamic Empowerment in Critical Peace Education: A Three Angle Approach. 2023. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1682883807493382.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dasa, Sita. "Dynamic Empowerment in Critical Peace Education: A Three Angle Approach." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1682883807493382

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