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Schools for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan Year of publication: 2015 Author: Dana Burde The publication provides a systematic analysis of the relationship between education and conflict, tracing how different approaches have been applied in Afghanistan as the rationale for aid has shifted from a policy of benign neglect, to an effort to support war, to an effort to mitigate conflict. Using this history as a case study, the book explores how foreign intervention in education can contribute either to conflict or to peace.. 
The Role of Education in Countering Violent Extremism Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and Hedayah On 18 and 19 September 2013, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (CGCC) and Hedayah co-hosted in New York City an expert roundtable on “The Role of Education in Countering Violent Extremism.” The meeting brought together a group of policy-makers, researchers and practitioners to discuss challenges and best practices related to efforts to counter violent extremism through education. 
The Counter Terrorist Classroom: Countering Extremism Through (Religious) Education? Year of publication: 2015 Author: Liam Gearon The article identifies international cases– from the United States, Europe, and the United Nations– of an emergent interface of religion, education and security. This is manifest in the uses of religion in education to counter religious extremism, the notional “counter terrorist classroom”. To avoid an over-association of extremism with religion, the article provides some historical reminders that the post-Enlightenment centuries were marked by political extremism, particularly in the phenomenon that came to be known as totalitarianism. 
Resilience, violent extremism and religious education Year of publication: 2013 Author: Joyce Miller This article is an attempt to provide an educational justification for the British Government-funded project REsilience, on addressing contentious issues through religious education (RE), which was carried out by the RE Council of England and Wales. A number of issues relating to the inclusion of religiously inspired violent extremism in the curriculum are raised – definitional, political and educational. 
Education and Conflict: Complexity and Chaos Year of publication: 2003 Author: Lynn Davies Based on the author's extensive research and experience of education in several areas afflicted by conflict, the book explores the relationship between schooling and social conflict and looks at conflict internal to schools. It posits a direct link between the ethos of a school and the attitudes of future citizens towards 'others'. It also looks at the nature and purpose of peace education and war education, and addresses the role of gender and masculinity. 
Education and Security - a global literature review on the role of education in countering violent religious extremism Year of publication: 2016 Author: Ratna Ghosh | Ashley Manuel | W.Y. Alice Chan | Maihemuti Dilimulati | Mehdi Babaei This review demonstrates that the impact of the worldwide proliferation of violent attacks motivated by religious extremism threatens both national and personal security irrespective of location or faith. Education has been particularly damaged by direct attacks on institutions, by the removal of educational opportunity, and by the use of education to indoctrinate and recruit young people. This review suggests that more young people today are being radicalized through soft power – extremist ideas, ideology, narratives and propaganda. It questions whether this can be met adequately by hard power responses, as these methods appeal directly to the psychological, intellectual and emotional states of young people. 
Education, Extremism and Terrorism: What should be Taught in Citizenship Education and Why Year of publication: 2012 Author: Dianne Gereluk Should educators be exploring terrorism and extremism within their classrooms? If so, what should they be teaching, and how? Dianne Gereluk draws together the diverging opinions surrounding these debates, exploring and critiquing the justifications used for why these issues should be addressed in schools. She goes on to consider the ways in which educators should teach these topics, providing practical suggestions. 
Impact of Radical Islamisation of Education on Pakistani Society Year of publication: 2012 Author: Muhammad Safeer Awan This article traces the history, rather briefly, of how the national educational policies and curricula in social sciences and humanities have been changed to serve the jihadist ideology in Pakistani society. The crumbling social order in Pakistan is not only an indication of the bad governance but also the systemic inculcation of ideologies of hatred and extremism among a whole generation of schoolchildren and college graduates. It is a society where extremism, not only of the radical Islamists but also of the average person, is on the rise. 
Situational Analysis on the Status of Sexual and Reproductive Health of Students and Gender-based Violence in Technical and Vocational Colleges in Malawi (STEP Research Series No. 2) Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Skills and Technical Education Programme (STEP) Funded by the EU and implemented by UNESCO in collaboration with the Government of Malawi, the Skills and Technical Education Programme (STEP) is dedicated to reinforcing Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) in Malawi.The programme will run from 2016-2020 and aims to improve TEVET at post-secondary level with a focus on equal access to enrolment, with particular emphasis on female learners; improving quality in the sector; and the establishment of clear governance structures. The STEP Research Series presents the highlights of the research undertaken by the programme.The situational analysis on the status of sexual and reproductive health of students and gender-based violence in technical and vocational colleges in Malawi is the second report in the STEP Research Series. 
Preventing violent extremism through education Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: Tim Parry Jonathan Ball Foundation for Peace This UNESCO video illustrates the importance of preventing violent extremism through education. It is based on excerpts from “My Former Life”, produced by the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace, based on testimonies of people once engaged in promoting or perpetrating extreme violence. This video also draws attention to some of the drivers of violent extremism, to the role of education in preventing violent extremism and to educational approaches recommended by UNESCO.