Yu, Yi (2022) The role of peace education in post-conflict Sierra Leone. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

Sierra Leone has been regarded as one of the successful countries with regard to peacebuilding mandates. Peace education focuses on the importance of self-development and building interpersonal relationships, instilling peace-related ideas in the recipients. With the purpose of identifying the role of peace education in the immediate aftermath of the civil war, this research focuses on: ‘the role of peace education in post-conflict Sierra Leone since the 2000s’. Particular attention was given to understanding and evaluating the contribution of peace education in promoting peace during the past two decades. Meanwhile, this study also focused on the limitations within peace education itself and its practices. Other research questions, including the explanations across education, conflict, and international relation studies for the cause of the outbreak of the civil war, have been discussed as part of the background to the study and as an original contribution to theorising peace education.

Methodologically, with the purpose of exploring the nature of peace education and the role of peace education from the perspectives of the literature and informants through their experiences, a social constructionist approach was adopted as the main approach to analysing and interpreting findings generated from academic literature, primary documents and interviews with key informants.

The findings of this study focus on the relationship between the combination of formal and non-formal peace education approaches in Sierra Leone and inequalities that could lead to further grievances. The data suggest that peace education challenges the elitist nature of education by introducing free access to educational opportunities. This study also highlights those structural inequalities, such as underdevelopment in general infrastructure, cannot be fully addressed by peace education. Finally, this study contributes to further peace education and other peace-related practices by offering a rich set of evaluations and analyses on the role of peace education.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DT Africa J Political Science > JZ International relations L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Peace-building -- Study and teaching -- Sierra Leone, Peace -- Study and teaching -- Sierra Leone, Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- Sierra Leone
Official Date:	April 2022
Dates:	Date Event April 2022 UNSPECIFIED
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Centre for Education Studies
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Wyness, Michael G. ; Lynch, Gabrielle
Format of File:	pdf
Extent:	xiii, 381 pages
Language:	eng

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