Conceptualizing the Use of Technology to Foster Peace via Adventure Learning
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Authors
Veletsianos, George
Eliadou, Annita
Issue Date
2009
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Article
Language
en
Subject
Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education , Educational technology , Adventure education
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Abstract
In this paper we present and discuss the findings of a systematic literature review on the use
of educational technology initiatives to foster peace outcomes, and we relate those findings to
Adventure Learning. In the first section of the paper, we suggest that technology-infused
peace initiatives rely predominantly on targeting antecedents to peace, such as collaboration,
interaction, communication, and understanding of the “other”, rather than peace itself, while
at the same time employing varied pedagogies and technologies, with limited empirical
support for sustainability of claimed positive outcomes beyond the end of an intervention.
These findings align with numerous aspects of the Adventure Learning approach to
education. In the second section of the paper therefore, we use Adventure Learning as a way
to conceptualize the task of using technology to promote peace outcomes and propose
important issues that need to be considered when designing peace-seeking Adventure
Learning interventions.
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Citation
Veletsianos, G. & Eliadou, A. (2009). Conceptualizing the Use of Technology to Foster Peace via Adventure Learning. The Internet and Higher Education, 12(2), 63-70.
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The Internet and Higher Education
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1096-7516