Sport for social change: An action-oriented peace education curriculum.

Gerstein, Lawrence H.; Blom, Lindsey C.; Banerjee, Aashna; Farello, Anna; Crabb, Leah

doi:10.1037/pac0000518

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“…Youth sport appears to be a relevant platform to educate individuals, thereby empowering them contribute to a socially just and equitable society (Darnell & Millington, 2019;Gerstein et al, 2021;Peachey et al, 2019). However, in some cases, the mission of sport in promoting social equity has not been successful (Hartmann-Tews et al, 2021;McCoy, 2020;Newman et al, 2016).…”

Section: Emergent Challenges That Undermine Social Justicementioning

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How Can We Use Social Justice Lenses to Conceptualize Contemporary Sport? Continuing to Make Sense of Potential Challenges and Future Pathways Across Socio-Cultural Contexts

Santos

2022

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The purpose of this article is to provide insights and prompt reflections about what social justice promotion through sport entails, raise awareness about emergent challenges that undermine this pursuit, as well as point to future steps to infuse social justice within sport systems across the globe. Supporting coaches’ efforts to teach social justice life skills may need to occur before social justice permeates the broader youth sport system and society in general as a culturally relevant pursuit. Conversely, if policy makers continue to assume social justice is simply an outcome that does not require explicit strategies from coaches and other sport stakeholders the status quo may remain untouched. Moving forward, more efforts are needed to conceptualize and operationalize social justice and social justice life skills, as well as to tailor changes to the system based on what is sustainable on the long-term across cultures.

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Section: Emergent Challenges That Undermine Social Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

How Can We Use Social Justice Lenses to Conceptualize Contemporary Sport? Continuing to Make Sense of Potential Challenges and Future Pathways Across Socio-Cultural Contexts

Santos

2022

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“…In “Sport for Social Change: An Action Oriented Peace Education Curriculum” Gerstein et al (2021) present an overview of a peace education program called Sport for Social Change . This “train-the-trainer” program was implemented with youth and sports professionals in India, Tajikistan, and Jordan as a strategy to enhance conflict prevention and resolution skills through sporting activities.…”

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Supporting peaceful individuals, groups, and societies: Peace psychology and peace education.

Vélez¹,

Gerstein²

2021

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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In 2020, individuals, societies, and the international community were presented with a myriad of challenges that were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Social bonds were stretched thin, racial inequity was brought to the forefront, and political polarization deepened. This context heightened the need for effective theoretical frameworks, strategies, and understandings of how to support positive and negative peace and build cultures of peace across varied contexts. In this special section, we present a compendium of articles highlighting various ways that psychologists support these efforts through peace education. The section developed in a pre-COVID context from Christie and Wagner's (Handbook on peace education, 2010, Psychology Press) call in this journal for peace psychology to be central to peace education. Although the articles themselves do not directly address COVID-19, the racial pandemic, or political polarization, they offer insights into how the intersection of peace psychology and peace education can be used to promote harmonious relations and societies in a post-2020 world. In this introduction, we define peace education and its connections to peace psychology and then summarize each of the articles in the special section while drawing applications to the challenges that emerged in 2020. The rich and diverse articles in this section discuss innovative approaches to peace education that are designed to promote and maintain cultures of peace. This work must continue and accelerate, and more psychologists must invest in advancing such approaches to enhancing the quality of life of individuals and groups worldwide.

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