Emotional Intelligence in Peace and Conflict Resolution Education

The aim of this book is to understand the effects of neo-liberal economies and globalization on education policies where they create inequalities and conflicts. However, the main goal of education is defined as a radical democratization in the schools through the transformation of knowledge. Curriculum plays important role in the transformation of knowledge and it is crucial to build a radical transformation of the societies. From this perspective, three alternative curricula, namely Peace Education, Conflict Resolution Education, and Peace Education and Conflict Resolution Education combined are implemented and evaluated to investigate the effects on pre-service teachers’ Emotional Intelligence, Self-Concept, and Conflict Resolution Skills. The findings indicated that the Peace Education, Conflict Resolution Education, and the Peace Education and the Conflict Resolution Education combined curricula has significant effects on Emotional Intelligence, Self Concept and Conflict Resolution Skills. Among these three curricula, the Peace Education and Conflict Resolution Education combined has the highest effects on Emotional Intelligence, Self Concept and Conflict Resolution Skills.

Sart is an academician of Pychological Counseling Department,Yeditepe University,and an active member of Bogazici University Peace Education&Research Center.Sart is specialized on peace,conflict resolution education,emotional intelligence,leadership, and education for gifted youth.Currently,she works on innovation,higher education and technoparks.