Shantistan by Ruth Vassar Burgess

Shantistan by Ruth Vassar Burgess

Shantistan is a cross-culture peacemaking workbook. Its purpose is to encourge the development and use of culture beares, who are dedicated to promoting peace. Both theoretical and practical applications are provided. Applications of thirteen personal cross-cultural narratives form the Shantistan peace building curriculum. Mediated learning experiences delivered through collaborative dialogues provide opportunities for self-regulated learners to use representational thinking. In order to encourage heritage sustainability, participants gather and replicate their life experience relating to the peace-making themes. (integrity, harmony, tolerance, devotion to one's beliefs, love, doing good, civility, human dignity, humanhood, faith and forgiveness, protection of ife, sacrifice and reconciliation) This flexibility in product and process provides intergeneration participation and facilitates the benefits of peace making.

Dr. Ruth Vassar Burgess is Professor Emeritus, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. She is widely published in her fields of speech-language disorders and cognitive psychology. In addition, she has taught for over fifty years at the university level. Her program for promoting peace has potential for virtually all levels of conflict resolution. These include peace within families, between communities, religious and social groups, political parties, as well as between nations.

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ISBN 13	9781664200654
ISBN 10	1664200657
Title	Shantistan
Author	Ruth Vassar Burgess
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	WestBow Press
Year published	2020-08-20
Number of pages	170
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