Evolving Conceptualizations of Peace Education in Hiroshima, Japan

• In Event: Transformative Peace Education Through Building Blocks of Peace

Abstract

Japan has long been a world leader in peace education. In Hiroshima, peace education is taught in all of the city’s schools and an average of about 1.5 million people visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum each year. Yet little attention has been given to peace education from the Japanese context in academic journals in English. Thus, the purpose of this research project is to better understand how contemporary peace educators in Hiroshima are continuing to reconceptualize, adapt, and apply their work. Using a grounded theory approach, we sought to answer the following research questions: (a) How do contemporary peace educators conceptualize their work? (b) How has this conceptualization changed or evolved over time?

Authors

• Jacob Sale Werblow, Central Connecticut State University

• Arthur Romano, George Mason University