A1 Journal article (refereed)
Behind screens : challenges and opportunities of participatory online peace education in Finland (2022)
Hietamäki, S., & Tucci, I. (2022). Behind screens : challenges and opportunities of participatory online peace education in Finland. Journal of Peace Education, 19(3), 330-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400201.2022.2087610
JYU authors or editors
Publication details
All authors or editors: Hietamäki, Sari; Tucci, Ilaria
Journal or series: Journal of Peace Education
ISSN: 1740-0201
eISSN: 1740-021X
Publication year: 2022
Publication date: 16/06/2022
Volume: 19
Issue number: 3
Pages range: 330-350
Publisher: Routledge
Publication country: United Kingdom
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17400201.2022.2087610
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/82115
Abstract
This article discusses the challenges and opportunities of participatory online teaching and learning in higher education. It analyses an online peace education course taught during the Covid-19 pandemic in three Finnish universities between 2020–2021. The course explored fundamental mediation skills and practices of positive peace through participatory methods and applied drama. We show how the online setting affected students and teachers, by focusing on the challenges and opportunities for participatory pedagogy in an online environment. The course feedback from students (N = 23) was studied by content analysis and conjoined with the ethnographic observations of the authors. Our findings suggest that mediation skills and practices of positive peace can be effectively taught and analysed online. However, maintaining active presence and emotional sharing present both challenges and opportunities for participatory online education. The findings will be of interest to researchers in cognate fields of scholarship, as well as activists and teachers engaged in participatory teaching and how it can be effectively deployed online.
Keywords: peace education; peace research; peace work; arbitration; online teaching; higher education (teaching); applied drama
Free keywords: participatory pedagogy; online education; higher education; applied drama; mediation
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Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2022
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