The challenge of teaching controversial issues

CONTENTS: The contributors 1. The challenge of teaching controversial issues: Principle and practice 2. Educational policy and the social justice dilemma 3. War and peace with young children 4. Resources for hope: Engaging with controversial issues through drama 5. Reading the world: Using children's literature to explore controversial issues 6. Education for sustainability: How should we deal with change? 7. Teaching the contested and controversial nature of democratic ideas: Taking the crisis out of controversy 8. 'Should the hijab be allowed in school?': A structured approach to tackling controversial issues with older students 9. Teaching about controversial electoral systems: Lessons from Japan 10. Wood for what? Tourism and sustainable development 11. Political learning and controversial issues with children 12. Taking risks, building peace: Teaching conflict strategies and skills to students aged 6 to 16+ 13. School linking: A controversial issue 14. Speak no evil, see no evil: The controversy about saying 'hate' in mainly white classrooms 15. Key strategies for teachers new to controversial issues.