Integrate multiple strategies in a context-based and community-involved approach to reverse violence and promote peace¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 2 studies (1 review, 1 theoretical), q1–q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The review recommends that policymakers and practitioners integrate multiple strategies in a context-based and community-involved approach. The paper states that by presenting a coherent overview of current educational responses it "assists policymakers and practitioners in integrating multiple strategies in a context-based and community-involved approach to reverse violence and promote peace." The strategy operationalizes the proposed reorientation: responses should combine approaches across levels and involve the community rather than relying on a single individual- or group-focused intervention.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Requires a coherent overview of available educational responses and involvement of the affected community

Constraints¶

• Recommended on the basis of the review's analysis rather than tested as an intervention in this paper

Target Learners¶

• youth affected by community violence

Target Learning Goals¶

• violence prevention
• promotion of peace

Affordances¶

• Conceptual Reorientation Community Violence Structural Mechanisms

Claims¶

• Community violence detrimentally impacts youth and communities, motivating a well-founded educational response [+W]
• Most educational interventions to counter community violence focus on individual behavior or group interaction, while strategies for transformation of social systems are underrepresented [+W]
• The article argues education for global citizenship has the potential to improve quality of life and lessen inter- and intra-group violence toward a culture of peace [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Implementation recommendations for school RJ programs: funding, sustainability, policy integration, and professional development
• Implement community schools comprehensively across all four pillars with adequate planning time, community involvement, and implementation-sensitive evaluation
• Use the ASP level scale to design and select whole-school intervention activities according to research focus and aims

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• van Dijk, A, de Haan, M & de Winter, M 2026, 'Educational Responses Toward Community Violence : A Critical Analysis of Perspectives on Causes and Solutions', Review of Educational Research, vol. 96, no. 3, pp. 829-869. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543251324491