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School-Based Restorative Justice: Lessons And Opportunities In A Post-Pandemic World, Gabriel M. Velez
School-Based Restorative Justice: Lessons And Opportunities In A Post-Pandemic World, Gabriel M. Velez
College of Education Faculty Research and Publications
The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected schools and the people within them. The move to remote schooling forced practitioners of school-based restorative justice to adapt and innovate, as theory and practice had almost exclusively focused on in-person instruction. In this paper, I first review some of the challenges, adaptations, and lessons during the pandemic. I then argue that restorative justice in schools offers new and unique potential to address needs of educational communities and the students, educators, and staff within them as in-person instruction returns. Specifically, I suggest it could contribute to rebuilding social connection and community, bolstering mental health, …
Supporting Peaceful Individuals, Groups, And Societies: Peace Psychology And Peace Education, Gabriel Velez, Lawrence H. Gerstein
Supporting Peaceful Individuals, Groups, And Societies: Peace Psychology And Peace Education, Gabriel Velez, Lawrence H. Gerstein
College of Education Faculty Research and Publications
In 2020, individuals, societies, and the international community were presented with a myriad of challenges that were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Social bonds were stretched thin, racial inequity was brought to the forefront, and political polarization deepened. This context heightened the need for effective theoretical frameworks, strategies, and understandings of how to support positive and negative peace and build cultures of peace across varied contexts. In this special section, we present a compendium of articles highlighting various ways that psychologists support these efforts through peace education. The section developed in a pre-COVID context from Christie and Wagner’s (Handbook on …