فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

The aim of study was to compare the contribution of two famous boundary agents, Mohammad Bahman Beigi and Turan Mirhadi to peace education in Iran. This is a qualitatively comparative research and two methods of documentary and thematic content analysis were used to collect and analyze data respectively. The first finding showed that both activists believed in general principles in the process of teaching/learning peace to the young generation. The second finding revealed that both actors were engaged in a tireless struggle against cultural and family traditions, organizational cultures, economic constraints, and the reactions of government officials opposed to reforms on the one hand and the ignorant public on the other, in order to create an agreement between the formal government discourse and discourse based on the needs of the nation. The third finding reveals that both actors, through practical actions, financial expenditures, and dissemination of their transformational discourse through the use of strategies such as negotiation with sources of power, social connections, and decision-making and reform, have been able to show how the rigid structures governing the educational system can be changed in favor of peace education. The fourth finding shows that the horizon of vision and scope of action of these two actors are not necessarily the same.