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Creative Education 2012. Vol.3, No.1, 79-83 Published Online February 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ce) /10.4236/ce.2012.31013 Educating for Peace: A Case Study of a Constructivist Approach to Understanding Peace through Artistic Expression Young Imm Kang Song Creative Arts in Learning Division, Graduate School of Education, Lesley University, Massachusetts, USA Email: ysong@ Received November 9th th th , 2011; revised December 20 , 2011; accepted December 30 , 2011 This paper discusses a project called “Making a PEACE of Paper”, which illustrates how children can ex- plore the meaning and idea of peace through art while, at the same time, understanding other cultures in a meaningful and respectful way. It describes how students can use art and technology to overcome spatial boundaries and exchange creative ideas with students in another country. It also considers how to create “shared spaces” that may help students from different backgrounds to better understand each other’s cul- tures. The visual art and technology projects, methods, and pedagogy discussed in this paper can be repli- cated by teachers and community peace educators easily and with minimal (if any) costs. Through this project, teachers and community peace educators may explore what “a peaceful future” means to students and how they think this may be attained. This project provides an engaging framework for students to