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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1978
This report summarizes research findings concerning three types of conflict common in schools: structural conflict, group conflict, and cognitive conflict. Structural conflict arises out of the organizational structure. Corwin found that as schools become more complex, authority problems and teacher administrator conflicts rise. He also found that…
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Lindelow, John – 1981
Chapter 11 in a volume on school leadership, this chapter draws from the work of many authorities to define and classify conflict and present techniques for its management in schools. Emphasizing that conflict can have positive or creative as well as negative or destructive results, the author notes that all conflict need not be resolved. He…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict
Schwartz, Wendy – 1995
Children should be taught as early as possible how to handle disagreements with each other without letting their anger get out of control. As they get older, they should be helped to apply the conflict-solving methods they learned as children to the more complicated problems that appear in adolescence. Children's attitudes are influenced by all…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Children, Conflict
Wheeler, Edyth J. – 1994
Recent theory and research suggest that peer conflict contributes to children's development and represents an important form of social interaction. Research has identified structural features of children's conflict as issues, such as control of objects or physical space; strategies, including aggressive and nonaggressive physical and verbal…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Conflict
Pereira, Carolyn – 1995
This digest addresses the topic of increasing violence among and against youth in society. The opening section "What Personal Qualities Are Associated with Reduction of Violence," identifies: (1) problem-solving and reasoning skills; (2) social capacities; and (3) a productive sense of purpose, independence, and power. The section…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
Peer reviewedCesarone, Bernard – Childhood Education, 1994
Summarizes 11 ERIC documents and journal articles on teaching conflict resolution to students, particularly students in the middle grades. Includes discussions of conflict among students and strategies for dealing with violence in schools, descriptions of conflict resolution programs and projects implemented in schools, and an analysis of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making Skills
