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Levin, Diane E. – 1994
Noting that peaceable classrooms grow out of understanding how children develop ideas about peace, conflict, and violence, this guide is intended to help early childhood educators create a classroom where preschool through grade 3 children learn peaceful alternatives to the violent behaviors modeled for them in society. The guide is based on the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Conflict Resolution, Early Childhood Education
Bodine, Richard; And Others – 1995
Some researchers and practitioners believe that schools can play a leading role in preventing violence among youth. This document offers a framework for collaboration that moves from simply recognizing the problem to preparing youth to live peaceably in a diverse community. The "Creating a Peaceable School" program is based on the premise that…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Shatles, Diane – 1992
This document describes a teacher-developed, elementary school level program that teaches conflict resolution through children's literature. This is a whole language/peace education program in which children learn creative ways to solve conflicts by reading and writing stories about conflicts. The document opens with a reproduction of the program…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Conflict Resolution, Elementary Education, Guides
Earnest, Garee W.; And Others – 1993
A descriptive-correlational study was conducted to explore and describe interpersonal conflict management styles, identify psychological type preferences, and examine the relationships between conflict management styles and psychological type preferences as well as selected demographic characteristics of the Cooperative Extension Service's North…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Conflict Resolution
Shapiro, Arthur S.; And Others – 1993
This paper offers a process for organizational decision making that will assist educators involved in school restructuring. The first part, which focuses on the nature of theory and the relationship of theory to practice, concludes that current organizational theory on decision making is inadequate. The next section outlines four stages of a…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Change
Fuss-Reineck, Marilyn – 1993
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" depicts sibling relationships between Data and Lore (android), Worf and Kurn (Klingon) and Jean-Luc and Robert (human) that illustrate conflictual communication and suggest teaching applications. The most disturbing empirical communication research on conflict between brothers reports that male sibling…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Influences
Ohio State Office of Criminal Justice, Columbus. Ohio Violence Prevention Center. – 1996
Violent crimes, especially those committed with guns, have been increasing at an alarming rate among children and teenagers. This manual is intended to help teach young people in Ohio how to prevent violence and to assist individuals, groups, and organizations in planning and implementing antiviolence conferences, forums, or workshops for children…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Conflict Resolution, Guidelines
McEwan, Elaine K. – 1998
Few school principals receive training on how to handle problems with parents. Strategies that principals can use for dealing with such problems are presented in this book. Chapter 1 describes the parents of today's children and discusses the critical issues that cause misunderstandings in schools. Next, strategies for defusing parents who are…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Parent Attitudes
Storey, Vernon J. – 1990
The purpose of this exploratory study was to identify a range of conflicts that had occurred between several parents and the schools their children attended. The parents of 12 families were interviewed in depth about unresolved conflict situations that involved their children. In 10 cases the child had been moved to another school as a consequence…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Interviews
McLaughlin, H. James – 1992
Teachers' attempts to establish and maintain authority in their classrooms give rise to one of the essential tensions of teaching: reconciling caring and controlling. This paper examines sociopolitical questions about the nature of classroom authority and the uses of power to understand this tension. The first part presents an overview of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Conflict Resolution, Discipline
Oberg, Jan – 1994
Conflict-mitigation is a concept and methodology that emphasizes a broad societal understanding of conflicts obtained mainly through in-depth interviewing with many and varied actors. Developed through the work by the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF), the conflict-mitigation process is intended to serve a number of…
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
Meyer, John – 1994
While the basic course in communication cannot eradicate the violence sweeping American society, it can take important steps to reduce violence and conflict by acquainting all college students with alternative means for handling conflicts. First, the instructor should ask the students to try to define "conflict," and then responses to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Higher Education
Remland, Martin S.; And Others – 1994
A study examined the means by which inferences and emotions combine to motivate conflict escalation in response to nonverbal displays of status. Subjects, 64 male and 105 female volunteers enrolled in communication courses at a university located in the northeastern part of the United States, completed a verbal aggressiveness scale and a personal…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Conflict
Cassell, Joan R. – 1993
This practicum was designed to decrease the number of aggressive responses to conflict by fifth grade students. The goal was to increase student awareness of peaceful resolutions while decreasing the number of teacher interventions in student conflicts. To educate students on conflict resolution, the Community Board Curriculum for conflict…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Behavior, Conflict Resolution, Elementary School Teachers
Hall, Ora L. – 1994
A practicum was executed with the primary purpose of enhancing prekindergarten students' ability to address conflicts in a positive prosocial manner. The location of the practicum was an urban elementary school which houses prekindergarten through grade 6. A literacy program (consisting of storytelling activities using the various forms of…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Citizenship Education, Communication Research, Conflict Resolution
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