resources for teaching about peace and conflict resolution in educational settings
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Slides and links handout from a session by Bill Warters presented at the Peace and Justice Studies Association conference in Waterloo, Ontario on October 19, 2013.TRANSCRIPT
CONFLICT LEARNING DESIGNS
Resources for Teaching Peace and Conflict Resolution in Educational Settings
Bill Warters, Wayne State University October 18, 2013, PJSA Annual Conference, Waterloo, Ontario
http://www.creducation.org/resources/PSJA_2013_Handout_Bill_Warters.pdf
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Director, MA in Dispute Resolution at Wayne State University in Detroit!
Ph.D. from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, PARC!
BA in Conflict Resolution from U.C. Santa Cruz!
Webmaster for CREducation.org, a resource clearninghouse for the Conflict Resolution Education in Teacher Education (CRETE) initiative
ABOUT YOU?
Teaching Venue!
Special Interests!
Degree of Tech “Savvyness”
CAMPUS-ADR.ORG
Received U.S. Dept of Ed FIPSE Grant in 2000 to promote and support mediation in higher education
http://campus-adr.org
MEDIATION ROLEPLAYS
http://www.campus-adr.org/Training_Center/roleplaysearch/
MEDIATION PROGRAM STARTUP TOOLS
Guidelines, sample forms, ideas on advertising, evaluation
http://www.campus-adr.org/CR_Services_Center/
CLASSROOM CONFLICT IN SCHOOLS IS NOT NEW
In Edward Eggleston's (1871/1984) fictional work The Hoosier Schoolmaster, novice teacher Ralph Hartsook is warned by the trustee:!
Want to be a school-master, do you? You? Well, what would you do in Flat Crick deestrick, I'd like to know. Why the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.... They'd pitch you out of doors, sonny, neck and heels, afore Christmas. (p. 11) !
So began Hartsook's first year of teaching in a one-room school in Flat Crick District during the late 1800s. So much for the idyllic past!
http://www.creducation.org/cre/home/about_us/about_crete
CRETE MISSION
CRETE works with teacher education at pre-service and in-service levels to develop teachers’ critical skills in conflict education and classroom management.
Funded by FIPSE Project P116B040920, JAMS Foundation, Gund Foundation On the web at www.creducation.org
CONFLICT RESOLUTION CURRICULUM INTEGRATION
A 3-year project in the late 1990s in seven middle schools across the nation (Louisiana, Maine, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, and California)
SOME RESEARCH RESULTS
A pretest-posttest control group comparison design in each state examined the effect of teaching condition (NCIP experienced teaching, NCIP new teaching, and control teaching) on over a thousand seventh- and eighth-grade students’ emotional and conflict competence (conflict orientation, emotional management, perspective taking, and hostile attribution) and classroom climate. !
Although the NCIP conditions did not significantly influence emotional management, it did have positive impacts on students’ perspective taking and use of problem-solving strategies. NCIP has extremely strong positive impacts on classroom climate.
SOME RESEARCH RESULTS
Across sites, students in NCIP classes taught by returning, experienced NCIP teachers consistently reported more positive climate (overall and in terms of the dimensions of teacher support, student support, cohesion, safety, and constructive conflict management) than students in classes taught by new NCIP teachers. However, students in either NCIP class perceived a much more positive climate than students in control classes. !
NCIP impact on classroom climate increased throughout the year, while perceived climate in control classes usually became notably more negative throughout the year.
WWW.CREDUCATION.ORG
Funded by FIPSE Project P116B040920, JAMS Foundation, Gund Foundation
DIRECTORY OF CRE ORGANIZATIONShttp://www.creducation.org/cre/global_cre/world_regions/
international_cre_directory
CRE LEARNING MODULES
Based on CRETE Skills Infusion Matrix!
Designed to reinforce learning through interaction!
Intended for Re-use!
Easy to Update with New Information!
Feedback Form at end
http://www.creducation.org/cre/teachers/learning_modules_and_activities
EXAMPLES FROM COLLECTION
MODULES ARE BUILT WITH A FREE TOOL
Called eXe !
Open source tool from New Zealand built on top of the Firefox browser platform!
We developed our own “theme” to give a consistent look to the project
http://exelearning.org
VIDEO COLLECTIONhttp://www.creducation.org/cre/teachers/online_videos!
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION SLIDES - LOTS!
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TOPICAL PAGES DRAW ON OUR CATALOGhttp://www.creducation.org/cre/teachers/cre_practices_descriptions
FULL CATALOG IS SEARCHABLEhttp://www.creducation.org/catalog/
More than 650
items
INDEXED BY OAISTER
http://oaister.worldcat.org
OAIster is a global shared catalog indexing more than
900 collections of open access materials
NOW IN LIBRARIES WORLDWIDE!
OCLC, the library cooperative that runs the Worldcat.org online library, is now integrating the OAIster collection into their First Search library database package!
All Libraries with First Search get this - part of the base package. This means most colleges and public libraries...
EXAMPLE FROM WSU
JUVENILE CORRECTIONS OFFICER TRAINING
http://www.creducation.org/cre/jdo/!
TEACHERS WALL CALENDARS - WITH ACR ED SECTION HELP
http://www.creducation.org/cre/teachers/calendar
MANUAL ON STARTING PEACE STUDIES PROGRAMS AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES!
http://creducation.org/cre/goto/ccps
CONFLICT RESOLUTION DAY
Third Thursday of Oct. each year. October 17th this year.
http://www.acrnet.org/crday/
PoetryContest
http://www.creducation.
org/cre/home/conflict_resolution
_day_materials
CR INTERACTIVES COLLECTION
www.creducation.org/cre/crday/games/
CREDUCATION STATS
Steady Growth in Website Trafficbuilds to 11,000 unique visits monthly
One key indicator of a useful web resource is the number of unique visitors that browse to the site in a given month. This statistic is a good measure of site growth because it filters out repeat visits by the same user IP address during that month so as not to overweight visits by one very eager visitor or busy staff member. As the above graph indicates, CREducation.org has experienced steady growth since launch, reaching a monthly high of more than 11,000 unique visits in November of 2010. In terms of overall content delivered, another useful measure is the number of full pages (featuring combined text and graphics, not just server “hits”) served. The Conflict Resolution in Education clearinghouse passed a milestone in December of 2010 when it served up its Six Millionth page. As this report is being compiled the site is being moved onto a brand-new server that will provide faster access speeds and real-time redundant backup to ensure that CREducation.org can continue to serve the CRETE project and the broader CRE community well into the future.
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CREducation.org
No Teacher Left Behind
DEMOCRACYIS.US/ACTIVE
PREZI PROMOTING IThttp://prezi.com/qs82btp8gejr/democracy-is-us/
DEMOCRACYIS.US/ACTIVE
DEMOCRACYIS.US/ACTIVE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CRE CATALOG BY CATEGORY
Peace Education Category
USIP’S BUILDINGPEACE.ORG
U.S. NATIONAL PEACE ACADEMY RESOURCES
TEACHERS WITHOUT BORDERS
PEACEFIRST ACTIVITY COLLECTION
PEERMEDIATORS.ORG
PEACEONEDAY MATERIALS
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY SCAR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TOOLS
http://scar.gmu.edu/experientiallearningproject/
for Undergraduates
GMU ELU EXAMPLES
CRE IPAD APP 2.0
Get first edition in the app store by searching for “Conflict Resolution Education”!
Direct Link - https://appsto.re/i6FT2TM!
Want to do a new version!
What should be included?!
Who should be our audience?!
Games?
Conflict Learning Designs Session at PJSA 2013
Background on Presenter Bill Warters [email protected] @bwartersFaculty Profile at http://comm.wayne.edu/profile.php?id=499Director, MA in Dispute Resolution at Wayne State University in Detroithttp://madr.comm.wayne.edu
Useful Materials Bill Warters had a hand in creating:Campus Conflict Resolution Resources Clearinghouse - http://www.campus-adr.org
Mediation Roleplays collection - http://www.campus-adr.org/Training_Center/content/roleplays/ADR Tech Blog - http://www.campus-adr.org/techblog/Campus Mediation Program Startup Materials - http://www.campus-adr.org/CR_Services_Center/
Conflict Resolution Education Resource Center - http://creducation.orgCRE Practice Area summaries - http://www.creducation.org/cre/teachers/cre_practices_descriptionsLearning Modules Collection - http://www.creducation.org/cre/teachers/learning_modules_and_activitiesVideos - http://www.creducation.org/cre/teachers/online_videosSlides from CRE and Peace Ed conferences - http://www.creducation.org/cre/teachers/conference_presentationsResource Catalog - http://www.creducation.org/catalog/Juvenile Corrections Officer Training Curriculum - http://www.creducation.org/cre/jdo/CRE Teacher Wall Calendars - http://www.creducation.org/cre/teachers/calendarManual on Starting Peace Studies Programs at Community Colleges - http://creducation.org/cre/goto/ccpsCRE Summit Conferences - http://creducation.org/cre/goto/creconf
Democracyis.us creative project - http://democracyis.us/active/Nonviolence History Timeline - http://democracyis.us/active/nvhistory/Resources for teaching democracy - http://democracyis.us/active/resources/Calendar of World Civic and Religious Holidays - http://democracyis.us/fullcalendar/calendar.html
iPad App for Conflict Resolution Educators - created by Bill WartersGet it in the app store by searching for Conflict Resolution Education Direct Link - https://appsto.re/i6FT2TM
Other Good Peace Ed Curricular CollectionsCREducation Peace Ed catalog collection at http://www.creducation.org/catalog/index.php?P=BrowseResources&ParentId=483USIP BuildingPeace.org
http://www.buildingpeace.org/train-resources/educators/peacebuilding-toolkit-educatorsNational Peace Academy Peace, Peacebuilding & PeaceLearning guides
http://nationalpeaceacademy.us/edresources/study-guide/childrens-curriculum/http://nationalpeaceacademy.us/edresources/study-guide/youth-curriculum/
Teachers Beyond Borders Peace Ed Teacher Prep Curriculumhttp://teacherswithoutborders.org/programs/core-programs/peace-educationOnline courses - http://nixty.com/c/twb
PeaceFirst Digital Activity Centerhttp://www.peacefirst.org/digitalactivitycenter/
PeerMediators.org Middle School Peer Mediation Curriculum - http://www.peermediators.orgPeaceOneDay
http://peaceoneday.org/education-resources-area/USA Version - online viewing example
http://content.yudu.com/A29wse/USAEducRes2013/