Transcript The World of CRE - Conflict resolution

The World of CRE
Summarized from T. S. Jones and R. Compton
(Eds.) Kids Working It Out: Stories and Strategies
for Making Peace in Our Schools, Jossey-Bass, 2003.
copyright 2003, Tricia S. Jones
Peer Mediation
• National Association of School Principals estimates
that 75% of schools have some form of violence
prevention
• Schools are now mandated to have safe and drug free
schools initiatives under the NCLB act
• Best estimates are that the most commonly used
conflict resolution program is peer mediation
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Peer Mediation Prevalence
• 15,000-20,000 K-12 schools have peer mediation
program
• Also increasing use of peer mediation in
alternative schools for special needs populations
( still small but growing emphasis)
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The World of CRE
After School
Programs
Negotiation
Skills
Conflict Classes
Expressive Arts
And CRE
Dialogue
Processes
Peer Mediation
Curriculum Infusion
Social and Emotional Learning
Emotional Awareness
Perspective taking
Strategic expression
Cultural Sensitivity
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Bullying
Prevention
Restorative
Justice
CRE in the World
• Peer mediation and bullying prevention in
Norway, Germany, France
• Restorative justice programs in UK
• Bias awareness and Inter-group contact
programs in Middle East, Northern Ireland
• Social and emotional learning models in Chile
and Brazil
• Inter-ethnic conflict and trauma relief in
conflicted societies
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Next Steps and Challenges
• Emotion in Conflict
– Emotion and identity
– Emotion and morality
– Emotion and connectedness
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Culture in Conflict and CRE
Intergenerational Application
Community Building
Systems Design
Institutionalization
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Institutional Inroads
The CRETE Project
• CRETE (Conflict Resolution Education in Teacher
Education)
– Collaboration between Temple University, Cleveland State
University, Kent State University, and the Ohio Commission
for Dispute Resolution
– The goal is to provide pre-service teachers with critical
skills and knowledge of conflict education necessary for
cultivating constructive learning environments for
children, enhancing student learning and bolstering
teacher retention.
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The CRETE Project
• Two modes of service delivery
– Infused through a series of coordinated pre-service courses (taught by
higher education faculty trained in conflict processes and mentored in
infusion)
– Provided as external seminar series
• Project evaluation
– Students will be assigned to one of two conditions
– Control group identified
– Data collected pre and post graduation on teacher retention,
teacher satisfaction, learning implementation, classroom
climate, and student achievement, and student behavior
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