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Welcome to the area of our site dedicated to supporting and sharing research related to conflict resolution education. You’ll see the listing of content areas we intend to focus on in the sidebar to your right. Research and evaluation are key to the long-term success of Conflict Resolution Education work. Please consider viewing our module on program evaluation strategies as a first step in this direction.
CRE Research-related Presentations
Connecting Schools, Communities, and Families through SEL
- Presented by: Linda Lantieri, Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
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Best Practice in Integrating Conflict Management Education into Armenian School Curriculum
- Presented by: Gohar Markosyan, NGO Women for Development (Armenia)
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A Review of Recent Scholarship on Nonviolence
- Presented by: Marc Simon, Bowling Green State University
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Telling Better Stories: Promoting Global Citizenship & Shared Understanding w Pulitzer Center
- Presented by: Mark Schulte, National Education Coordinator at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
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Promoting intercultural understanding in Australia
- Presented by: Gary Shaw, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria, Australia
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The International Organization for Migration – Addressing needs of conflict affected migrants
- Presented by: Nino Shushania, International Organization for Migration
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Impact of Peace and Conflict Resolution Education on Students in Armenia
- Presented by: Gohar Markosyan, Women for Development, Armenia
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(Trinidad and Tobago) Conflict Resolution: Is Research the Missing Link?
- Presented by: Indira Rampersad and Anne-Marie Bissessar, University of the West Indies
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Evaluating Long-term Impact in Peace Education: The Case of Seeds of Peace
- Presented by: Ned Lazarus, George Mason University
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Global Peace Education Research Project Summary
- Presented by: Tricia Jones PhD, Professor, Temple University, and Dr. Diana Chigas, CDA Inc.
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| Resource Title | Description | Links |
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| Developing and Assessing School Culture: A New Level of Accountability for Schools | This 8-page CEP position paper argues that education in our nation is at a defining moment, one with the potential to reshape our national conversation about school improvement. Successful schools--ones that foster both academic excellence and ethics--have positive school cultures (or "climates"). CEP defines a positive school culture broadly to include all aspects of school life, including a safe and caring environment, a powerful pedagogy and curriculum, student motivation and engagement, professional faculty culture and relational trust, parent partnerships, and community collaboration. The paper presents case studies and educational research showing the impact of school culture on students' academic achievement and social behavior. Because a positive school culture is central to student success, the authors argue we must address how to help all schools develop effective cultures. Since what gets measured matters, schools must also be held accountable for having positive school cultures and must have tools for assessing their culture. If we are to prepare students to be lifelong learners and 21st century ethical citizens, we must develop a new "school report card" that includes not only test scores but also concrete indicators of the quality of school culture. | |
| Conflict resolution education: The field, the findings and the future | Article on conflict resolution education, the programs (peer mediation, anti-bullying), research findings on CRE and the future of conflict resolution education, with bibliography, originally published in Conflict Resolution Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1-2, Fall-Winter 2004. | |
| Commentary considering conflict resolution education: Next steps for institutionalization | Commentary that suggests the process by which conflict resolution education can become institutionalized, with future research suggestions and a bibliography. | |
| Researching campus conflict management culture(s): A role for ombuds? | Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 3, Number 1, (Oct 2002), whose "purpose in this article is to briefly explore a somewhat expanded role set for the ombuds, one that includes the ombuds as researcher ... I suggest here that the ombuds is in a unique position to serve as a guide or "primary informant" ... to researchers interested in campus organizational culture and subculture, especially as it relates to conflict-related behaviors and beliefs." Includes bibliography. | |
| Theories and conceptual frameworks in education, conflict and peacebuilding | This special issue of the journal Education and Conflict Review attempts to assemble theories and conceptual frameworks that are dispersed across a wide array of academic publications and often inaccessible to those who need them the most, particularly to the education and conflict researchers and practitioners in low-income contexts. The contributions in this issue provide a critical review of theories, conceptual frameworks and analytical tools that can support research and practice in this field. | |
| Conflict Resolution Education: An Annotated Bibliography | Online version of an annotated bibliography of research articles, chapters and books related to conflict resolution education. | |
| Evaluation report on progress made through the OSCE's efforts to unify the Gymnasium Mostar: Summer | 51-page PDF evaluation "of the unification of the Gymnasium Mostar in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as commissioned by the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to BiH ... the Gymnasium Mostar was an historic and premier secondary school prior to the war of 1992-1995. It was completely destroyed during the war and had become the centre of an effort to revitalize the historic Mostar downtown. An initiative to restore the multinational and high-quality nature of the school was viewed as an opportunity to use this divided school in this divided city as a model or beacon for potential reform efforts throughout the country." | |
| Peace and conflict resolution education at schools of Shirak Region (Armenia): Final report | Report presents the experience stored up in Armenia in the field of peace education, gained successes, educational course developed by the authors, opinions of the beneficiaries and policy makers in the area of education to integrate the training course into school curriculum, future strategy, etc. Report was developed for the First UNESCO/EURED In-Service Teacher Training Course "Human Rights and Peace Education in Europe" 2004-2006. Authors are members of Women for Development NGO. Includes bibliography. | |
| Harnessing the power of the World Wide Web for conflict studies courses | Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 1, Number 3, (August/September 2000), which "presents a range of ways that relevant information from the web can be located quickly and used to good advantage by faculty teaching conflict studies courses or workshops." | |
| Applying program theory development to a study of restorative practices in Victorian schools | Abstract of study which investigated the context and conditions in which restorative practices were introduced in eighteen Victorian schools. | |
| Evaluating Your Conflict Resolution Education Program: A Guide for Educators and Evaluators | This 258-page pdf manual is intended to help educators and/or evaluators conduct evaluations of their conflict resolution education programs. Because much of the funding from the Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management and the Ohio Department of Education supports school programs, most attention was placed on helping users evaluate these kinds of programs. The manual was prepared as a workbook so that it should be easy to use. Worksheets are included throughout the beginning parts of the manual to help users identify the program goals and evaluation goals they want to emphasize. When offered, questionnaires and interview questions are presented so that the user can simply copy the forms from the book and use them in a school. | |
| Review of WANEP'S peace education programme | Pdf document which reviews a three-year pilot program, "to promote a culture of nonviolence among young people as a preventive measure against violent conflicts," created by the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP). | |
| Public policy and conflict resolution in education project: Final report, July 2002 | 17 page pdf report of the The Western Justice Center Foundation, Pasadena, California, in partnership with the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), which "undertook a project funded by the Compton Foundation to develop recommendations for integrating conflict resolution education (CRE) throughout California public schools. We interviewed and met with relevant practitioners, educators, policymakers and others to assess needs and gather their views with respect to CRE and public policy." | |
| Summit report California overview | Presentation of a school and law enforcement partnership between the Superintendent of Public Schools in California and the Attorney General of California to encourage school districts, county offices of education, law enforcement agencies and youth services agencies to develop programs and activities to improve school attendance and aid in the reduction of school crime and violence. | |
| Licensure Report - Conflict Management Pilot Program In North Carolina | A 9-page pdf document discussing the experiences of Center for the Prevention of School Violence's "Reach In, Reach Out, Reach Over Conflict Management Curriculum" development initiative and related work done on revising statewide licensure of new teachers to include conflict management concepts and skills. Includes reports on results of focus groups with preservice teachers regarding the need for conflict management skills development. As the report indicates, "Although the goal of implementing a teacher licensure enhancement can be ambitious, there were a number of supporting factors for the initiative and foreseeable challenges that were addressed." |
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| Comprehensive peer mediation evaluation project: Insights and directions for curriculum integration | Pdf document which discusses the Comprehensive Peer Mediation Evaluation Project, conducted over a three year period. Written above title on document: NCIP (National Curriculum Integration Project). | |
| Evaluation report: Life skills project implementation in the Armenian education system | 45-page Word report which "represents an evaluation of implementation of the Life Skills Project being conducted in the Armenian education system as [a] component of an overall effort in education reform ... the project was piloted in the first and fifth grades in 16 schools in 1999-2000. In 2000-2001 the project was expanded to 100 schools and to the second and sixth grades. UNICEF provided funding and some logistical support and the MOES provided administrative and logistical project support and workspace for the curriculum development team." | |
| Assessment toolkit for bullying, harassment and peer relations at school | 170-page pdf "designed for teachers, school administrators, and ministries of education... Developed in partnership with the Canadian Initiative for the Prevention of Bullying (National Crime Prevention Strategy), this free kit provides a standard way to measure the nature and prevalence of school peer relationship problems, standards for quality programs, and a common set of tools to assess the impact of school-based programs. From a public health perspective, it provides an overview of what works and what doesn’t, foundations for best practice standards, and outlines the core school components. CPHA’s toolkit includes tips for students, parents, teachers and administrators in the form of a handout and checklist that can be posted on the fridge at home, in the student’s desk and on the chalkboard at school." | |
| Delaware special education mediation state model: Inter-American summit on CRE Cleveland, OH | Presentation of collaboration between the University of Delaware's conflict resolution program and the Delaware Department of Education's Exceptional Children's Team to form SPARC (Special education parternship for the amicable resolution of conflict), a program that uses mediation, IEP (Individualized education programs) facilitation and training to resolve conficts within the special education community. | |
| What is good youth peace work?: A tool for evaluation | 58-page PDF tool for young peacebuilders, to evaluate their work. It proposes questions for reflection on three levels: Personal, team and project in its social context. |