Introducing cooperation and conflict resolution into schools: A systems approach

Introducing cooperation and conflict resolution into schools: A systems approach

29-page PDF chapter in the 2001 publication: Peace, conflict and violence: Peace psychology for the 21st Century by D.J. Christie, R.V. Wagner and D.A. Winter. The chapter argues the fundamental importance of a systemic approace to peace and conflict resolution education. The authors discuss five levels of “school systems through which one can introduce cooperation and conflict resolution concepts, skills, and processes: Level 1, the student disciplinary system; Level 2, the curriculum; Level 3, pedagogy; and Level 4, the school culture and Level 5, the community—will enhance the view of the school system as an “open system” embedded in a larger communal system which can aid in the sustainability of school system change.”

  • Format: pdf
  • Publisher: Prentice-Hall
  • Author: Peter Coleman, Morton Deutsch
  • Resource Release Date: 01/01/2001
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