22-slide Powerpoint presentation given at the Sustaining Conflict Resolution Education: Building
Bridges to the Future conference in Fairfax, VA, which “provides an overview of approaches that undergraduate institutions are using to teach about peace and conflict resolution, all forms of undergraduate education will be considered including liberal arts institutions, religious affiliated schools, state universities and community colleges.”
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Eight ways to connect with global CR education via creducation.org
46-page Powerpoint presentation given at the Youth and Conflict: Global Challenges – Local Strategies held in Cleveland, Ohio, which “introduces various ways that organizations and individuals working around the world on conflict resolution education and peace education can share their ideas and materials with a larger audience, the focus is on ways to contribute to the Conflict Resolution Education Connection located online at www.creducation.org.”
Youth & conflict: Global challenges, local strategies, 2008
21-page Powerpoint presentation given at the Second International Summit on Conflict Resolution Education which “introduce[d] some of the themes and research associated with current thinking in values education
Inter-agency P.E.P.: Skills for constructive living: Analytical review of selected peace education
271-page pdf document which “is one of the components of the Inter-Agency Peace Education Programme, the programme is designed for education managers of ministries dealing with both formal and non-formal education and for agencies which implement education activities on behalf of the government … this document presents a compilation of resource materials in peace education … the purpose is to give an overview of materials used by practitioners and provide references for those searching materials.”
Inter-agency peace education programme: Skills for constructive living: Overview of the programme
46-page pdf document which provides an overview “of the components of the Peace Education Programme and the implementation structure of the programme. It is designed for education managers of ministries dealing with both formal and non-formal education and from agencies who may be implementing education activities on behalf of the government …
The programme is currently being implemented in eleven countries in Africa and has been integrated into complementary programmes in Sri Lanka, Kosovo, and Pakistan. In these latter situations, training and initial materials were provided but the implementation costs were borne by the agencies concerned.”
Related to this overview are 15 pdf documents that make up the Peace Education Programme kit with individual entries in this catalog.
Promoting better resolution of conflict with “learn for free!”
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 5, Number 1, (Sept 2004), which presents a project at Dalhousie University College of Continuing Education in Halifax, Nova Scotia called “Learn for Free! … a day of one-hour sessions — each of which provides a glimpse into the content of our workshops, the expertise of our instructors, and the skills we seek to develop, the objectives of Learn for Free! are to expand our reach with an alternative approach to handling conflict, to boost our profile within the community, to provide a service to the community in which we live, and to attract new workshop registrants.”
Graduate peace & conflict studies programs: reconsidering their problems & prospects
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 5, Number 1, (Sept 2004), which discusses the proliferation of graduate coursework in peace and conflict studies to, “consider how peace and conflict type programs are created and developed, reflect on their prospects and problems, and introduce topics that I believe
will have to be dealt with in the future.”
Grasping the nettle: Policy issues for university dispute resolution programs
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 4, (July 2002), which discusses issues and challenges in conflict resolution education at the university level.
New directions and issues in the teaching of conflict resolution
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 2, (Feb 2002), which “explores the issues related to understanding the effectiveness of the process and content of conflict resolution (specifically negotiation) teaching and training, it asks whether or not the right approach to training is being used and if the training “sticks,” it also questions how the content of the field is evolving and if teaching methods are tracking the evolution.” Includes bibliography.
Regional Meetings benefit campus conflict resolution efforts
Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 1, (Oct 2001), presenting highlights of meetings for conflict resolution professionals across the United States.
Iowa’s structures for addressing conflict resolution
Presentation of the status of conflict resolution education in the state of Iowa.
Minnesota school districts conflict resolution education and restorative measures
Presentation of report on Minnesota’s conflict resolution and prevention education.
From policy to practice: Michigan’s conflict resolution continuum in special education
Presentation of efforts in the state of Michigan to make dispute resolution options available to all Michigan students with disabilities.
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.
Education that makes a difference: Success stories for conflict resolution educators
Online version of an introductory chapter to conflict resolution education and peace studies, with challenges to successful programs, information about Peace Boat (a program for students), best practices, a bibliography and resource list. Original Source: Chapter 11 from People Building Peace II: Successful Stories Of Civil Society (Project of the European Centre for Conflict Prevention) by Paul Van Tongeren, Malin Brenk, Marte Hellema, and Juliette Verhoeven (Eds), Lynne Rienner Publishers (2005)