Teaching and learning in circle

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 3, Number 2, (February 2003), which “explores the impact of teaching using a circle format, both at the high school and college level.”

Confessions of a low-tech social scientist

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 3, Number 1, (Oct 2002), which discusses the development of a web-based class in conflict resolution.

Place to work things out, A

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 4, (July 2002), which presents the idea of personal narrative model of mediation and the work at Oberlin College using this model.

Slouching towards inclusion

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 3, (May 2002), which discusses the need for diversity in the field of conflict resolution and examples of challenges and solutions when creating diversity within the conflict resolution team is a primary factor.

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.

Conflict coaching

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 2, (Feb 2002), which introduces the idea of “Conflict coaching is a relatively innovative and distinctive form of coaching, it involves working one-on-one with those involved in interpersonal conflicts.” Includes bibliography.

Partnership paradigm, A: A case study in research assistant and faculty interaction

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 1, (Oct 2001), which “offer[s] a case study of our intentional effort to change the typical power relationship between most RAs [research assistants] and faculty members, we believe this approach, which we call the partnership paradigm, provides an opportunity for effective and mutually enriching experiences for both faculty and students serving as research assistants.”

Student protests, negotiation, and constructive confrontation

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 1, (Oct 2001), which “suggests a series of strategies that can be used by university administrators and students seeking more constructive ways of handling student protests.” Includes bibliography.

Using WebQuests to promote integrative thinking in conflict studies

Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 1, Number 4 , (Nov/Dec 2000), introducing WebQuests which, “are online curriculum modules which engage students in learning about an authentic topic or problem, generally, WebQuests are cooperative activities where students assume different roles relative to an authentic problem.”

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.”

Diversity training

Pdf article reprinted from Aug-Sept 1997 issue (Vol. 79 pp. 17-19) of The Fourth R, the Newsletter of the National Association for Mediation in Education, introducing The National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI), an international
organization which leads diversity programs on college campuses.

Making the case for campus mediation

Pdf article originally published in The Fourth R, Vol. 55, (Feb/March 1995) presenting arguments to assist organizers of college and university mediation programs who often must make a case for their programs to reluctant administrators.