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Conflict Resolution Education: , Models, Relationships to other Fields. Tricia S. Jones, Ph.D. Dept. of Psychological Studies College of Education Temple University Tel/fax: 215-204-7261/6013; e-mail: tsjones@temple.edu. Contents of CRE Program Components. An understanding of conflict
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Conflict Resolution Education: , Models, Relationships to other Fields Tricia S. Jones, Ph.D. Dept. of Psychological Studies College of Education Temple University Tel/fax: 215-204-7261/6013; e-mail: tsjones@temple.edu
Contents of CREProgram Components • An understanding of conflict • principles of conflict resolution • process steps in problem solving • skills required to use each of the steps effectively
Content of CREEssential Skills and Abilities’ • orientation abilities • perception abilities • emotional abilities • communication abilities • creative-thinking abilities • critical thinking abilities
CRE Program Models • Process curriculum approach • Mediation program approach • Peaceable classroom approach • Peaceable school approach
Relationship of CRE to Other Fields Violence Prevention Social and Emotional Learning Conflict Resolution Education Anti-Bias Education Law-Related Education Peace and Justice Studies
Violence Prevention • VP is more limited in scope • VP tends to focus more on systemic causes of violence than CRE • VP emphasizes policy change while CRE emphasizes individual skill building and community education • VP programs usually focus on structural and equipment interventions • VP programs more linked with “risk” behaviors/ substance abuse, sexual activity
Social and Emotional Learning • SEL focuses more on general emotional competence • conflict management skills are related but lesser focus; conflict competence is a strongly related area, especially at later ages • SEL programs are geared more toward younger K-5 students
Anti-Bias Education • ABE focuses on cross-cultural awareness • ABE concentrates on prejudice reduction and appreciation for diversity • ABE has strong hate crime prevention elements • ABE examines the systemic roots of oppression and strategizing to dismantle them
Law-Related Education • LRE explores the foundations and processes of law and legal institutions • LRE focuses on the full spectrum of conflict management that overlaps with law and legal institutions
Peace Education • PE focuses more on international conflict areas and institutional response to institutional conflict • PE and Justice Studies are usually more concerned with societal level change processes necessary to avoid destructive conflict • PE and Justice Studies often take a strongly transformative approach rather than a skills-development or interpersonal relationship emphasis