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Why can't you just get along?' This is a question children are commonly asked. But they will usually have a very 'good' reason for their conflict 'Because he's always telling me what to do!'; 'She stole my lunch!'. The fact is that any in social situation there is a potential for conflict. What children need are the skills to manage conflict when
Annotation "Conflict and Communication offers educators a practical curriculum on conflict management that helps students understand the nature of conflict and learn the skills that will enable them to deal with conflicts in their lives. The book is divided into two parts: Conflict Management and Student Mediation." "Conflict Management contains 60 hands-on activities that help students understand how personal values are formed, how misperceptions and misunderstandings arise and affect relationships, and how they can communicate effectively. The activities explain the roots and consequences of conflict, offer specific strategies for dealing with conflict, and help students discover basic human rights and their connection to conflict."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
This book offers 50 easy-to-read strategies for managing conflicts in your school involving students, parents, and teachers. Individually, these strategies provide specific insights into conflict resolution, reduction, and management. As a whole, the 50 strategies provide a comprehensive method to lead constructive change in your school. With quotes, examples, and reflection questions, this book offers ideas that help you lead with confidence.
Interactive thematic units are designed to enhance your students' communication skills. Included are activities to: promote honesty, build listening and empathy skills, discover personal communication styles, express feelings appropriately, develop verbal and nonverbal communication skills, practice assertiveness, resolve conflicts, increase cooperativeness and learning. When we give our students the opportunity to notice and practice good communication skills, they will become more effective communicators, better learners and have more successful relationships. This book shows you how to make these valuable lessons a part of your basic curriculum.
Educational leadership is never conflict free. In Responding to Resistance, author William A. Sommers acknowledges this reality and presents school and district leaders with a set of wide-ranging response strategies. Whether a conflict involves staff, students, parents, or other stakeholders, this book will help you address it openly, decisively, and efficiently, so you have more time to focus on what matters most: improving learning in your school community. Use this resource to obtain approaches and guidance for managing persistent problems when other strategies do not seem to work: Become familiar with five primary causes of conflict and four dangers of ignoring conflict. Gain foundational communication skills for clarifying issues and defining problems. Discover conflict resolution strategies for teams, individuals, and large groups. Understand the research and expertise that support each response strategy. Learn from realistic vignettes that illustrate common conflicts in schools and how a leader might react effectively to overcome resistance to change. Contents: Introduction: What's the Real Problem? Chapter 1: Foundational Skills Chapter 2: Strategies for Working With Teams Chapter 3: Strategies for Working With Individuals Chapter 4: Strategies for Working With Large Groups Chapter 5: Strategies for When Nothing Seems to Work Conclusion References Index
Imagine one of your students blindfolding another student and leading her to stand in the breakdown lane of Interstate 95. Then, the student tells the other student that it is safe to walk across the four lanes of highway in the middle of rush hour traffic. This is what happens when students amp up a friend in conflict or gossip about another student which ultimately creates a dispute. Gossip is the fuel that sparks the inferno of disputes, and violence of some form eventually follows. This is how children usually end up hurt. School districts have a choice in confronting this epidemic proactively or ignoring it. The decision is ours to make. Many school districts, youth programs, juvenile detention centers, group homes, etc. all have policies and resources available to deal with peer conflict. However, getting your adolescent population to understand and relate is another story. Many teenagers feel disconnected and misunderstood by adults. These feelings create a barrier to effective communication and helping. By providing the guide, Understanding and Resolving Conflict Through Peaceful Communication, children within your care will have a blue print to resolving disputes peacefully. School districts spend enormous amounts of time and energy disciplining student behavior, and student conflicts are the most frequent among the highest reasons. Isn't it time for school districts to make assertive efforts and proactively keep schools safe? School districts have an opportunity to improve workplace efficiency, while creating a safe learning environment for all students to learn. I believe the advancement in technology and rampant cell phone use among the adolescent population is slowly eliminating a teenager's ability to cope with conflicts face to face. Many teenagers feel it is acceptable to resolve issues with someone in the form of a text message rather than discussing the issue in person. Teenagers are finding it difficult to interact with one another during a dispute at an alarming rate. This is a trend that desperately needs to be reversed, and it starts in the home and school.
Kids who understand how to manage conflict successfully can transform their schools into safer and kinder places to learn. Kids Working It Out offers educators and parents a guide to the most current and effective school-based conflict resolution programs and shows how these programs can make a positive difference in our schools. Throughout the book, students and teachers share their stories of what it's really like in today's schools and reveal how Conflict Resolution Education, has shaped their experiences. Kids Working It Out covers a wide range of topics-- curriculum integration, peer mediation, restorative justice, and others-- and shows what it takes to implement an effective program in any school, and any community.
The conflict management guide academic leaders have been searching for Communication Strategies for Managing Conflict gives academic leaders the tools and insight they need to effectively manage conflict affiliated with leading change and problematic faculty performance. Using case studies that bring typical issues to light, this book guides you through difficult situations with strategies and analyses of key issues, variables, and options. The real-life examples show you effective conflict management at work, and provide direct application to your own tricky leadership situations. You'll learn how to deal with difficult people, how to have difficult conversations, and how to successfully manage change in the face of departmental resistance. Written by an experienced academic leader, consultant, and writer, this practical guide provides the leadership training academics wish they already had. Successful conflict management is essential not just to departments, but to the entire institution. Senior leaders, faculty, and students all rely on you to smooth the change process and keep the department running smoothly. This book gives you a foundation in the critical skills for managing conflict when leading change and managing problem performance, and the insight to apply them appropriately. Communicate more effectively with students, parents, and faculty Navigate difficult conversations with tenured faculty more successfully Lead change more effectively Mentor and manage problem performance more effectively Keep faculty performing well and focused on the right priorities Most academic leaders come into their position reluctantly, with little or no preparation for the role, receive very little training or coaching, and are thus not equipped to manage conflict when it arises. Communication Strategies for Managing Conflict is a lively, readable, and practical guide that will prove useful in the most difficult and common departmental situations.
Comprehensive and accessible coverage of the study of conflict Managing Conflict Through Communication helps students approach conflict constructively and learn more positive conflict management and resolution skills. Narratives and case studies make the material accessible and engaging to a diverse student audience. Discussion questions and exercises throughout the text provide a basis for classroom discussion and practical applications of concepts. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.
