CONFLICT

RESOLUTION
EDUCATION
0BJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:
1. Understand the necessary skills for conflict resolution ;and

2.Know how these could be used in school setting.

What is conflict resolution education?

Conflict resolution education is targeted and explicit instruction about

how to resolve differences peacefully, manage one's emotional
expressions, and de-escalate potentially explosive situations without
violence. Students and teachers alike need this kind of education to
minimize the challenges of gathering together in a small space with so
many different personalities trying to get along.
 CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS(basic principles) are:
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Stay neutral Mediation
• Ensure fairness and • Give each learner involved the opportunity to talk;
justice. • Clarify what they are saying;
Bring down the • Check that each understands the other’s position;
temperature • Help the parties to create ways of solving the problem;
• Stress similarities and play • Find a solution that everyone involved likes.
down differences;
Ideation (developing and exploring solutions)
• Use ‘time out’ where necessary.
• Use critical, creative and lateral thinking.
Facilitate communication
• Help the learners involved to explain their problem clearly
• Help learners to understand the perspective of the
other party. Seek ‘win-win’ solutions
Negotiation • Never make any learner feel resentful or hard done by.
• Ask each learner involved to: - Follow-up
• Explain what they think the problem is; • Always follow through by keeping in contact with the learners
• Say what they want; involved to check that they remain content .
• Say what their limits are (what they will accept);
• Work out an agreement together.
 “If you want to make peace
with your enemy, you have to
work with your enemy .Then
he becomes your partner”.

Nelson Mandela
Why is it important to teach conflict Resolution Strategies for
Students?

Conflict is an unavoidable part of life, and it can begin early. A toddler

who takes away a toy from another youngster is an example of an
interpersonal conflict. In older children, it often presents in
disagreements, arguments, or other forms of confrontation.
Since no one can expect everything to go their way all the time, it is
important to instill conflict resolution strategies for students early to
prevent conflict.
The Benefits of Conflict Resolution Education in school setting.

Decreases Incidents of Violence

• One of the issues schools face is fighting, bullying, harassment, and other forms of violence among students.
Effective conflict management aims to decrease these incidents of violent bullying.
• Unfortunately, incidents of violence are also increasing among teachers. According to a study from the
American Psychological Association (APA) task force on Classroom Violence Directed at Teachers, about
four out of five teachers report experiencing incidents of violent harassment from students and fellow staff.
The APA study was a self-reported survey from 2011 with nearly 3,000 teachers of kindergarten through 12th
grade in 48 states submitting anonymous responses. Providing conflict resolution education can reduce these
incidents of violence experienced by educators
The benefits of understanding the conflict resolution education for students.

• It Enhance Students' Social and Emotional Development

The social and emotional development of children is one of the primary functions
of schooling. Schools teach children how to interact with other people who are not
members of their own family. For some students, healthy conflict resolution is not a
part of their home life, so they are not able to learn behaviors that can help them
peacefully resolve a situation. Schools serve to model healthy social and emotional
interactions with others, especially in those cases where such behavior is not
modeled at home.
How an awareness of the nature of conflict helps children appreciate the variety
of ways that people can manage or respond to conflict?

By being aware of its nature children can weigh the benefits and drawbacks of
various conflict resolution techniques by learning about them, including competing,
collaborating, accommodating, avoiding conflict, and compromising. Effective
conflict managers are aware that no conflict management strategy is always
effective; the trick is determining which strategy is most appropriate for the given
circumstance. However, conflict resolution training emphasizes that a violent
response to conflict is almost never an appropriate response .
The outcomes of children in learning the conflict resolution
education.

The Children can gain knowledge about the nature of conflict, including what it is, how it
arises, and how to manage it. Children come to understand that conflict arises whenever
there is disagreement over objectives and/or strategies for achieving those objectives, and
that conflict is therefore normal, necessary, and significant. Children gain an
understanding of the power and influence dynamics at play in all conflicts. Additionally,
they learn how culture affects how we perceive and handle conflict.
Thank for paying attention,
God bless.