Tools and Support for Conflict Studies Instructors
Note: The article Harnessing
the Power of the World Wide Web for Conflict Studies Courses
by Bill Warters, found in our own journal, provides tips on using
the web to accomplish the various tasks commonly associated with
building a new course. It mentions many
of the links and resources found below.
Course Planning and Design Aids
General Course Planning Primers
Practical advice on Preparing
or Revising a Course - written by Barbara Gross Davis, University
of California, Berkeley for her book Tools for Teaching
(Jossey-Bass).
Step by Step: Planning a College Course
- Another planning outline from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Teaching and Learning Center.
Course Development
Guides - Helpful short essays on the course development process
from UC Irvine's Instructional Resources Center. Topics include:
- VISIONING YOUR COURSE: QUESTIONS TO ASK AS
YOU DESIGN YOUR COURSE
- SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF CRITICAL THINKING
COURSES
- PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING: What is PBL?
- GIVE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WELL ON
ASSIGNMENTS
- CHALLENGE STUDENTS WITH STIMULATING ACTIVITIES
- COURSE MATERIALS REVIEW
- Etc.
30
Things We Know for Sure about Adult Learners - a quick list
of key ideas from the adult learning field, originally published
in 1984 in Innovation Abstracts.
Teaching
Strategies for Improving Student's Communication is a page
of links from the AgComm Clearinghouse that provides tips on how
to structure your course to support the development of good writing
and communication skills among students.
Information Specifically for the
Conflict Studies Field
Graduate
Studies in Dispute Resolution: A Delphi Study of the Field's Present
and Future - An article by Bill Warters appearing in the Online
Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution. Lists key concepts
identified by a group of conflict studies faculty and administrators
as central to the field.
Information and ideas on Developing
Conflict Studies online WebQuests by Bill Warters.
Notes on New Directions
and Issues in the Teaching of Conflict Resolution by Roy Lewicki
from the Conflict Managment in Higher Education Report, abridged
from a talk he gave at an AALS Faculty seminar on teaching Alternative
Dispute Resolution.
Teaching Negotiation: A downloadable pdf file (84 pages)
is available presenting the results of a survey done in preparation
for a 3-day meeting at Harvard on Negotiation Pedagogy sponsored
by the Hewlett Foundation and it's theory centers. NEGOTIATION
PEDAGOGY: A RESEARCH SURVEY OF FOUR DISCIPLINES
- Negotiation Teaching in Law Schools
- Teaching Negotiation in the Professional Discipline of International
Relations
- Teaching Negotiation in Public Policy and Planning
- Analysis of Negotiation Programs at Schools of Business and
Management
Videos
(and some handouts) of presentations from the 3-day meeting
on teaching negotiation are also available for viewing online.
Click on the sidebar link to each day's agenda to find links to
the video feeds.
The UNESCO Handbook
Resource and Teaching Material in Conflict Resolution, Education
for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy is available for download.
Alert: The pdf file is 180 pages
long, and thus will take time to download on slower connections.
Developing
an Online Learning Pedagogy for Conflict Resolution Training
by Laina K. Reynolds & Lambrecht Wessels (2001) is a pdf downloadable
working paper from the University of Bradford Department of Peace
Studies. In it the authors discuss their experience developing
the online course "Transforming
Civil Conflict"; an introduction to the concepts and
tools of nonviolent conflict resolution.
A Graduate
Level Curriculum for Trauma Intervention and Conflict Resolution
In Ethnopolitical Warfare. Authored by the Ethnopolitical
Warfare Curriculum Conference Planning Task Force of the Steering
Committee of the Joint Initiative on Ethnopolitical Warfare of
the American and Canadian Psychological Associations.
Civics
Online provides a listing of useful online resources for teaching
and thinking about Civic Education. Main target audience is K-12
educators, but the content is useful at all levels of the education
system.
Syllabi Collections
 Campus-adr.org
is pleased to offer our own searchable online
collection of sample syllabi from conflict resolution
related courses. The collection, established from a collection
previously published by NIDR/CREnet, covers the full spectrum
of the field and includes both undergraduate and graduate courses.
Visit it
today!
Other valuable sources of syllabi are listed below.
Five
College Program Peace and World Security Studies curriculum
project
The World Lecture
Hall (see Conflict Management section or search on the word
"conflict" or "peace" or "dispute")
Directory
of College and University Peace Studies Programs (Including
Links to Online Course Lists and Syllabi) maintained by Robin
Crews
International
Peacekeeping Syllabi from courses on various aspects of
UN-sanctioned peace operations (from Brown University's Watson
Institute for International Studies collection)
Incorporating
Genocide, Ethnopolitical Conflict, and Human Rights Issues Into
the Psychology Curriculum: Instructional Resources (2000)
by Linda M. Woolf, Webster University This 32-page document
consists of resource materials for developing whole courses
and lectures on genocide, ethnopolitical conflict, and human
rights issues. For incorporating specific topics into existing
courses, lecture suggestions and selected references are given.
For developing and revising whole courses, sample syllabi are
provided. In addition, lists of relevant videotapes, Web sites,
Internet discussion lists, and professional organizations are
included.
The SPSSI Curriculum
Collection on
Prejudice & Intergroup Relations
To facilitate resource sharing among teachers, Society for the
Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) has developed a
collection of syllabi and other materials for coursed on prejudice
and intergroup relations.
Collective
Behavior and Social Movements Teaching Resources
Provides resources to help both new and experienced teachers
as they teach collective behavior and social movement content.
Includes ASA's CBSM 1996 syllabi sampler, now online.
Social
Psychology Links to Teaching Resources
Links to a variety of social psychology teaching resources,
including textbooks, course syllabi, lecture notes, classroom
activities, demonstrations, assignments, and more.
AERA-J/ASHE
Online Syllabi Project
Project mission is to collect syllabi in the field of higher
education, which cover a broad range of topics thereby giving
professors and students the opportunity to learn more about
the variety of higher education courses being offered across
the country.
Harvard Program on Negotiation Clearinghouse now offers a free online Syllabus Collection.
EMPATHY's Course
Web Pages for communication classes
Conflict
Management Syllabi Collection from George Mason's Institute
for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (must order a hard copy)
Identifying Appropriate Course Books and Readings
The number of potential textbooks in the field of conflict studies
has expanded rapidly. Here are a few sources that can help you
identify books that might work for your class.
Essential
Readings in ADR (from Warters' Delphi Study)
Readings
in Dispute Resolution: A Select Bibliography (by Catherine
Morris, well-organized, a good place to start)
Info on Good General
Purpose Mediation Training Manuals
List of
Major Journals in the Field (from Peacemakers Trust bibliography)
Search for Books Using the Conflict
Resolution Information Source (CRInfo) -- use Catalog Power
Search or go directly to their book
review summaries.
Conflict Resolution
Center International library
Restorative
Justice Online Library
Conflict Resolution Information
Source
Annotated
Conflict Studies Bibliography (available from ICAR at George
Mason University)
James B.
Boskey's reviews of the dispute resolution literature, published by him
in The Alternative Newsletter between 1988 and 1999 (lots of reviews!).
Links
to Other Relevant Online Bibliographies
Academic Writing and
Research on Negotiation-related Topics (compiled by WIN Squared
Software)
Mediate.com (provides many
brief full-text articles, lots of other info too)
Places to Purchase
Books and
Publications Online
Jossey-Bass Publications Conflict
Resolution Series
Sage Publications
(search on the word "conflict")
George Mason University's Institute
for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR)
Syracuse
University Press Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
(go "books in print" ---> "series listing"
--->"Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution")
Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
(Books from
the Clearinghouse)
Conflict Resolution Network Canada (Canadian national CR association)
Australian Conflict Resolution Network's Manuals,
Videos and Books
Association for Conflict Resolution Bookstore
American Bar Association Section
on Dispute Resolution
Association of American University Presses
Online Catalog (Recommend
searching on keywords)
Resolution
Bookshop
Classroom Interaction Improvement Strategies
Summary
of Best Practices in College Teaching (Report by Tom Drummond)
Classroom
Management by Mary Ellen O'Leary
Ted Panitz Cooperative
Learning E-book
Interactive
Experiential Training: Eight Breakthrough Strategies (by Raja
Thiagarajan)
Structuring
and Delivering Interdisciplinary Courses (Book Excerpt from
James Davis)
Includes summary of Bloom's Taxonomy of
Educational Objectives
Academic
Controversy? Enriching College Instruction through Instructional
Conflict by David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson, Karl
A. Smith
Teaching
Controversial Issues (brief online article by Suzanne Cherrin, University of Delaware)
Sample "Working
in Groups" Handout to give to students (from Canisius
College Campus Mediation Service)
Locating Appropriate Roleplays, Simulations, and Case Studies
Information on
Campus Mediation Videos and Roleplay Collections
Search Our Online Campus
Mediation Roleplays Collection
Harvard Program on Negotiation
Clearinghouse
Northwestern
University Negotiation and Decision-making Case Collection
Using the Case Method
Resources
for Case Teachers and Course Designers (from Robert Bruner)
Conflict
Resolution and Collaboration CASE STUDIES from the ELECTRONIC
HALLWAY
Conflict
Research Consortium online Case Study Database
International
and Environmental Dispute Case Study Database (from Inventory
on Conflict and the Environment project at American University)
Public Participation Case Study "The Bridges of Winnepeg:
Combining
Conflict Resolution and Public Participation for Challenging Cases
(by Desmond M. Connor and Suzanne Goulet Orenstein)
Online
case studies on the use of nonviolent resistance to oppression
can be found at the "A Force More Powerful: A Century of
Nonviolent Conflict" website. Cases include Nashville 1960;
India 1930; South Africa 1984; Denmark 1940; Poland 1980; Chile
1983.
Dealing
with Workplace Violence: a Guide for Agency Planners (produced
by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management) includes a chapter
of Case Studies exploring the variety of forms of workplace violence
and possible responses. The case study chapter or the whole manual
can be viewed
online or downloaded as a pdf file.
Centre for Conflict Resolution (South Africa) has published
a Case
Study Training Manual for free download that contains ten
case studies by various African authors for the purpose of conflict
resolution training. The case studies portray typical conflicts
in African communities and the dilemmas faced by peacemakers or
mediators. The cases were documented as 'teaching cases', following
the methodology developed by the Harvard Law and Business Schools.
The case studies reflect complex situations with no easy solutions
possible, but they provide sufficient information to enable a
meaningful discussion, but are not burdened by excessive detail.
The View
from the Ground collection published online by the International
Development Research Centre is designed to help participants explore
conflicts over natural resources in the Galapagos Islands, Laos,
the Middle East, and elsewhere. Short articles explain the causes
of the conflicts, present the parties involved, and survey the
consequences. They also assess how successful different strategies
have been in managing or diffusing the conflict and set out what
issues remain to be addressed. Case studies carried out by IDRC-supported
researchers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America delve more deeply
into the causes of conflicts over natural resources and future
prospects.
The Ethics of Teaching: A Casebook (1994)
by Patricia Keith-Spiegel, Arno F. Wittig, David V. Perkins, Deborah
Ware Balogh, and Bernard E. Whitley, Jr. contains 164 cases with
detailed analyses; covers many aspects of academia, focusing on
student-professor relationships and "grayer" areas where ethics
committees and policies often cannot reach; suitable for teaching
workshops, TA and GA training, continuing education, and faculty
development. . . . $19.45 ($15.95 for book, $3.50 for postage
and handling) Note: Make check payable to "Ball State University."
Send request and check to: Linda Ritchie, Academic Research and
Sponsored Projects, BallState University, Muncie, IN 47306
Multimedia Teaching Tools
More and more tools are coming available that incorporate multimedia
elements, and many are available over the web.
Bill Warters published an article on developing
conflict studies webquests that is available in our online
journal. He developed a webquest for his conflict studies course
that you are invited to view online. See Standoff
at Oka.
Partial List of
Mediation and ADR Video Sources (from The Conflict Resolution
Syllabi Sampler: 1998 edited by Juliana Birkhoff)
List of ADR
videos (available from National Center for State Courts Library,
Williamsburg, VA)
Videos and Diskettes
available from the Center for Public Resources
The film Ralph Bunche:
An American Odyssey explores the life of Dr. Ralph Johnson
Bunche (1903-1971), African American mediator and United Nations
diplomat, first person of color anywhere in the world to be awarded
the Nobel Prize for Peace. The film, which played on PBS, is now
accompanied by an educational
website provides an overview of Dr. Bunche's life (see for
instance a section on Bunche's
Negotiation Skills), and which provides a range of helpful
teaching
notes. The notes are intended to show how the film can be
successfully incorporated into current curricula at the university
and college level. The Notes, which have been developed by top
educators with expertise in each area of study, will be of special
interest to faculty teaching courses in political science, sociology,
American history, international relations, multicultural and African-American
studies, and on the United Nations.
A Force
More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict website provides
attractive and informative online materials supporting a 3-hour
documentary series on PBS on the same subject. Instructional
materials include 3 full lessons and a simulation exercise.
Lots of good information on nonviolent resistance theory and practice.
Activities
and Videos for Teaching Cross-Cultural Issues in Psychology
(1998) by G. William Hill, IV, Kennesaw State University.
Peaceweb is a Quaker Web page on peace and social concerns.
They developed a list of Movies
with a Conscience that are listed by topic.
Multimedia Arbitration
Training Tool from CALI
Conflict
Resolution Leadership Case Studies based on films (from Hartwick
Humanities in Management Institute)
Allwyn Hall Conflict
Skills Training CD-Rom for College Students (by Martha
Harty, Carnegie Mellon University)
Media
Script and Producers Guide: Conflict Over Natural Resources,
a script for a short play or radio broadcast on natural resource
conflicts. Designed specially for community radio, theatre or
multimedia, the authors encourage you to adapt the script to individual
communities and situations. You can use one or more of the four
acts as is, or add local knowledge and understanding to bring
the issues alive for your audience. Includes some production tips
to help you make the material timely and relevant to your audience.
Tolerance
in Times of Trial is a collection of curriculum materials
that includes links to war posters and other online media. Uses
the treatment of citizens of Japanese and German ancestry during
World War II--looking specifically at media portrayals of these
groups and internment camps--as historical examples of ethnic
conflict during times of trial; explores the problems inherent
in assigning blame to populations or nations of people. Students
also look at contemporary examples of ethnic conflict, discrimination,
and stereotyping at home and abroad.
International
Online Training Program on Intractable Conflict (Univ of Colorado,
includes extensive full-text info)
Interactive
Tools for Teaching Negotiation (from Marjorie McDiarmid)
INSPIRE: a Web-based Negotiation
Support System (developed by the InterNeg group at Carleton
and Concordia Universities)
The Practitioners' Guide
for Conflict Prevention and Mitigation is intended for policy-makers
and practitioners at all levels, and represents a recently-assembled
body of knowledge on the origins and life cycle of conflicts,
an array of tools for conflict prevention and mitigation, and
a set of strategies for applying those tools effectively. It was
prepared by Creative Associates International, Inc. at the request
of the Greater Horn of Africa Initiative.
"The
Mediator" (try a demo of a computer-based conflict resolution
applet by Ron Surratt)
Resolve-it College Virtual
Campus (an introduction to conflict resolution initiatives
on college campuses by Bill Warters)
Restorative
Justice Online Campus (Tutorials and slideshows on restorative
justice- see especially Changing Lenses by Howard Zehr)
DEPOLARIZER
Game/survey using Email (a delphi process explained by Thiagi)
Roots of Social
Conflict mini-course online (from Center for Peace Research,
Spain)
National Network for Collaboration multimedia Training
Manual (requires Real Media Player)
Myers-Briggs style Temperament
Sorter for use by Negotiators (by by Lowell K. Halverson from
his Negotiating Styles for Couples in Conflict site)
Sample Applications of Conflict Studies Research and Theory
We've begun collecting examples of conflict theory being applied
to specific cases or being explained using conflict examples.
To visit our growing collection, go to our Applications
of Conflict Theory page.
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