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Mutchler, Sue – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2011
This paper describes how administrator preparation programs can help future education leaders to value, understand, and use the democratic strategy of deliberative dialogue and action. The purpose of the strategy is to engage in a new way with teachers, parents, and other stakeholders about problems in their local public schools. Follow-up…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Outcomes of Education, Simulation, Interpersonal Communication
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Trumbull, Deborah J. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1987
Through a study of teachers resolving classroom dilemmas, a way of characterizing teachers' beliefs for fuller understanding of their practices is suggested. Examining a teacher's perspective as a dynamic complex of beliefs and assumptions demonstrates that successful change efforts must consider the perspective in its entirety. (CJH)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Perspective Taking
Educators for Social Responsibility, Cambridge, MA. – 1991
A need exists in schools for conflict resolution programs to help young people deal with differences. This booklet describes the Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) conflict resolution program. The program follows nine key concepts: (1) conflict is a part of life; (2) many conflict situations can achieve "win-win" solutions; (3)…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Discussion
Shure, Myrna B. – 1992
Designed for teachers of preschool to enable children to learn how to solve the problems they have with others, the underlying goal of the program is to help children develop problem-solving skills so that they learn how to think, not what to think. Originally developed for four-year-old children in a preschool setting, most three-year-old…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Shure, Myrna B. – 1992
Designed for teachers of kindergarten and the primary grades to enable children to learn how to solve the problems they have with others, the underlying goal of the program is to help children develop problem-solving skills so that they learn how to think, not what to think. The 89 lessons are adaptable for various levels of ability throughout the…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Shure, Myrna B. – 1992
Designed for teachers of intermediate elementary grades to enable children to learn how to solve the problems they have with others, the underlying goal of the program is to help children develop problem-solving skills so that they learn how to think, not what to think. The interpersonal cognitive problem-solving (ICPS) program includes both…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, Decision Making