Individuals and communities occasionally need asking and giving forgiveness. Because the process of forgiving is not always well understood, it has become necessary to consider including forgiveness education in school pedagogy and in formal school programs such as Citizenship Education. This possibility is illustrated with examples from South…

Defines conflict, looks at its causes, discusses the various types of organizational conflict, reviews the Myers-Briggs psychological types as they affect conflict, examines managers' typical reactions to internal and external conflict, and lists six keys to successful conflict resolution. (SR)

Notes that, in long term care, conflicts over autonomy can begin at level of conceptualization, especially when basic distinctions and polarities are not adequately recognized. Indicates conceptual complexity by identifying and examining six polarities. Presents case studies to illustrate how each polarity can give rise to ethical problems in long…

Examines what can and should be done to clarify and/or resolve scientific conflicts with policy implications. Includes a typology for classifying controversies, mechanisms, and objectives with regard to scientific disputes with policy implications. This apparatus aims to show the differences in disputes and in approaches to deal with them. (JN)

New theoretical, methodological, and design frameworks for engaging classroom learning are supported by the highly interactive and group-centered capabilities of a new generation of classroom-based networks. In our analyses, networked teaching and learning are organized relative to a dialectic of (a) seeing mathematical and scientific structures…

Presents a model for understanding termination conflict resulting from competing rather than complementary responses to successful counseling. Discusses termination conflict as a threat to an otherwise successful counseling relationship. (Author)

Compensatory and spillover models of adjustment to work are described. Data from a pharmaceutical firm and two research and development organizations are examined to illustrate operation of these models. Evidence of both the compensatory and spillover models were found for several different groups of workers. (Author)

Investigated how female parents in dual-career families view their roles. Compared the effectiveness of two strategies for dealing with conflict. Subjects using a role redefinition strategy did not differ from subjects using a role expansion strategy in self-reports of role conflict and coping effectiveness. (Author)

Discusses historical conflicts among cultures within Canada, particularly within the East Indian community. Discusses the multicultural policy recently adopted through alterations in Canada's immigration laws. Explores the historical development of politics in India's Punjab, and the consequences of this development on East Indians living in…

This article explores the impact of worldview on a people's approach to dealing with conflict and compare the worldviews underlying specific Western and Indigenous approaches to dealing with conflict. It suggests that power imbalances in conflict resolution research and practice perpetuate colonization through ontological violence, marginalizing…

Reviews several explanations for "playing the dozens," a ritualized verbal contest carried out principally among Black males. Holds that the ritual is a survival technique that teaches young Black men to face up to an antagonistic society and to deal with conflicts. Provides examples of ritual insult from other cultures. (Author/GC)

This approach to conflict-management training provides systematic training in coping skills. Trainees are encouraged to look at conflict from the viewpoint of management of personal reactions rather than solely from the problem-solving perspective. Suggested activities for self-examination and skills development are offered. (Author)

Presents succinct summaries of the concept of conflict and the unique developmental issues of adolescents whose parents are divorcing. Provides counselors with a five-step conflict resolution model suitable for the adolescent with divorced parents. (NB)

The flow diagrams in this document provide cognitive maps to aid in synthesizing diverse areas of knowledge in a special brand of field theory. A model is presented which highlights the domains of structural functionalism (with concepts of cultural, personal and societal systems) and symbolic interactionism (with the concepts of self, sentiments…

Focuses on interdisciplinary conflicts in the mental health field. Describes a series of events in a medical school's department of psychiatry. Examines the dynamics of interdisciplinary conflict in two contexts: (1) the politicization of the internal conflicts; and (2) the use of interdisciplinary conflict to obscure other basic conflicts.…