Summarizes the events at the summit conference at Camp David in 1978 that led to a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, using a day-by-day account based on published records and interviews with participants. The phases of group development are analyzed from a functional perspective. (JAC)

Argues that we are all fiction-makers/historians, that most failures of communication result from some willful or inadvertent but unknowing violation of the space and time we and others live in, and that most of our speaking is tribal talk. (EL)

Tested a three-component, structured approach to conflict resolution in female undergraduate students (N=48). Results indicated that the three-component model tested can provide a viable means for facilitating negotiation and possible resolution of interpersonal conflict. (LLL)

Mediation is a technique of joint advocacy that is being successfully applied on a growing scale to resolve interpersonal conflicts. The mediation process and its functions are described and compared with traditional social work methods. (Author)

In this introduction to three articles on collective bargaining the author outlines concerns and questions about the proposition of public referendum as a means of resolving negotiation impasses. (MD)

Examined the use of a three-component confrontation model (description of behavior, emotional impact, and consequences) by male and female confronters with male confrontees (N=56). Results indicated the model was statistically and practically effective for males confronting others of either gender. (JAC)

Discusses the critical importance and impact that specific types of cognitions may have on couples' ability to resolve their conflicts functionally, based on rational-emotive therapy. Reviews perspectives on marital conflict in terms of discovery, modification, and behavioral action and observation. (JAC)

Explores how learning policies can enhance efforts to implement the Catholic bishops' peace pastoral. Focuses on balance between conscience and authority, resolution of conflict, and education stressing the importance of the person. (LAL)

Describes DIE (description-interpretation-evaluation), a method for dealing effectively in interpersonal relations, conflict resolution, and intercultural communication. (PD)

During the 20th century, there was a growth in social concern about horrific forms of violence, like ecocide, genocide, modern warfare, ethnic hatred, racism, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and a corresponding growth in the field of peace education where educators from early child care to adult use their professional skills to warn fellow…

This guide contains suggestions for building a solid foundation of discipline and responsibility to contribute to positive relationships between parents and children. Three important steps are to: (1) model appropriate behavior; (2) provide age-appropriate choices to help children build decision-making skills and self-esteem; and (3) set…

A High School course, General Studies Survival Curriculum, was designed to aid students in problem solving in a complex society. Areas of concern were psychology, consumer economics, environmental studies, law and society, religion and values, ethnic studies, applied aesthetics, creative studies, occupations and futurism. (JB)

Urges that the necessary tension that is built into the school board-school superintendent relationship rather than being feared, be harnessed to advance the quality of local school programs. Cautions that written policies on board-superintendent relations are necessary. (JF)

Early information processing strategies were examined in a study of 32 young children's search for objects. Results suggested a distinction between two aspects of the development of search: the acquisition of new search skills and the establishment of appropriate priorities among skills already in the child's repertoire. (Author/MP)

College students enrolled in a senior level political science seminar were assigned to read books and then write essays that uncovered one critical flaw in the work. The class was divided into teams to debate the value of the critiques. A mock trial format was used for the debates. (RM)