Principles for easing potentially destructive conflicts are derived from fields other than social work and applied to education for practice in foster family care. (MS)

This study explored the relationship between moral reasoning and moral behavior in 31 average adults. Subjects were placed in a situation demanding low-key moral conflict. The study examined subjects' decisions and the relationship between their moral reasoning (revealed by verbal responses to Kohlberg's hypothetical dilemmas) and their behavior.…

Dream incubation is the ritual of going to sleep in a sacred place in anticipation of receiving a helpful dream from a divine benefactor. Drawing upon a variety of contemporary psychotherapeutic principles and procedures, author constructed an experimental ritual of incubation. (Editor)

Discusses the importance for teachers of conflict resolution through negotiation and describes a model teachers' workshop on conflict resolution. (JG)

Dependent variables such as preference, hedonic tone, aesthetic appreciation, and developmental stages are frequently observed to be single-peaked functions of the independent variables. This research addresses the problem of deriving, from more elementary underlying processes, a preference function that rises monotonically to a peak and then…

Conflict within a university can produce beneficial results if it is managed properly. In a time of change, conflict may stimulate creativity as the members of a unit struggle to adjust to the new situation and survive. (Author/IRT)

Discusses mediation as an avenue of exploration for department chairs who are finding themselves overwhelmed by disputes among their ranks. Draws on mediation research in describing different approaches to resolving conflict. (TB)

The literature of sociology, international relations, and labor relations explores the impact and nature of conflict, the parties involved, and strategies for resolution. Public administrators could benefit from better understanding of their roles as conflict resolvers, observers, or participants. (SK)

Dialogue is presented as human alternative to armed conflict. A non-national forum where interests and values can be uncovered, and which provides context for potential dialogic encounter, is tentatively suggested. Some insights from realm of counseling and psychotherapy that can contribute to understanding of the nature of dialogue are explored.…

Conflict resolution has emerged as a viable way to help students acknowledge their feelings and communicate with others in times of difficulty. This paper describes how teachers at the University of Pittsburgh's Falk Laboratory School have integrated conflict resolution with character education, thus providing students with the right language to…

Increasingly, children who learn good conflict-management skills find themselves negotiating with kids who would rather fight--even over minor matters like cutting into line, taking a pencil, or touching a classmate's desk. A Pittsburgh teacher has worked to create a physically and emotionally safe classroom and devised a Students Against Violence…

Managers who foster innovation succeed in getting different approaches to grate against one another in a productive process called creative abrasion. They nurture and know how to use a cognitively diverse environment. (JOW)

Argues that students need to become aware that heroism applies not just to physical strength or violence in conflict resolution, but also to the heroic act of trying to find meaning through the process of composition. Points out concepts which can help students discover the concerns of each story for themselves. (SG)

Conflict resolution training teaches students to manage interpersonal conflict more constructively. This approach to safe schools has benefits but needs more research to demonstrate effectiveness. Alberta's Safe and Caring Schools project is a replicable example. (Contains 25 references.) (SK)

Examines resolution of referential conflicts in second-language (L2) interaction in two different pairings of L2 learners. Pairs where the higher proficiency member was in the dominant role engaged in little interactive behavior, whereas pairs where the less proficient member was dominant engaged in substantial negotiation and interaction and were…