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Identifier	Thesis 1598
Author	Ryan, Kathleen M
Title	Teaching conflict resolution skills through literacy in an elementary classroom / Kathleen M. Ryan
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2000
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	Over the last three school years, horrific acts of violence have taken place in America's public schools. The reality of children killing children has sparked a national debate over school violence and what can be done to prevent it. As an educator, I have been deeply affected by these episodes of school violence. After watching newscasts of a middle school shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas, I decided that teaching conflict resolution would have to be a priority in my classroom. My challenge was to create a project that my students would find interesting, motivational, and meaningful. Because of curriculum demands, the project had to teach conflict resolution strategies as well as basic literacy skills such as reading, writing, editing, speaking, listening, and viewing. I decided to have my class produce a video, called Choose Peace. The students' goal was to create skits describing how to solve everyday conflicts without using violence. The activity required students to integrate their literacy skills with their newly gained conflict resolution strategies. The purpose of this study is to examine how elementary students' perceptions of violence change after participating in a conflict resolution/literacy program. The study will only assess whether students' perceptions changed, not whether the students integrated these conflict resolution strategies into their real lives. The project was conducted in a heterogeneously grouped fourth grade classroom. Of the twenty-five students in the classroom fourteen were boys and eleven were girls. Eight of the students were identified as having special needs. The community in which the school is located is made up of primarily working-class families. All students involved with the activity participated in two series of interviews, one before working on the project, and one after. The interviews were transcribed and video taped. The examiner then compared the data collected in the two sets of interviews, noting any changes in perceptions after participating in the project. The data was also analyzed for any gender differences in perceptions of violence. The examiner also took field notes throughout the activity, paying special attention to how students reacted to conflicts during the creation of the video. There were indeed differences between boys' and girls' perceptions of violence. When confronted with a conflict, boys were more likely to react spontaneously than girls were. On the whole, boys were more likely to run away or react violently to conflict situations. On the other hand, girls were more likely to talk out their problems, look for a solution, and apologize when involved in a conflict. They were much less likely to use violence than boys were. The study proved that students' perceptions of violence did change after participating in the conflict resolution program. After making the video, students had a much clearer understanding of what violence was. They were able to name more places where violence occurs, reasons for violent behavior, and ways to solve problems without using violence. Students were very aware of the presence of violence in the world and understood the negative consequences of violent behavior. The project was extremely successful. Not only did it meet its objective of integrating conflict resolution into the language arts curriculum, but it allowed the students to develop problem solving and higher order thinking skills. The students were actively involved in their own learning, and it was evident that they did begin to internalize some of the strategies discussed in class.
Subject	Conflict management -- Study and teaching (Elementary) Literacy -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Department	Department of Teacher Education
Advisor	Casella, Ronnie, 1963-
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	45277740
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