CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN ACTION
Consider these questions for further reflection.
- What are the typical student conflicts in your classroom?
- Which of these conflict “stoppers” would be most useful in classroom: apologize, walk away, compromise, or express feelings? If you had to recommend one conflict management approach that might work in most cases, could you? What would it be?
- Is conflict always negative? What are some positive aspects of conflict?
- How will you instruct students and provide guided practice on conflict management? How will you provide ways that will encourage them to be know their own reaction tendencies to conflict and choose a management strategy that might not be their usual reaction?
- What ways students can practice conflict management throughout the school year that ensures reflection?
CLOSING AND FOLLOW UP
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, you had the opportunity to:
- Learn about conflict management, the ability to navigate problems that arise from negative interactions.
- Examine the three-step conflict management process and five management approaches.
- Reflect on how conflict management can be taught with role play and other strategies and reinforced in the classroom.
Next Steps
- Think about what you can do in the next week, the next month, and for the remainder of the school year to help your students strengthen their conflict management skills.
- Using what you have learned in this learning package, meet with your colleagues to discuss some ideas for teaching conflict management.