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Commentary: Considering conflict resolution education: Next steps for institutionalization
Author(s) -
Batton Jennifer
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
conflict resolution quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1541-1508
pISSN - 1536-5581
DOI - 10.1002/crq.101
Subject(s) - conflict resolution , commission , institutionalisation , citation , resolution (logic) , conflict analysis , political science , field (mathematics) , library science , sociology , law , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematics , pure mathematics
Over the past two decades, conflict education programs have educated children about constructive approaches to managing conflict in their schools and communities. For many, conflict resolution education (CRE) provides an answer to an increasingly troubling incidence of violence. As Tricia Jones’s review of CRE research confirms, these programs are effective in a variety of ways. Fortunately, this research has helped convince policymakers at the federal level that CRE is legitimate and deserving of support. The U.S. Department of Education’s Creating Safe and Drug Free Schools Action Guide (1996) provides the following conclusion: