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Lönngren, Johanna; Adawi, Tom; Svanström, Magdalena – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2019
In recent years, there has been increasing interest within the engineering education research community to prepare engineering students to address wicked problems (WPs) such as climate change, resource scarcity and violent conflict. Previous research suggests that engineering students are able to address WPs if they are given adequate support, but…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Problem Solving, Intervention, Scoring Rubrics
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Johnson, Julia; Reed, Faye – 1996
This Master's project was designed to implement and evaluate classroom intervention and training in conflict resolution for elementary school students. Subjects were first and third graders from a rural community in north central Illinois. To document the extent of existing student conflict, a teacher survey and journal, playground behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques, Conflict Resolution
Hinitz, Blythe F.; Stomfay-Stitz, Aline – 1996
This essay focuses on teachers as peacemakers. Peace education is discussed as multifaceted and cross-disciplinary, emphasizing the teaching of peace, nonviolence, conflict resolution, social justice, economic well-being, political participation, and environmental concern. The report asserts that any curriculum for young children should stress a…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Design
Kaohi, Sharon; And Others – 1994
This publication is intended to serve as a resource for K-12 social studies teachers charged with the major responsibility of making peace and law-relaed concepts meaningful to students. The purpose of this resource book is to empower teachers and students in Hawaii with the concepts of peace and law. It seeks to foster dialogue between and among…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civil Law
Walker, Lorenn – Principal Leadership, 2005
In this article, the author describes the Violence Prevention Through Cooperative Learning (VPTCL) project. Developed in 1999 by the Hawai'i Friends of Civic and Law Related Education, this hands-on program aims to support at-risk secondary school students and help them learn problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills. These skills are…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Adolescents, High School Students, Prevention
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Barnstable, Ranae; Cargill, Linda; Gehlbach, Susan; Workman, Howard – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated a program to enhance students' prosocial behaviors. The targeted population consisted of students in two second and one third-grade classrooms in a declining urban area of a large midwestern city. The problem of inappropriate behaviors was documented through discipline reports, anecdotal…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment