Conflict Resolution and Peace

Course Code:

ED 257

Course Type:

Department Elective Courses

P:

3

Lab:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

4

Course Language:

İngilizce

Course Objectives:

Understanding the causes of conflict, recognizing communication conflicts and discussing solutions, to be able to apply conflict coping strategies, to increase technical skills and awareness on issues such as peacekeeping, reconciliation, peace, and collective decision-making.

Course Content:

Causes, emergence, management and resolution of conflict; decision-making, reconciliation, peacekeeping and post-conflict peacekeeping and maintenance issues, examples, important concepts and techniques, applications.

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Case Study, 3: Problem Solving, 4:Discussion, 5: Demonstration 6:Group work

Course Evaluation Methods:

1. Written exam, 2. Multiple-choice test, 3. Space-filling, 4. Right-Wrong type, 5. Oral examination, 6. Portfolio

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1)Students gain knowledge of issues such as conflict, conflict resolution, mediation and peace.	1,4,5,10	1,2,3,4,6	1,2,3,4
2)Students gain knowledge of the nature and types of conflict.	1,4,5,10	1,2,3,4,6	1,2,3,4
3)Students can analyze conflicts in terms of causes, consequences and stages.	1,4,5,10	1,2,3,4,6	1,2,3,4
4)Students learns the perspectives, methods and strategies used in conflict resolution.	1,4,5,10	1,2,3,4,6	1,2,3,4

Course Flow

COURSE WORK CALENDAR
Weeks	Topics	Preparation
1	Introduction, general concepts
2	Introduction to Conflict Resolution
3	Nature and Sources of Conflict, Conflict and Behavior
4	Factors Affecting Conflict
5	Quiz-1
6	Types of Conflict (Interpersonal and Group Conflicts, Conflicts in Business and Education Environment ..)
7	Conflict Resolution Methods and Principles
8	Quiz-2
9	Peacekeeping
10	Conflict Resolution with Individuals / Families / Groups
11	Gender Roles and Culture in Conflict Resolution
12	Case Studies (final presentation)
13	Case Studies (final presentation)
14	General Evaluation and Closing

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook	Rosenberg, M. B. (2005). We can work it out: Resolving conflicts peacefully and powerfully. CA: PuddleDancer Press.
Additional Resources

Material Sharing

MATERIAL SHARING
Documents	Shared in the classroom / via email.
Assignments
Exams

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Quiz	2	40
Homework	-	-
Final presentation	1	60
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		60
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		40
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Having knowledge of past, basic though and principles of the PCG, and implementing PCG			X
2	Comprehending meaning and importance of the coordination, consultation/consulting and supervision in the PCG field, and implementing them			X
3	Having knowledge of ethical rules accepted by national and international PCG associations, and implementing them			X
4	Learning to accept everyone as they are / with all kind of features by the multicultural approach				X
5	Learning theories/information about cultural awareness, cultural social justice, solution of conflicts, and other cultural behaviors; for development and health of human soul, mind and body, and implementing them				X
6	Learning theories related to the development, learning and personality development so as to facilitate positive development and wellness of individual for his/her life time, and implementing them		X
7	Understanding the environmental factors affecting normal and abnormal behaviors, psychopathology, disability conditions and crisis during his/her development process,		X
8	Learning and implementing the career consulting, processes, techniques and sources, career development and decision-making model so as to include those applied to certain groups in the global economy		X
9	Learning psychological consulting theories, being aware and use of intervention techniques suitable for counselees in practice			X
10	Learning group process, roles and behaviors of group members, group working, therapeutic factors, and principles and techniques of group dynamics containing developmental stages			X

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours)	15	3	45
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	3	45
Quizzes	1	3	3
Homework	1	3	3
Final presentation	1	3	3
Total Work Load			96
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			3,84
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

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