Reading list

Conflict Management in Pre-school and School

Konflikthantering i förskola och skola

Course
PDG091
First cycle
7.5 credits (ECTS)

About the Reading list

Valid from
Spring semester 2025 (2025-01-20)
Decision date
2024-11-21

Compulsory literature

Cornelius, H., & Faire, S. (2006). Mapping the conflict in H. Cornelius & S. Faire, Everyone can win. How to resolve conflict (second edition, 160-179). Simon & Schuster. (12 pages).

Deutsch, M. (2014). Cooperation, Competition and Conflict. In Peter T Coleman, Morton Deutsch & Erik C. Marcus (Eds.) The Handbook of Conflict Resolution. Theory and Practice (3rd ed., pp. 3-28) Jossey-Bass/Wiley. (This book is available as e-book in the university library). (25 pages)

Ding, M., Li, Y., Li, X., & Kulm, G. (2008). Chinese teachers' perceptions of students' classroom misbehaviour. Educational Psychology, 28(3), 305-324.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410701537866 (21 pages)

Hakvoort, I. (2010). The conflict pyramid: a holistic approach to study conflict resolution in schools. Journal of Peace Education, 7 (2), 157-169.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17400201.2010.498997 (11 pages).

Johansson, E., & Emilson, A. (2016). Conflicts and resistance: potentials for democracy learning in preschool. International Journal of Early Years Education, 24 (1), 19-35 https://doi.org/10.1080/09669760.2015.1133073 (10 pages).

Johnson, D. W., & Johnson, R. T. (1999). Making cooperative learning work. Theory into practice, 38(2), 67-73. (6 pages)

Krauss, R. M., & Morsella, E. (2014). Communication and conflict. In P. T. Coleman, M. Deutsch, & E. C. Marcus (Eds.), The handbook of conflict resolution: Theory and practice (3rd ed., pp. 168–181). Jossey-Bass/Wiley. (This book is available as e-book in the university library) (13 pages)

Parker, C., & Bickmore, K. (2020). Classroom peace circles: Teachers’ professional learning and implementation of restorative dialogue. Teaching and teacher education, 95, 103129. https://10.1016/j.tate.2020.103129 (10 pages).

Patfoort, P. (2001). I want, You don't want. Nonviolence education, (pp. 9-59). Cobblesmith. (50 pages)

Sellman, E. (2011). Peer mediation services for conflict resolution in schools: What transformations in activity characterize successful implementation?. British Educational Research Journal, 37(1), 45-60. https://doi.org/10.80/01411920903419992 (15 pages)

Stevahn, L. (2004). Integrating Conflict Resolution Training Into the Curriculum, Theory Into Practice, 43:1, 50-58. https://doi.org/10.1207/s154304421tip4301_7 (9 pages)

Zurlo, M. C., Vallone, F., Dell’Aquila, E., & Marocco, D. (2020). Teachers’ patterns of management of conflicts with students: A study in five European countries. Europe's journal of psychology, 16(1), 112. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v16i1.1955 (15 pages)


Optional literature

For preschool

Pieng, P., & Okamoto, Y. (2020). Examining preschool children’s intention understanding and their conflict resolution strategies. Early childhood education journal, 48(5), 597-606. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-020-01020-0

Skoglund, R. I. (2019). When" Words Do Not Work": Intervening in Children's Conflicts in Kindergarten. International Research in Early Childhood Education, 9(1), 23-38.

For school

Ciuladiene, G., & Kairiene, B. (2017). The resolution of conflict between teacher and student: Students’ narratives. Journal of teacher education for sustainability, 19(2), 107-120. https:/doi.org/ 10.1515/jtes-2017-0017

Hakvoort, I., Larsson, K., & Lundström, A. (2020). Teachers’ understandings of emerging conflicts. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 64(1), 37-51. https:/doi.org/ 10.1080/00313831.2018.1484800