Our Conflict, Our Solution!

Description

Conflicts don’t always end up in court with lawyers battling it out! In this scenario, groups of high school students who have a disagreement arrive at a win-win solution. This activity introduces students to mediation as an alternative method to prevent and resolve disputes.

Pedagogical objectives

• Introduce students to an alternative method to prevent and resolve disputes.
• Provide students with tools for dealing with conflicts peacefully.
• Determine the viewpoints and interests of various actors in a given situation.
• Practise using dialogue during disagreements.

Broad areas of learning

• Citizenship and Community Life:
  • Promotion of the rules of social conduct
  • Adoption of a culture of peace
  • Participation, cooperation and solidarity
• Career Planning and Entrepreneurship:
  • Familiarity with the world of work, social roles and occupations and trades

Cross-curicular competencies

• Solving problems:
  • Analyzing the different aspects of a situation
  • Adopting a flexible approach
  • Testing possible solutions
• Exercising critical judgment:
  • Comparing his/her opinion with those of others
  • Expressing his/her opinion
• Cooperating with others:
  • Interacting with others while keeping an open mind

Related content

• Éducaloi’s article explaining mediation and its advantages
• Éducaloi’s article on the different steps of the mediation process
• Éducaloi also offers the ready-to-use Teaching Guides Don’t Fight, Mediate! and Médiation simulée to help you run a mock mediation session in class.

External pedagogical ressources

• L’Institut Pacifique (French only): pedagogical activities on mediation
• An episode from the series Le droit de savoir on participatory justice (French only)

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Note

Cette activité exige une préparation de 30 minutes avec les élèves avant la venue du juriste bénévole.