MULTIMEDIA & CHILDREN'S CONFLICT RESOLUTION

全国需要解决冲突与和平教育。以短剧为基础的表演和公开讨论是两种经常成功的与儿童一起培养冲突解决技能的方法。该项目提议制作一系列探讨各种冲突情况的视频，通过网络将这些系列视频传送到教室，并提供一个网络会议论坛，供儿童相互讨论短剧中的情况，特别是与有解决冲突经验的治疗师和扮演短剧中人物的演员讨论，从而在参与的教室中培养社区。第一阶段将（l）制作两个系列，（2）为参与教师开发课堂支持材料，称为“支持结构”，（3）建立在线会议室，以及（4）将这些资源整合到基于网络的学习环境中。设计和开发将遵循以用户为中心的设计方法，教师和学生参与包的各个组件的几个迭代。作为可行性测试的一部分，将进行三项总结性评估活动：分析（1）使用材料时的课堂体验，（2）学生参与者的在线对话，以及（3）从前后设计中收集的数据。这些班级将同时参加，由来自康涅狄格州、佛蒙特州、肯塔基州、印第安纳州和密歇根州五所学校的一个班级组成。可行性的其他措施包括产品本身以及完成它所需的预算和资源支出。拟议的商业应用：学校必须在培养我们社会中有能力、有社会意识的成员方面发挥作用。最近在利特尔顿，CO，休伦港，MI和其他地方发生的事件只会把这项活动的重要性推到最前沿。安全学校和类似的倡议使这成为一个公认的，往往是强制性的需要。通过以这种方式提供这些材料，我们将能够接触到比以地点为中心的表演更多的儿童。STARStreams将是一个具有成本效益的手段，为大量学生提供解决冲突的支持。它的突出性特别明显，因为许多学校系统发现他们的心理健康支持人员必须花大量时间进行评估和召开会议，而不是实施干预措施。任何能够被教师融入课堂的努力都应该被证明是有益的，并受到学校的欢迎。在这种形式得到证实后，其他市场包括父母、监狱和其他社会机构。

There is a national need for conflict resolution and peace education. Skit- based performances and open discussion are two frequently successful methods of working with children to develop conflict resolution skills. This project proposes creating an ongoing series of videos that explore various conflict situations, streaming these serials over the web into classrooms, and providing a web-based conferencing forum for children to discuss the situations presented in the skits with each other, and, uniquely, with therapists experienced with conflict resolution and the actors playing the characters in the skits, thereby fostering communities among participating classrooms. Phase I will (l) produce two of these serials, (2) develop in-class support materials, called "support structures," for the participating teachers, (3) setup the online conference rooms, and (4) integrate these resources within a web-based learning environment. Design and development will follow a user-centered design methodology with teacher and student participation in several iterations of the various components of the package. Three summative evaluation activities will be conducted as part of the test of feasibility: analysis of (1) the classroom experiences when using the materials, (2) the online dialogue of the student-participants, and (3) the data gathered from a a pre-post design. The classes will participate at the same time and will consist of a class from five schools: Connecticut, Vermont, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan. Additional measures of feasibility include the product itself and the budgetary and resource expenditures necessary to complete it. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: Schools must play a part in developing competent, socially-aware members of our society. Recent events in Littleton, CO, Port Huron, MI, and elsewhere have only served to thrust the importance of this activity to the forefront. Safe Schools and similar initiatives make this a recognized, often mandated need. By delivering these materials in this manner, we will be able to reach many more children than could be reached with location-centered performances. STARStreams will be a cost-effective means of providing conflict resolution support to large numbers of students. Its salience is particularly evident since many school systems are finding their mental health support staff must spend a great deal of their time doing assessments and conducting meetings rather than in intervention implementation. Any efforts that can be integrated by teachers into their classrooms should prove to be beneficial to and popular with schools. After proven in this form, additional markets include parents, prisons, and other social agencies.