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- THE LINE
- BRAINSTORMING ON CONFLICT
- WHAT CHARACTERISES A GOOD CONFLICT
- CONFLICT MAPPING
WIN-WINAim: To experience the difference between competition and cooperation. Time: ca 10 minutes Material: Steady chairs – one to each participant. A large room/area. Programme: Do not explain the aim or the name of the exercise! Give the participants minimal instruction. Ask the participants to take a chair and spread out around the room. Stand on the chair. Explain that from now, they are not allowed to speak to one another, touch the floor or jump around on their own chair. The aim is to reach a place in the room of your choosing, alternatively pass though a door opening as quickly as possible. Give the signal to start. The participants will (unless they have already taken part in too many courses), take the instruction as a competition. As you have never said that the object of the exercise was to be first, just to do it as quickly as possible, then it is a question of the whole group reaching the place/passing through the door. Applause or praise for managing to do the exercise comes first when everyone has succeeded. Afterwards you can have an exciting discussion about win-win, win-lose, and different attitudes. If we associate competition with this situation what happens in a real conflict situation? Look at the diagram on conflict behaviour in the section on non-violence and conflict management. A suggestion is to ask the participants to make comparisons to the situation in international conflicts. --- THE LINEShow the participants a real or imaginary line which divides the room. Ask half the group to stand on one side half on the other shake hands with each other. Ask them to remain holding hands. The next instruction to both sides in turn that they get the person they are in contact with over to the same side. Then say “please begin”. Normally this is a signal to fighting. Afterwards it is interesting to discuss whether violence is the solution, how many feel satisfied or dissatisfied with the result and what other alternatives were there? The most peaceful result is that everyone gets what they want, they all change sides. The exercise can compares advantageously with zero sum thinking or win-win/cooperative thought. Can we see any international parallels?
Brainstorm around the word conflict. Write the word conflict on a whiteboard/flipchart and ask the participants to all the words they can think of in association with conflict. This is done quickly and without waiting, just say it. Using the words that came up in the brainstorming do a collective PMI-map, (Plus, Minus Interesting). Draw three columns plus (+) minus (-) and interesting (!) on the whiteboard/flipchart. In the plus column write all the words that are seen as positive. In the minus column place all the negative words and in the interesting column words worth considering in relation to conflicts. An alternative is to draw rings around the words already on the whiteboard/flipchart in different colours, e.g. (green = +), (red = -) and (blue =!). Let the participants by groups of 3-4 write their own definition of what conflict means. Each group then presents their definition for the whole group, after which all definitions are hung on the wall in the group room! Comments to the trainer: Remember that everyone has different ideas as to what a conflict is. For some it can be a question of two different opinions, whereas for others, the term conflict is so extensive that it is difficult to find an example of existing conflict. We are open to all suggestions. At the same time, you are aware of your own opinion.
1. The task: Write down five points which characterise a good conflict. If participants do not have personal experience of a good conflict, then think hypothetically. 2. Ask the participants to re-write the exact opposite of the first five points. 3. Share the participants into small groups and ask them to choose which three points they think represent the greatest problems in conflicts according to their lists. 4. The group can then brainstorm around how to transform a destructive conflict management to constructive conflict management around the points they have chosen. 5. Present the findings in the whole group. --- CONFLICT MAPPINGAim: To learn the technique of mapping and being able to express needs and fears. Time: 5 minutes to explain, 10 minutes for the role play, 10 minutes for evaluation in pairs and then 20 minutes for whole group mapping. Material: Paper and pens. Programme: The starting point is a conflict situation where the two parties are locked in their respective positions. An example could be the parent and teenage child. The participants can now test mapping and then expressing needs and fears. It is important to point out that the aim of the exercise is not solving the conflict, but thinking along the new lines of needs and fears. 1. Each participant can work individually or in a group and start by filling in both party’s needs and fears in the centre of the circle. Explain the conflict situation. A mother/father and daughter are arguing about what time she/he should be home by on a Saturday evening. They are both stuck in their positions and are not listening to each other. The daughter is preparing to go out. The parent’s position is that the daughter should be home by 11pm, not a minute late while the daughter wishes to come home at 1am. Both parent and daughter reflect on their needs and fears. Now they sit down and share their thoughts with each other to see if they can find a mutual solution. Directory: downloads downloads -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations downloads -> Dynatest 3031 lwd light Weight Deflectometer downloads -> Forth coming competitive exams downloads -> Brush High School Morning Announcements Friday, September 05, 2014 all school downloads -> Year 9 The Arts — Music downloads -> Years 7 and 8 standard elaborations — Australian Curriculum: Music draft downloads -> Chris Young sets 2016 “I’m Comin’ Over” Tour headlining dates downloads -> Slavery and Abolition: the Plymouth Connection Introduction downloads -> Summer Assignment Download 0.51 Mb. Share with your friends:
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