About this Course
This course introduces you to the concept of conflict transformation and how it differs from conflict resolution, management, and prevention. We’ll see how conflict offers opportunities for constructive change, and we'll explore different tools and methods for engaging conflict constructively. Regardless of your familiarity with the topic, you'll get insightful tips, portable handouts, lively demonstrations, and personalized assignments to bridge and enhance your own knowledge and history within the conflict narrative. In any area of your life, you'll benefit from the practical techniques and transferable information offered throughout this five-week journey
What You'll Learn
- Understand conflict as an opportunity for constructive change
- Explore tools for positive conflict engagement
- Apply methods for constructive conflict interaction
Prerequisites
- No deep prior experience is required, but basic computer and internet skills are helpful
- Ability to read course instructions in English and complete short practice activities
Instructors
Ellen Ott Marshall
Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Conflict Transformation