In the fall 2003, I had the privilege of participating in the U.S. Fulbright Scholar program. My grant took me to Tartu University in Tartu, Estonia. In this article, I wish to describe my experiences and offer my impressions of teaching overseas in the hopes of inspiring other educators to pursue opportunities teaching and learning peace and conflict abroad. It is particularly important that American educators experience other cultures and perspectives to ensure that their craft is relevant, accurate, and continues to maintain a worldview. This is critical in our field, which by its nature is current, ever changing, interdisciplinary, and cross-cultural. To only offer viewpoints that are U.S.-centric fails to incorporate the global perspectives that characterize not only our specialty, but all disciplines and fields today... 

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Одной из наиболее заметных тенденций в общей картине теоретических подходов к изучению конфликта в последнее десятилетие является увеличивающееся число исследователей, критически атакующих концепцию «разрешения конфликта» и склоняющихся к пониманию конфликта как феномена, непрерывно изменяющегося, превращающегося (трансформирующегося) во что-то еще, переходящего из одного состояния в другое. Принципиальным образом такая постановка вопроса была осуществлена еще Г. Зиммелем и Л. Козером. Однако попытки развернутой концептуализации такого понимания особенно интенсивно стали осуществляться лишь в последнее время.

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Здесь в формате полнотекстовых статей можно найти интересный материал о конфликтах в сфере образования и воспитания. About the Campus Conflict Resolution Resources Project The primary objective of the Campus Conflict Resolution Resources project (Campus-adr.org) is to significantly increase administrator, faculty, staff and student awareness of, access to, and use of conflict resolution information specifically tailored to the higher education context. The project came into being thanks to seed funds from the Conflict Resolution Information Source project followed by a major 3-year grant from the federal Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). Wayne State University's former College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs administered the $364,000 3-year FIPSE grant, which began October 1, 2000. Bill Warters continues to serve as the Program's Director. Core staff for the 2002-2003 academic year included Trevor Richards (Program Manager), Samantha Spitzer (Associate Editor, Conflict Management in Higher Education Report), Marie Colombo (Lead Evaluator), and Paul A. Saba (Graduate Assistant).

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