Title
The Effects of a Peace Curriculum on Reducing and Resolving Conflicts among Children Ages 3-6 Years
Date of Award
5-2015
Document Type
Action Research Project
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Education, Montessori
First Advisor
Nicole Wilcox
Department/School
Montessori Early Childhood
Abstract
An important part of a child’s development is learning how to relate to other children appropriately (Sidorowicz & Hair, 2009). The purpose of this study was to determine whether teaching children about peace would help them to reduce or resolve conflicts in the classroom. The study took place in a suburban Montessori classroom of 26 children, ages three to six years. The Research Methodology section of this Action Research report details the peace lessons and materials used in the peace curriculum. The data collection included observations of children’s conflicts and resolutions, conferences with the children and teachers, and children’s journal writings. The results of the study determined that, as the peace curriculum was implemented, there was a clear reduction in the number of daily conflicts among the children. Also, children involved in conflicts shifted from requiring a lot of teacher involvement to resolve their conflicts to needing little or no teacher involvement in the resolution. Suggested further research includes expanding the peace curriculum lessons over the entire year. In addition, further lessons and work could be added.
Recommended Citation
Morningstar, Maria T.. (2015). The Effects of a Peace Curriculum on Reducing and Resolving Conflicts among Children Ages 3-6 Years. Retrieved from Sophia, the St. Catherine University repository website: https://sophia.stkate.edu/maed/114
The Effects of a Peace Curriculum on Reducing and Resolving Conflicts Among Children Ages 3- 6 Years _Power Point Presentation
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