You will reflect on your personal history with conflict. I am looking for: (a) your critical understanding of course material; and (b) your ability to apply that information to your everyday life. How has your personal history influenced your current attitude and views toward conflict? How might you continue to shape your approach to conflict so that you can live life to the fullest, with purpose, and in such a way that it brings life to those around you

book Beyond Reason by roger fisher daniel shapiro

Conflict Resolution

Conflict Story

My Conflict Story

You will reflect on your personal history with conflict. I am looking for: (a) your critical understanding of course material; and (b) your ability to apply that information to your everyday life. How has your personal history influenced your current attitude and views toward conflict? How might you continue to shape your approach to conflict so that you can live life to the fullest, with purpose, and in such a way that it brings life to those around you? (five to seven pgs)

Objective:

The objective of this assignment is for you to reflect on your personal history with conflict, how your past has influenced your current attitudes and views toward conflict, and how you might approach conflict resolution in a positive way from this point forward.

Specific Requirements:

• INTRODUCTION
• BODY
• Set the context for significant conflicts/experiences that have shaped your conflict story. Explain how situational factors influenced your own interpretation of events, which resulted in your view toward conflict being molded.
• Introduce us to charactersin your conflict story. Describe cultural, personality, or other societal influences on these individuals and the ways in which they approach conflict.
• Describe the events in your conflict story. Describe how the sequence of events shaped turning points in your views toward conflict.
• Offer insight on the values and moral claims at play in the conflict situations. Explain how these shaped the meanings attached to the characters and events.
• Include a section on how you might approach conflict resolution in a positive way from this point forward.
• Provide a CLOSING that summarizes your major conclusions and offers an effective wrap-up.

Evaluation Criteria:

• Have you demonstrated your understanding of the importance of your conflict story?
• Have you demonstrated your critical thinking skills in applying the knowledge you learned in this course to your life experiences?
• Have you addressed each component of the 'Specific Requirements' listed above in a compelling way?
• Have you effectively incorporated course concepts into your analysis of your conflict story?
• Have you moved beyond the surface of applying concepts, to a more in-depth analysis of how context, characters, events, and values & moral claims from your past have influenced your current attitude and views toward conflict.
• Have you effectively organized your paper (Introduction, body, conclusion, previews, summaries, etc.)? Is the paper free of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors?