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ERIC Number: EJ559811
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1315
Computer Conferencing: Discourse, Education and Conflict Mediation.
Austin, Roger
Computers & Education, v29 n4 p153-61 Dec 1997
Computer conferencing can aid in conflict resolution by developing discourse skills. This article examines conflict resolution and computer conferencing as a channel for discourse and describes three computer conferences involving secondary school students, teacher education students, and teachers in Northern Ireland, Europe, and the United Kingdom on contemporary world issues, modern history, and professional development. (PEN)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries, Modern History, Professional Development, Secondary School Students, Skill Development, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Teleconferencing, World Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Discourse; Europe; Northern Ireland; United Kingdom