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International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution
Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College
Columbia University

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ICCCR

International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution

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ICCCR Education Overview

Situated in Teachers College, the top school of education in the country, we continue to be recognized for educational excellence. We offer a wide range of courses for scholar-practitioners in the areas of cooperation, conflict resolution, and social justice. We continue to develop and provide state-of-the-art instruction, training, and professional development for students, teachers, administrators, practitioners, parents and others. This includes exploring new content and pedagogical approaches for training and instruction in conflict resolution, cooperation, and social justice. We continue to generate additional opportunities for our external educational work with schools, non-profits and communities nationally and internationally. The ICCCR is committed to building relationships with a variety of domestic and international organizations that allow for students to gain practical experience. We create a bridge between the academic community and experienced practitioners as we support and promote a reflective scholar-practitioner model.

Education Objectives:

  • We educate future leaders who will further the development of theory and practice in the interrelated areas of conflict resolution, cooperation, and social justice.
  • We seek to increase public awareness of constructive methods for conflict prevention and resolution, of the many forms of oppression, and of strategies for overcoming social injustice in families, organizations, and communities worldwide and for fostering sustainable peace.

Our current initiatives include:

  • We offer more than 30 courses and workshops annually and a Certificate of Attendance in Conflict Resolution.
  • We have integrated conflict resolution into TC cohort programs such as the West Point Leadership Program, Summer Principals Academy (SPA), the Inquiry Program, and the Adult Education Guided Intensive Study (AEGIS) Program.
  • We contributed to the development of the new MS Program in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Frequent updating of all courses with current theoretical and practical advances.
  • Currently conducting comprehensive multicultural revision of all existing courses and materials.
  • Developing new external workshops:
    • Dynamical systems and conflict applied workshop
    • Power and conflict workshop
    • Conflict framing workshop
  • Developing a fieldwork course to promote individualized internships.
  • Updating the Conflict Competencies 360, a 360˚ conflict style assessment tool used in the Basic Practicum in Conflict Resolution.
  • Enhancing our student feedback system, eliciting opinions on specific learning modules and activities, and new/elective course preferences.
  • Organizing conferences, working meetings, dialogue sessions and invitational dinners on conflict, justice, and systems.
  • Developing leading edge elective courses to build on current initiatives in the field.