Competing Narratives of Education and Conflict: Stories of Conflict Resolution at Dansville Elementary

• In Event: Mananging Conflict and Contributing to Peace in Educational Settings

Abstract

This essay draws upon the concept of "narrative habitus" to examine how moral and ethical issues are negotiated in a new elementary school conflict management program. In particular, attention is paid to how different narratives compete with and disrupt one another as the program is implemented. This qualitative analysis focuses on how teachers’ philosophies and practices of education unite or collide and how the intersections between students’ private and public lives must be addressed.

Author

• Alane Sanders, Marietta College