Module Details
Module Code: |
YTWK H8014 |
Full Title:
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Conflict Transformation
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Valid From:: |
Semester 1 - 2019/20 ( June 2019 ) |
Language of Instruction: | English |
Module Owner:: |
Katherina Nugent
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Module Description: |
no description provided
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Module Learning Outcome |
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
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Module Learning Outcome Description |
MLO1 |
Analyse the societal, environmental and historical factors contributing to conflict and how these factors must be worked through to bring about resolution. |
MLO2 |
Evaluate how conflicts arise and how they are part of what we are and how we then strive to balance the need for dynamic positive interaction versus destructive negative aggression. |
MLO3 |
Examine and understand real world conflicts with a view to forming multidisciplinary approaches to their resolution. |
MLO4 |
Analyse the concept of transformation within a conflict setting. |
Pre-requisite learning |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named DkIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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No recommendations listed |
Module Indicative Content |
Peace and the person
Conflict resolution and interpersonal conflict, conflict styles, negotiation and mediation.
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Causes and symptoms of conflict
Human nature, individual aggression and war. Militarism and nationalism. Religious ideology, Arms Races, Racism, Xenophobia.
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Conflict and Community
Fragmentation, defensive modes, insularity, sectarianism, the concepts of law and order in a conflicted community.
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Chldren and the Northern Ireland Conflict
Violence and the everyday life of children, the concept of a 'lost generation, conflict and education, juvenile crime, community politics and the future generation.
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Module Assessment
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Assessment Breakdown | % |
Course Work | 50.00% |
Final Examination | 50.00% |
Module Special Regulation |
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AssessmentsFull Time On Campus
DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
Workload: Full Time On Campus |
Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
Lecture |
Contact |
No Description |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
Independent Study |
Non Contact |
No Description |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
Directed Reading |
Non Contact |
No Description |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
Total Weekly Learner Workload |
9.00 |
Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
This module has no Part Time On Campus workload. |
Module Resources
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Recommended Book Resources |
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Freire P.. (2000), Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Bloomsbury Academic.
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Ignatiefff M.. (2001), The Needs of Strangers, 1st Picado edition. Picador.
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Galtung J.. (1965), Institutionalised Conflict Resolution: A Theoretical Paradigm. Essay, Journal of Peace Research Vol.2, No.4, p.348 - 397.
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Lederach JP.. (1997), Building Peace: Sustainable Reconcilation in Divided Societies, Syracuse University Press.
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Bloomfield D.. (1997), Peacemaking Strategies in Northern Ireland: Building Complementarity in Conflict Management Theory, Palgrave.
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Lederach JP.. (2003), The Little Book of Conflict Transformation, Good Books.
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Farren S., Mulvihill R.F.. (2000), Paths to a Settlement in Northern Ireland, Colin Smyth Limited Publishers.
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Immaculee Ilibagiza. (2007), Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, Hay House.
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Other Resources |
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DVD, (1999), Blood Diamond (Diamond trade and
conflict in Sierra Leone).
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DVD, (2005), Shooting Dogs (Rwanda).
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DVD, (1997), Welcome to Sarajevo (Bosnian Conflict).
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DVD, (1993), In The Name of the Father.
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