Educational Resources

Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict

In addition to the many reference tools found on our main site, we also offer the following educational tools and collections of teaching materials.

Student Conflict Research Tools
Beyond Intractability search, articles, book and article summaries, interviews, newspaper articles, and searchable bibliographies of more than 4,000 Web and print publications provide a one-stop resource center that students can use to thoroughly investigate a full range of conflict topics.
Exercises and Simulations
This growing collection of free online resources includes conflict simulations and an online conflict research guide.
Online Courses and Educational Materials
Five different online courses and other educational materials based on Beyond Intractability and CRInfo (a partner site of Beyond Intractability).
Student Contributor Program
This program asks students, as part of their term paper assignment, to write needed segments of the Knowledge Base. Quality papers would be published as part of the system, giving students recognition and a sense that they are making a meaningful contribution.
Virtual Textbook Program allows instructors to redesign their texts as often as they want. Online expert interviews, each 30-60 minutes in duration, are also available for use as virtual "guest lecturers." Beyond Intractability
Working With Strong Emotions in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers and Students
Information and resources that teachers and students can use to prepare themselves for the highly-emotional exchanges — both expected and unexpected — that may occur in a classroom setting.
Group Projects: A Conflict Resolution Guide for Students
Resources, helpful advice, and guidelines for successfully completing a group project, while constructively handling conflicts that may arise among the group members.

It is clear that the way to heal society of its violence . . . and lack of love is to replace the pyramid of domination with the circle of equality and respect. -- Manitonquat

Featured Links
Organizations Making Noteworthy Contributions to Efforts to Promote More Constructive Conflict

Alliance for Peacebuilding

Other Resources from
Beyond Intractability

Preventive Diplomacy and International Violence Prevention
"The concept and practice of violence prevention have evolved from being focused almost exclusively on the short-term interventions of preventive diplomacy, to a new, more comprehensive approach that can be defined as structural prevention and includes long-term initiatives targeting the root causes of conflict."

Nobel Peace Prize Winners

David Trimble
Former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, and 1998 Nobel Peace Laureate

Beyond Intractability Version IV
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Project Acknowledgements

The Beyond Intractability Knowledge Base Project
Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess, Co-Directors and Editors
c/o Conflict Information Consortium (Formerly Conflict Research Consortium), University of Colorado
Campus Box 580, Boulder, CO 80309
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