Creating a Positive Climate for Learning: Dealing with Incivility and Conflict in the Classroom

In this webinar faculty will learn how to mitigate conflict as it occurs within four relationship venues: student-student, student-faculty, faculty-student, and faculty-faculty.

Research shows that differences (e.g., race, gender, etc.) in the classroom are often the variables around which conflict and disruptive behaviors emerge. These behaviors in turn hinder faculty effectiveness and student engagement and learning.

Rather than avoid or overlook disruptive behaviors, faculty can address incivility and conflict and powerfully model for their students how to work with uncomfortable circumstances.

You will learn strategies to:

• Address incivility and conflict as it arises in the moment.
• Proactively structure the class context to minimize incivility and conflict.
• Learn the positive elements necessary within faculty culture to reduce incivility and conflict.

This applications-based webinar helps educators recognize and address the complex role diversity plays in learning environments. You will never think of equity in education in quite the same way.