Conflict management styles lesson plan

May 10, 2022This lesson explores basic sources of conflict and provides insight to five recognized conflict management styles. In addition to

Depending on the situation all five styles are useful. Now that you have an idea of your conflict management style, it is time to do a quick activity. Go ahead and separate into groups based on your results: Competing, Collaborating, Compromising, Avoiding, Accommodating.

Applicable Content Areas

This activity is intended to be self-reflective and can be conducted in a variety of content areas, especially those that have a strong focus on group work, peer-to-peer collaboration, or debate.

Directions

Ask students to read the descriptions of each conflict style from the worksheet and choose the one that best describes how they prefer to approach conflict.
NOTE: Conflict in this context can be de.

Discussion/Follow Up

Go over the listed advantages and disadvantages for each conflict style.
You may also consider asking your students these questions to spark discussion:

Learning Objectives

After completing this lesson, students will be able to:.
1) Identify the conflict style they tend to prefer most.
2) List both the advantages and disadvantages of all conflict styles.
3) Explain the importance of adapting their preferred conflict style in certain situations.

Overview

Use this lesson plan to gauge students’ preferred conflict styles (based on the Thomas-Kilman Model) and open a discussion around how this knowledge might be used to help navigate conflict with others and in specific situations.

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