• Johan Galtung(1969)- Conflict is a dynamic process in which. structure, attitudes and behaviours are constantly changing and influencing one another. • Wall(1985)- Conflict is a process in which two or more parties. attempt to frustrate the attainment of the other's goals..
Two of the most well-known researchers on conflict transformation, John Paul Lederach and Thania Paffenholz, have kindly contributed to this issue with their wealth of knowledge and experience..
Johan Vincent Galtung (born 24 October 1930) is a Norwegian sociologist who is the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies..
Our proposed extension of conflict theory was developed in conversation with twelve empirical cases of recent conflicts in P-16 education.
This iterative project’s novel insights offer practical implications for policy actors, researchers, and policymakers.
Education scholars produced insightful publications about the ban (e.g., Cabrera et al., 2014; Cammarota, 2016 ).
However, none of these publications centers on the potent structure of the political conflict itself.
Instead, they consider matters of curriculum, student experience, and student performance.
Conflict in schools takes different forms; for example teachers seem reluctant to obey the principals, they do not seem to follow rules or accept extra work, they do not easily get along with their principals.
Principals too adopt an authoritative approach, for example they pressure teachers to work uninterrupted during school activities.
These cases illustrate that contemporary conflict over education retains characteristics addressed by conflict theorists and their critics—such as:
