Abstract
This article introduces the "pseudo-reality" method of constructing and conducting conflict resolution training workshops. This method focuses on creating a backdrop against which participants engage in building negotiation and mediation skills using real-life events and facts - but only to the extent that these events and facts promote the learning process. By creating pseudo-reality, trainers can overcome strong preconceptions or biases that can interfere with the learning process while at the same time preserving the advantages of working within a familiar, realistic environment. This method is meant to be used when the main goal of a workshop is skill building rather than imparting substantive knowledge of a specific conflict. The article illustrates this method by describing its use at a workshop conducted recently in Cyprus, in which the Israeli-Palestinian conflict served as a backdrop for conflict resolution skill building. Finally, the article describes a model designed to help conflict resolution trainers create pseudo-reality in their own workshops.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 377-393 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Negotiation Journal |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Using tomorrow's headlines for today's training : Creating pseudo-reality in conflict resolution simulation games. / Ebner, Noam; Efron, Yael.
In: Negotiation Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3, 07.2005, p. 377-393.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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