Revista de Mediación
Issue 6. Second half 2010
Presentación: Laboratorios de aprendizaje y desarrollo
By Santiago Madrid Liras
Espacio abierto: Importancia de la educación en resolución de conflictos
By Ramón Alzate Sáez De Heredia
Mediation as an Educative Tool to Foster Social Thinking and Awareness: What Can Be Learnt From Our Own Mistakes?
By Rosa Pulido Valero, Gema Martín Seoane and Beatriz Lucas Molina
Mediation, as a peaceful and constructive conflict resolution tool, can have an important impact on educational contexts. Regarding the educational possibilities of this technique, its ability to foster social thinking in adolescents will be analyzed in this study. First, a brief summary of moral development theories and evaluations will be presented. Secondly, the possibilities of mediation in educational contexts will be analyzed. Furthermore, it will be exemplified how the mediation process can foster an appropriate social thinking. Lastly, conclusions about the benefits and difficulties to implement these programs in educational contexts will be presented.
The Role of Mediation Between Families and Schools as a Violence Prevention Intervention
By Gema Martín Seoane and María José Díaz-Aguado
This article analyzes the possibilities of mediation between families and schools, which are the conclusions drawn by the Preventive Psychology Research Group from the Complutense University of Madrid, headed by María José Díaz-Aguado. This kind of research about violence prevention from education and the fight against exclusion was initiated in the 90’s.
School Mediation in the Region of Madrid: Analyzing the Impact of Education on Teachers and Students at the “Las Americas” High School in Parla
By Rosa Pulido Valero, Teresa Fajardo, Laura Pleguezuelos and Rebeca de Gregorio
El presente trabajo tiene como finalidad profundizar sobre los efectos que tiene la formación en mediación, tanto en el profesorado como del alumnado que la recibe. El presente trabajo analiza cómo influye en alumnos/as de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato y en el profesorado (todos ellos perteneciente al Instituto de Educación Secundaria “Las Américas” de Parla, Madrid), la formación que han recibido sobre mediación de conflictos, comparándolos con grupos control que no han recibido dicha formación en mediación. Los resultados mostraron que la formación en mediación puede tener un impacto en el razonamiento socio-moral, al facilitar el desarrollo de aspectos como la empatía o la adopción de nuevas perspectivas, en el alumnado; así como mejorar la percepción e identificación de los conflictos por parte de ambos grupos (profesorado y alumnado).
Revista sale a la calle: Entrevista a Juan Carlos Torrego Seijo
By Laura Puyol Gil and Rocío Martín Galacho
School Mediation Case. The Education of School Mediators: An Ever Expanding Project
By Jesús Fernández de la Fuente and Juana Galán Sánchez
The intervention described here refers to an Education Project for School Mediators carried out in the Municipality of Guadarrama, Madrid in which Elementary Schools, the Municipal Psyco-pedagogical Department and the Municipality Youth Service Department take part. This Project has contributed to change the view of the school population about the cohabitation, peace culture and growth that stem from conflicts.
