Mediacje w szkole: od konfliktu do demokracji
Mediation in School: From Conflict to Democracy

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The research objective is to isolate, describe and define the relation-ship between various approaches to school mediation in view of their goals.THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: Presenting mediation in school as a construc-tive tool for understanding the nature of interpersonal and social conflicts, which are the basis forthe development of democratic interpersonal relations. The method is the content analysis of avail-able data and critical analysis of sources, as well as a meta-analysis of concepts related to theresearch problem.THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: Starting from the issue of the conflicts by nature, insocial and educational life, where one of the available options for solving them is mediation, twoways of understanding mediation at school and their internal ways of perceiving the conflict andthe purpose of mediation are distinguished and characterized.RESEARCH RESULTS: This allows us to see the potential for building relationships based ondemocratic values. From this perspective, instead of relationships based on dominance and thesearch for the guilty, relationships based on partnership in the joint designing of the future take place.CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPLICABLE VALUE OF RESEARCH:The conducted analyzes lead to the statement that mediation at school can support democraticupbringing as an essential element of democratic interpersonal relations and a democratic system.The conclusions are important for school mediation practitioners, encouraging them not only tofocus on resolving disputes, but also to use their transformative nature.

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