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This highly interactive, engaging and hands-on workshop will help educators understand how culture shapes the way we approach and manage conflict.

Drawing on Mitchell Hammer’s Intercultural Conflict Style (ICS) model, participants will explore different conflict styles across cultures and develop practical strategies for navigating disagreements in diverse classroom and school communities.

The workshop provides a solid grounding in Hammer’s four-quadrant framework together with experiential activities and reflective exercises that educators can immediately apply to their own practice and adapt for use with students across all year levels

• Define intercultural conflict and explain why culture matters in how we perceive and respond to disagreement
• Identify the key dimensions that shape culturally influenced conflict styles
• Recognise their own preferred conflict style and understand how it is shaped by your cultural background and personal experience
• Describe how mismatched conflict styles can lead to misunderstanding, escalation or disengagement in diverse settings
• Apply culturally responsive strategies for managing conflict in the classroom and in professional relationships with colleagues and families