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Identifying the conflict problem is crucial to the analysis and any resolution strategies. Identify the wrong conflict problem and this undermines the analysis and nullifies any resolution.
Using the case of the Jokela school shooting a basic framework is presented to get a preliminary insight that could be used as a precursor before going deeper into theoretical and methodological ramifications.
F.1. Reading (Look at this before doing the tasks). The Tasks and Answer Key/Pointers/Sources are in Theme H in the drop-down menu at the top of this page.
Identifying the Problem – Asking the What? Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 www.digits.co.uk/
Think About:
“A problem well stated is a problem half solved” – John Dewey
“Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them” – Charles De Montesquieu
“The big problems are where people don't realise they have one in the first place” – W. Edwards Deming
“Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough” – Earl Wilson
Materials Updates/News:
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Kantola, J., et al. (2011). Gendering violence in the school shootings in Finland. European Journal of Women’s Studies 18(2): 183-197.
The Guardian. (23.9.2008). Violent male culture may be at root of Finnish school massacre.
Peterson, J., and Densley, J. (2021). The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic. USA: Abrams Press.
Yle. 26.4.2024. Court hands Vaasa woman 3-year prison sentence over foiled school shooting plot.
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