A Study On The Effectiveness Of A Peer Mediation Program In A South Texas High School PDF Download

This dissertation, "Implementation of a Peer Mediation Programme in a Hong Kong Secondary School" by Cheuk-kuen, Anderson, Kwan, 關焯權, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to look at the implementation of a peer mediation programme in a Hong Kong secondary school. This qualitative study involving 19 peer mediators who came Form four and Form six discipline prefects, two programme advisors, four class teachers and services users from F.1 and F.2 schoolmates in a Hong Kong secondary school investigated their perception of a peer mediation to developmental guidance and its practices. Schools implementing a peer mediation programme were considered to have a both preventive and developmental guidance focus and practices. The findings also identified a number of important factors which facilitated the implementation and development of the peer mediation programme. This study used qualitative methods to examine the implementation of a peer mediation programme in a Hong Kong Secondary School. The school and the social worker jointly organized and held a series of training activities to the peer mediators and the peer mediator could learn conflict resolution and mediation techniques from the School based Conflict Resolution Training manual which is modified and quoted from the Peer Mediation Programme - Peer Mediators Training Manual to be iii organized and published by Hong Kong Family Welfare Society and sponsored by The Hong Kong Bank Foundation. The main targets of receiving the peer mediation services were mainly From one and From two students. In order to achieve an efficient and effective peer mediation, selecting peer mediators, the content of the training programme and how different parties perceive the service were very important. The findings also identified a number of important factors including comprehensive peer mediation training in which had to enhance communication skills; various strategies of promoting the peer mediation service to students; giving students a right to seek help from peer mediators directly; making students and teachers have a deeper understanding of the rational and effectiveness of a peer mediation service which facilitated the implementation and development of the peer mediation in the particular secondary school. Significantly, the peer mediation programme was able to help clients' to solve their conflicts at particular levels and also provide good opportunities for peer mediators to have personal growth. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3014718 Subjects: Peer counseling of students - Study and teaching (Secondary) - China - Hong Kong Conflict management - Study and teaching (Secondary) - China - Hong Kong Mediation - Study and teaching (Secondary) - China - Hong Kong Junior high school students - China - Hong Kong - Attitudes Junior high school teachers - China - Hong Kong - Attitudes