Civil discourse allows conversations around conflicting values and diverse perspectives (Practice C2) to persist until better understanding is achieved. It honors the place of others as equal members of a shared community. As journalist Malcolm Glover says in this TED Talk, recognizing that “the ‘I’ is a part of the ‘We’” is central to the task of identifying innovations in an increasingly interconnected world.
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A return to civil discourse
Video
11 minutes
By: Malcolm Glover, TEDx
Educator-prep | Leader-prep
Making connections:
Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
Kindness
Video
2 minutes
By: ASU, Liz Lerman
Five ways to get to know your middle and high school students better
Article
10 minutes
By: Edutopia
Values sort
Tool
30 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Solving the achievement gap through equity, not equality
Video
9 minutes
By: Lindsey Ott, TEDx
Notice, think, feel, do
Tool
5 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)