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.
Five ways to get to know your middle and high school students better
Article
10 minutes
By: Edutopia
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Civility
Tool
15 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Inclusion inspired innovation: compassionate design for the enabled
Video
19 minutes
By: John Moalli, TEDx
Civility: a core component of professionalism?
Article
10 minutes
By: American Psychological Association, Nadine J. Kaslow and Natalie N. Watson
To design better tech, understand context
Video
8 minutes
By: TEDx, Tania Douglas