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.
Values
Video
2 minutes
By: Center for Leadership and Ethics, UT Austin
Teaching equity vs equality in K-2 classrooms
Tool
20 minutes
By: Teachers Network
A return to civil discourse
Video
11 minutes
By: Malcolm Glover, TEDx
The power of perspective taking
Article
8 minutes
By: Gillian Ku and Kathy Brewis, London Business School
How to teach divergent thinking
Article
20 minutes
By: UT Austin Faculty Innovation Center