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.
The science of helping out
Article
8 minutes
By: New York Times, Tara Parker-Pope
A tale of two teachers
Video
12 minutes
By: Melissa Crum, TEDx
Mesa Public Schools & Arizona State University Leadership Cohort
Video
3 minutes
By: Principled Innovation™ (PI)
Five ways to get to know your middle and high school students better
Article
10 minutes
By: Edutopia
To design better tech, understand context
Video
8 minutes
By: TEDx, Tania Douglas