While the benefits of engaging multiple and diverse perspectives in the classroom may be simple to understand, putting it into practice with students is much harder. This article describes a research-based pedagogical approach developed at Rutgers University which scaffolds students in “Respectful Debate” by engaging empathy and perspective taking.
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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.
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