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
The art of deliberation
Article
10 minutes
By: ASCD, Walter Parker
Developing a systems thinking capacity in learners of all ages
Article
15 minutes
By: Tracey Benson, Waters Center for Systems Thinking
Classroom contexts survey
Tool
15 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Ethics centre playlist, part 1: what’s a value or principle you live by?
Video
1 minutes
By: Ethics Centre