Each of us brings our unique contextual backgrounds to our learning communities. Providing a safe context in which members of a community can share their values (Practice M1), passions, anxieties, or identities can help innovators better understand how to support them more effectively. Use this activity to facilitate your own understanding of the members of your classroom community in a safe online context.
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Classroom contexts survey
Introduction to appreciative inquiry
Article
10 minutes
By: David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry
Perspective taking
Video
2 minutes
By: RISE
Is civility a sham?
Video
13 minutes
By: TED, Teresa Bejan
Compassion meditation
Tool
30 minutes
By: Greater Good Science Center
Integrating ethics: “ethical judgment”
Video
6 minutes
By: University of Texas at El Paso