As you begin your conversations together in your particular context, we suggest creating a "conversation covenant" that can help set the tone, create goals, and set boundaries.
Read More...The following guidelines can help instructors facilitate classroom discussion around controversial issues. Whatever the context, it is helpful to structure such discussions in a way that defines boundaries for the process and provides some degree of closure within the group.
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Go to the WebsiteHow we manage difficult discussions can greatly impact how useful the conversations are to our goals, and what sort of impact they have on the dynamics of the group.
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