Build civil discourse with courage, understanding, belonging, and empathy. Discomfort lies at the heart of all learning, especially concerning discussions on difficult and complex topics like climate change, slavery, and police brutality. This book presents ways to help teachers become strong facilitators-not endorsers-of contentious conversations to promote community. There are four themes that arise when exploring civil discourse: courage, understanding, belonging, and empathy. This book is organized around these themes, with each chapter providing: * How-to tips for bringing work beyond…mehr
Build civil discourse with courage, understanding, belonging, and empathy. Discomfort lies at the heart of all learning, especially concerning discussions on difficult and complex topics like climate change, slavery, and police brutality. This book presents ways to help teachers become strong facilitators-not endorsers-of contentious conversations to promote community. There are four themes that arise when exploring civil discourse: courage, understanding, belonging, and empathy. This book is organized around these themes, with each chapter providing: * How-to tips for bringing work beyond the classroom * Checklists to guide progress and assess learning * Exploration of different types of discourse and when to use each * Steps for preparing a classroom for contentious conversations * Activities to practice discourse and disagreementHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Joe Schmidt is the founder of Joe Schmidt Social Studies LLC where he provides support and professional development to educators and districts across Maine and the country. He is also a co-author of the 2022 book Civil Discourse: Classroom Conversations for Stronger Communities. From teaching in the classroom to district, state, and national level leadership, Joe is proud of his work supporting educators that teach in grades from PK thru college. He strives to connect social studies educators regardless of grade level, content area, geographic location, or political leanings. He has worked with Colonial Williamsburg, Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance), the National Council for Geographic Education, ThinkerAnalytix, the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Finance, iCivics, National Geographic, Educating for American Democracy, and has taught Elementary Methods at the University of Maine. Joe served as a high school social studies classroom teacher for nine years in rural Wisconsin before leaving the classroom to be the Social Studies Teacher Leader for the Madison Metropolitan School District for three years. He was the Social Studies Specialist for the Maine Department of Education for five years and is currently the Senior Director of Teacher Programs for the Bill of Rights Institute, a 501(c)3 non-profit based out of Arlington, Virginia. Additionally, Joe is currently the Vice President for the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and will serve a one-year term as NCSS president starting on July 1, 2026. As a leader for NCSS he is currently or has served as chair or co-chair for the Government and Public Relations Committee, the Advocacy Task Force, the C3 Framework Task Force, the 2020 Summer Leadership Institute, the Task Force on Inquiry, the Task Force on Innovation, the Committees Review Task Force, the FASSE Committee, and the select subcommittee for the Social Education Journal. Joe has served on the state social studies council executive boards in Wisconsin and Maine. As a speaker, Joe is a frequent presenter at state, regional, and national conferences with presentations focusing on civil discourse, disciplinary literacy, inquiry, assessment, and the use of primary sources among others. He has presented for or consulted with organizations and school districts in states representing more than half the country, including giving featured talks at conferences in Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. Joe has won awards for service to social studies education from the Middle States Council for the Social Studies and the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies. Joe lives in Maine with his wife Peggy and is dad to two adult children and one teenager. He can be found on almost all social media @madisonteacher. Learn more about his work at joeschmidtsocialstudies.com.
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Introduction Chapter 1: Courage: Why discomfort cannot be avoided Chapter 2: Understanding: Gaining clarity on the meaning of terms Chapter 3: Belonging: Establishing a classroom community Chapter 4: Empathy: Preparation with safe topics Chapter 5: Discourse: Structures for contentious topics Chapter 6: Growth: Improving and expanding our impact Conclusion: Staying the Course and Continuous Improvement References
Introduction Chapter 1: Courage: Why discomfort cannot be avoided Chapter 2: Understanding: Gaining clarity on the meaning of terms Chapter 3: Belonging: Establishing a classroom community Chapter 4: Empathy: Preparation with safe topics Chapter 5: Discourse: Structures for contentious topics Chapter 6: Growth: Improving and expanding our impact Conclusion: Staying the Course and Continuous Improvement References
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