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Schools Resources.

Practical, promotional, educational, and inspirational - links and downloads to build dialogue skills and run events.

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Develop Dialogue Skills

SHORT COURSES

How to Conduct Difficult Conversations

Critical Agendas
Occasional 4.5-hour online professional development course for Australian teachers, more about conversations in the workplace rather than issues-based discussions, but skills taught are relevant.

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SHORT COURSES

Families and Politics Workshop

Braver Angels
40-minute online course teaching why family differences are especially difficult, the typical roles played and how to engage constructively. As above - accessible for older students.

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SHORT COURSES

Depolarising Within Workshop

Braver Angels

40-minute online course creating awareness of your own attitudes and biases as they affect how you conduct difficult conversations and teaching techniques for participation without negativity. Designed for American adults but accessible for older students.

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ARTICLES

Guide and resources for classroom dialogues

Conflict Resolution Education
Thorough guide and resources for cultivating respectful dialogic culture in even the most challenging classrooms

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How to have difficult dialogues

Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching
A practical guide for teachers managing challenging discussions in the classroom

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The Principle of Charity

The Ethics Centre
A detailed introduction to one of our key tools - The Principle of Charity

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Lesson plans for teaching dialogue in Primary schools

The Faith & Belief Forum
Simple lesson plans for introducing dialogue to younger grades

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Rapoport’s Rules

Rational Wiki
Another set of tools we use - Rapaport’s Rules - introduced by Rational Wiki, a highly accessible source of rationality content

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ARTICLES

Four Types of Conversation

(Debate, Dialogue, Discourse, and Diatribe)
David W Angel

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AI and Sustainability: The Impact of Data Centres

AI, Technology

An accessible explainer on how data centres power AI, why their energy and water use matters, how governments are responding and what trade-offs are involved, with discussion questions to prompt dialogue.

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De-Extinction: The Risks and Benefits of attempting to Re-Wild Ecosystems

Conservation, Ethics

An accessible explainer on what de-extinction is, why it is being pursued, the potential conservation benefits and the ethical, ecological and funding risks, with discussion questions to prompt dialogue.

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Do Citizens Juries Support or Hinder Representative Democracy?

Democracy, Civics

An accessible explainer on what citizens juries are, how they work within representative democracy, the potential benefits for community participation and the practical, political and financial challenges they face, with discussion questions to prompt dialogue.

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BOOKS

How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide

Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay, Lifelong Books 2019

This book is the manual everyone needs to foster a climate of civility, connection, and empathy.

BOOKS

Guide to Difficult Dialogues

Vanderbilt University

Designed for tertiary teachers but relevant

BOOKS

Difficult Conversations in Classroom

John D. Vogelsang & Sophia Mcgee, City University NY

Strategies for educators engaging in difficult conversations in a classroom setting

Schools Resources.

Run a Dialogues Club or Event

GUIDES

Dialogues Club Toolkit

GUIDES

Quick-Start Guide

GUIDES

Moderator Guide

GUIDES

How to Run a School Dialogue

Develop Dialogue Skills

AI and Sustainability: The Impact of Data Centres

AI, Technology

De-Extinction: The Risks and Benefits of attempting to Re-Wild Ecosystems

Conservation, Ethics

Do Citizens Juries Support or Hinder Representative Democracy?

Democracy, Civics

J O I N M A I L I N G L I S T

Welcome to the Dialogues!