Category Archives: activitiesdeliberation
Facilitation
Group discussions of contested issues depend on good facilitation, and we can learn to facilitate well. Lesson Six of Longo 2023 is a free guide to developing skills for facilitating groups. This lesson draws upon a framework and materials developed … Continue reading
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Feeling Exposed in Online Class: Safety in the Virtual Civics Classroom
Feeling Exposed in an Online Class is a case study from Justice in Schools. According to the summary: A civics teacher at a vocational school (MBO) in the Netherlands finds herself in an uncomfortable situation when a parent interrupts her … Continue reading
Picking Battles: a case about guns in schools
“Picking Battles” is a case from Justice in Schools. According to the summary: Florida high school social studies teacher Caitlin Crosby grapples with her school’s consideration of arming one of its popular, ex-military teachers. Ms. Crosby is opposed to the … Continue reading
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Grade Inflation and Teaching: The Private School Marketplace
“Grade Inflation and Teaching: What Should Teachers do in a World of Entitlement?” by Meira Levinson and Ilana Finefter from Justice in Schools is a case that poses classic questions about a problem of collective action and values. From the … Continue reading
Danielle Allen’s speech norms
It is common–and a good idea–to develop norms for speech within a group, such as a classroom or a community association. In Talking to Strangers (2004), political philosopher Danielle Allen develops a theory of speech that is helpful in a … Continue reading
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Naming and framing issues
In order to convene people to discuss an issue, someone must “name” it. The meeting or discussion must be about something that can be named in its title or in the subject line of an invitation. Naming an issue can … Continue reading
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The “Christmas Tree Crisis” at Sea-Tac Airport
The management of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) decided to remove plastic holiday trees “after a rabbi asked to have an 8-foot-tall menorah displayed next to the largest tree in the international arrival hall.” The removal of the trees became a … Continue reading
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott by Peter Levine is a case study about “a classic example of a social movement episode that accomplished its immediate goals despite severe obstacles. It catapulted the 26-year-old Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. into international prominence … Continue reading
Public Service–Spirited Media Takes on the Memory Wars
“Public Service–Spirited Media Takes on the Memory Wars” by Peter Pomerantsev is a case “about how you can challenge bitter, cross-partisan divides in a society where disputes over history are weaponized by political forces, and where opposing groups live in … Continue reading
Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation
Everyday Democracy’s Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation “is a six-session discussion guide to help all kinds of people take part in meaningful dialogue to examine gaps among racial and ethnic groups and create institutional and policy change.”
