Michelle Blanchet, Brian Deters

Broschiertes Buch

Preventing Polarization

Beschreibung

Are you ready to break down conflict and build consensus on polarizing topics? Ideally, education equips students to care about the world and helps them shape their futures. In an era that has become incredibly polarized, we can help our students learn how to come together despite differences. Michelle Blanchet and Brian Deters show how all educators can equip our youth with skills to become active and engaged citizens. A one-off course on civics is not enough. Preventing Polarization offers basic strategies that every teacher can use. You will create experiences to help students break down barriers through activities and role playing. The future lies with our children. Let's show them how to make a difference, minimize conflict, and build accord. This book will:help you cultivate critical thinking in young people provide information about effectively digesting information and considering source material reveal strategies for how to teach civics help kids understand the impact of their actions explore tough conversations share strategies to help students speak up, step in, and get involved provide solutions for teaching kids about empathy demonstrate how to talk about politics in an appropriate manner Grab Preventing Polarization today and implement 50 Strategies for Teaching Kids About Empathy, Politics, and Civic Responsibility tomorrow.

Autor

Michelle is an educational consultant that infuses startup strategies into professional learning so that teachers are empowered to bring change-making, social innovation, and SDGs into their work. After teaching social studies in both the U.S. and Switzerland, she founded the Educators' Lab, which supports teacher-driven solutions to educational challenges. Michelle is the co-author of The Startup Teacher Playbook, and Preventing Polarization (2023). She has worked with organizations like PBS Education and Ashoka, and occasionally blogs for Edutopia. A graduate of IE University in Madrid, she is a part of the Global Shaper Community of the World Economic Forum and has presented at numerous events, including SXSWedu and TEDxLausanne. She lives near Geneva, Switzerland with her family.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Times 10 Publications
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 301g
• ISBN-13: 9781956512274
• ISBN-10: 1956512276
• Artikelnr.: 67364912