Education Dialogue
A dialogue course designed for students in teacher education. Each semester would focus on a particular topic, such as college access or school funding. Each class session is 1 hour and 50 minutes.
Week 1: Introduction to Dialogue and Each Other
Syllabus Review
What is Dialogue?
- Goals of dialogue
- Goals of the course
- Discussion vs. Debate vs. Dialogue
Setting Norms
Overview of Dialogue Topic
Learners and Teachers
- Each person state: I am a learner and I am a teacher.
Week 2: Identities
Icebreaker: Name Story
Social and Personal Identity Wheels
Generating Questions for the Parking Lot
- Have students come up with questions they have about the dialogue topic right now.
Week 3: Our Stories
Icebreaker: Roses and Thorns
Group Project Meetings
Week 4: Historical Perspectives
Icebreaker: I Have a Link
Gallery Walk: [History of Dialogue Topic]
Generating Questions
Week 5: Privilege and Oppression
Icebreaker: Concentric Circles
Types of Discrimination and Forms of Oppression
Math Game or Construction Paper City
Week 6: Caucus Groups and Fishbowls
Icebreaker: Five Minute Poem
Caucus Groups
Fishbowls
Week 7: North Carolina Perspectives
Icebreaker
20-minute Lecture
Dialogue
Week 8: North Carolina Perspectives
Icebreaker
20-minute Lecture
Dialogue
Group Project Meetings
Week 9: U.S. Perspectives
Icebreaker
20-minute Lecture
Dialogue
Week 10: Global Perspectives
Icebreaker
20-minute Lecture
Dialogue
Group Project Meetings
Week 11: Group Project Work
No Class
Week 12: Looking Forward
Icebreaker
Action Planning
Being an Ally
Group Project Work
Week 13: Taking Action
Icebreaker
Cycle of Liberation
Spheres of Influence
Action Continuum
Week 14: Group Project Work
Group Project Meetings