How do we talk about issues that matter ?
Taking about issues that matter can sometimes lead to unwanted conflict, so how do you address these sensitive topics? From my experience in school, the way that teachers tried to address issues that matter was not efficient. Making a boring slideshow for your students to look at and making them watch these long videos was always like saying its nap time. The way that my previous teachers tried to address these issues were not opening discussion among classmates but making us more closed off and afraid to say anything. However, I’m not saying you can not use slideshows and videos to talk about issues that matter, instead I’m suggesting you encourage more discussions among students so that they can speak their mind and hear the thoughts of others. For example, lets make the slideshows and videos shorter so we do not lose our students attention. Allow students to have a chance to share their opinions or experiences or if they are still closed off, pass out paper...